The Celtic Tales Chronicles Podcast

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Hosted by Kerry Graham and Rab Fulton, this offshoot of the world famous Celtic Tales storytelling show takes a deep dive into all the weird, wild and wonderful stories that can be found along Ireland... more

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The podcast currently has 23 episodes available.

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September 24, 2023 Culture Night Live Show
On 22nd September Kerry had a great time chatting about all things podcasting with two other podcasters in Galway City Library, as part of Culture Night 2023. The event was hosted by Caroline Rowan of Galway City Library.
The three podcasters at the event were:
Kerry Graham, co-host of The Celtic Tales Chronicles
Richard Loftus, co-host of The Shnug Podcast
Andy Gaffney, host of Promenade
After listening to this episode go check out all the podcasts on your favourite app; they'll give you a brilliant insight into culture, society, history, humour, and dreams and reflections from the west of Ireland.
And go join your local library.
Enjoy!
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Follow Rab on instagram @celtictalesgalway
Follow @TheKerryGraham on instagram and Substack.
Follow the show on tiktok @celtictaleschronicles
Tickets to the Celtic Tales storytelling show from https://ie.powertik.com/events/celtic-tales-storytelling-show
Buy Rab’s books at https://ko-fi.com/celtictalesgalway/shop
Follow The Shnug podcast on Instagram at @theshnugpocast
Follow Promenade on Instagram at @promenadestories
Follow Galway City Library on Instagram at @galwaycitylib
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Music: Achaidh Cheide by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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September 13, 2023 Live show date and other awesome news
Here's lots of awesome news, including details of The Celtic Tales Chronicles first live outing.
On 22 September The Celtic Tales Chronicles will be one of three podcasts featuring in a live panel discussion in Galway City Library, as part of Culture Night 2023.
The three podcasters on the panel are:
Kerry Graham, co-host of The Celtic Tales Chronicles
Richard Loftus, co-host of The Shnug Podcast
Andy Gaffney, host of Promenade
The event is free, but it will be busy so book your free ticket at https://ti.to/galwaycitylibrary/culturenight2023/with/general-admission
The event is hosted by Barbara Nic Dhonnacha, and organised by Caroline Rowan, Executive Librarian of Galway City Library/Leabharlann Chathair na Gaillimhe.
Before you come to the even, go check out the three podcasts on your favourite app; they'll give you a brilliant insight into culture, society, history, humour, and dreams and reflections from the west of Ireland.
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Follow Rab on instagram @celtictalesgalway
Follow @TheKerryGraham on instagram and Substack.
Follow the show on tiktok @celtictaleschronicles
Tickets to the Celtic Tales storytelling show from https://ie.powertik.com/events/celtic-tales-storytelling-show
Buy Rab’s books at https://ko-fi.com/celtictalesgalway/shop
Music: Achaidh Cheide by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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August 17, 2023 UFOs over Ireland (part two)
In Part two of their examination of UFOs over Ireland, Kerry and Rab overcome Covid and a dodgy zoom connection to take a deep dive into UFOs in Irish history.
Hosted by Kerry Graham and Rab Fulton, this offshoot of the world famous Celtic Tales storytelling show takes a deep dive into all the weird, wild and wonderful stories that can be found along Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Coastline. Subscribe now on your favourite app.
Follow Rab on instagram @celtictalesgalway
Follow @TheKerryGraham on instagram and Substack.
Follow the show on tiktok @celtictaleschronicles
Tickets to the Celtic Tales storytelling show from https://ie.powertik.com/events/celtic-tales-storytelling-show
Buy Rab’s books at https://ko-fi.com/celtictalesgalway/shop
Music: Achaidh Cheide by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Guitar Riff: REV LOOPS METAL GUITAR 4.mp3 licensed under the CC-BY 4.0 license.

Source material

Audio recording of Shannon Airport ATC discussing unidentified object with three flight crews: https://youtu.be/6kIprgAaWbo

Ireland’s Flying Pioneers: https://www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/environment-geography/transport/0-Transport/the-pioneers/

The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries, by W.Y. Evans-Wentz, [1911]: https://sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/ffcc/ffcc121.htm

Shingurova, Tatiana. “The Story of Mog Ruith: Perceptions of the Local Myth in Seventeenth-Century Ireland.” Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium, vol. 38, 2018, pp. 231–58. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/45373685

Mug Ruith: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mug_Ruith

Tlachtga: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tlachtga

roth rámach: https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100430165;jsessionid=53F07C7ECE80CE7FC1B8433134A3114C

Peter M. Rojcewicz , PhD, "Between One Eye Blink and the Next: Fairies, UFOs, and Problems of Knowledge." In 1991, The Good People: New Fairy Lore Essays: https://www.academia.edu/40109290/Peter_M_Rojcewicz_PhD_Between_One_Eye_Blink_and_the_Next_Fairies_UFOs_and_Problems_of_Knowledge_

Dark Energy, Dark Matter. NASA Science: https://science.nasa.gov/astrophysics/focus-areas/what-is-dark-energy
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July 29, 2023 The Wicked Woman - a story for Sinéad O’Connor.
This bonus episode features a recording from the July 27th Celtic Tales show where Rab told a story for Sinéad O'Connor who had passed the day before.
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With Love & Respect to Sinéad - one of the bravest speakers of truth ever to bless this island.
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Follow Rab on instagram @celtictalesgalway
Follow @TheKerryGraham on instagram and Substack.
Follow the show on tiktok @celtictaleschronicles
Tickets to the Celtic Tales storytelling show from https://ie.powertik.com/events/celtic-tales-storytelling-show
Buy Rab’s books at https://ko-fi.com/celtictalesgalway/shop
Music: Achaidh Cheide by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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July 06, 2023 UFOs over Ireland (part one)
In this episode Kerry and Rab examine the weird world of UFOs in Ireland.
Hosted by Kerry Graham and Rab Fulton, this offshoot of the world famous Celtic Tales storytelling show takes a deep dive into all the weird, wild and wonderful stories that can be found along Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Coastline. Subscribe now on your favourite app.
Follow Rab on instagram @celtictalesgalway
Follow @TheKerryGraham on instagram and Substack.
Follow the show on tiktok @celtictaleschronicles
Tickets to the Celtic Tales storytelling show from https://ie.powertik.com/events/celtic-tales-storytelling-show
Buy Rab’s books at https://ko-fi.com/celtictalesgalway/shop
Music: Achaidh Cheide by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Source material

UFO sighting over Ireland?!!!!!???? [ATC AUDIO]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kIprgAaWbo
The power of names in fairy tales
https://snowwhitewrites.com/power-of-names-in-fairy-tales/

NASA Earthobservatory
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/2016/08/17/perseids-or-sporadic-meteors-maybe-both/

Christine Lampard shares memory of UFO in sky over NI
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/christine-lampard-shares-memory-of-ufo-in-sky-over-ni/1051165509.html

Longford UFO? Unusual aerial activity in the night sky around Ballymahon
https://www.longfordleader.ie/news/home/1045169/longford-ufo-unusual-aerial-activity-in-the-night-sky-around-ballymahon.html

UFO expert highlights Dublin hotspots for sightings
https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/ufo-expert-reveals-dublin-hotspots-21855724

The Hoax Files: Source of mystery UFOs revealed!
https://www.meathchronicle.ie/2008/10/08/the-hoax-files-source-of-mystery-ufos-revealed/

Hansard: House of Lords debate
https://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2001-10-15/debates/35cb6c33-c3b7-4346-9f1c-e1670037147f/NorthernIrelandUfoCrash

PSNI Freedom of Information request
https://www.psni.police.uk/sites/default/files/2022-10/01915%20-%20Unidentified%20Flying%20Object%20%28UFO%29%20or%20Unidentified%20Aerial%20Phenomena.pdf

Amazing video appears to show strange UFO activity in Wicklow
https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/video-shows-strange-ufo-activity-13584490

The truth about UFOs is out there - but no one knows who to report it to in Ireland
https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/truth-ufos-out-no-one-27191678

Mysterious 'Dancing' Lights Over Lucan /Leixlip Area?https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2055525974/mysterious-dancing-lights-over-lucan-leixlip-area
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May 26, 2023 Bonus episode: Everything you ever wanted to know about Irish fashion
To mark Kerry's upcoming appearance at the Galway Flea Market, Rab and Kerry have a relaxed chat about Irish fashion. From Iron Age Nobles to 1916 Rebels and on to the latest Gucci GAA fusion, this bonus episode contains everything you need to know about Irish Fashion.
Be sure to check out Kerry's stall at the Galway Flea Style Market on June 4th in Aras na nGael on Dominic Street from 12-5PM on Sunday, June 4th.

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Hosted by Kerry Graham and Rab Fulton, this offshoot of the world famous Celtic Tales storytelling show takes a deep dive into all the weird, wild and wonderful stories that can be found along Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Coastline. Subscribe now on your favourite app.
Follow Rab on instagram @celtictalesgalway
Follow @TheKerryGraham on instagram and Substack.
Follow the show on tiktok @celtictaleschronicles
Tickets to the Celtic Tales storytelling show from https://ie.powertik.com/events/celtic-tales-storytelling-show
Buy Rab’s books at https://ko-fi.com/celtictalesgalway/shop
Music: Achaidh Cheide by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Source material
https://reconstructinghistory.com/blogs/blog/clothing-of-the-ancient-celtsla-tene-500-bc-1-ad-late-iron-age
https://www.nolwennfaligot.fr/post/irish-fashion
https://costumesociety.org.uk/blog/post/red-red-women-a-red-galway-cloak-and-an-irish-colleen
https://www.britishlibrary.cn/en/articles/oscar-wilde-and-victorian-fashion/
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May 16, 2023 The Wicked Skull Thief of Inishbofin (Part Two - Human Zoos)
In this episode Kerry and Rab take a deep dive into the history of Human Zoos in Ireland. From the early 19th century to the early 20th century black people where exhibited in Ireland for the entertainment of white audiences. CONTENT WARNING: Some of the subject matter is difficult to say the least, so just be aware of that.
Clarifications:
Sarah Baartman has a district municipality named after her in the Eastern Cape, SA.
Timicheg has a tunnel named after him in Ghent, Belgium.
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Hosted by Kerry Graham and Rab Fulton, this offshoot of the world famous Celtic Tales storytelling show takes a deep dive into all the weird, wild and wonderful stories that can be found along Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Coastline. Subscribe now on your favourite app.
Follow Rab on instagram @celtictalesgalway
Follow @TheKerryGraham on instagram and Substack.
Follow the show on tiktok @celtictaleschronicles
Tickets to the Celtic Tales storytelling show from https://ie.powertik.com/events/celtic-tales-storytelling-show
Buy Rab’s books at https://ko-fi.com/celtictalesgalway/shop
Music: Achaidh Cheide by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Source material
Sara “Saartjie” Baartman article in South African History Online https://www.sahistory.org.za/people/sara-saartjie-baartman
"‘Hottentot Venus’: the exhibition of Sara Baartman in Dublin in 1812", in History Ireland https://www.historyireland.com/hottentot-venus-the-exhibition-of-sara-baartman-in-dublin-in-1812/
"The Great White Fair in Dublin" by Bram Stoker https://www.bramstokerestate.com/the-great-white-fair
"Colleens, cottages and kraals:the politics of ‘native’ village exhibitions", by Stephanie Rains in History Ireland: https://www.historyireland.com/colleens-cottages-and-kraalsthe-politics-of-native-village-exhibitions/
‘The Somali Village’ (1907) by Donal Fallon in https://comeheretome.com/2013/02/17/the-somali-village-1907/
McCabe, Brian. “IRISH INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF 1907.” The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, vol. 137 Accessed through JSTOR

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May 01, 2023 Bishop Berkeley - Baptism as coercion
In this bonus episode Kerry and Rab take a look at one if Ireland's fouler sons: George Berkeley, human rights abuser and people trafficker whose side hustles included being a philosopher, and Anglican Bishop and a lecturer at Trinity College.

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Hosted by Kerry Graham and Rab Fulton, this offshoot of the world famous Celtic Tales storytelling show takes a deep dive into all the weird, wild and wonderful stories that can be found along Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Coastline. Subscribe now on your favourite app.
Follow Rab on instagram @celtictalesgalway
Follow @TheKerryGraham on instagram and Substack.
Follow the show on tiktok @celtictaleschronicles
Tickets to the Celtic Tales storytelling show from https://ie.powertik.com/events/celtic-tales-storytelling-show
Buy Rab’s books at https://ko-fi.com/celtictalesgalway/shop
Music: Achaidh Cheide by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Primary source material

-Working Paper on Berkeley’s Legacies at Trinity
Dr Mobeen Hussain, Dr Ciaran O’Neill and Dr Patrick Walsh | March 2023: https://www.tcd.ie/seniordean/legacies/berkeleyTLRWGworkingpaper.pdf
Travis Glasson. “‘Baptism Doth Not Bestow Freedom’: Missionary Anglicanism, Slavery, and the Yorke-Talbot Opinion, 1701-30.” The William and Mary Quarterly, vol. 67, no. 2, 2010, pp. 279–318. (Accessed through JSTOR)

Secondary source material
George Berkely (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/berkeley/#3.1
Episocopal Diocese Rhode Island: https://www.episcopalri.org/16871-2/
Rhode Island Slave History Medallions: https://rishm.org/
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April 09, 2023 Inishbofin monk kidnapped by Sky Demons (discussion & live show)
This episode features a live recording of Rab retelling a Medieval LGBT sex comedy that includes the tale of an Inishbofin monk kidnapped by Sky Demons. Rab came across the story as he and Kerry were researching the next part of The Wicked Skull Thief of Inishbofin. Kerry and Rab also discuss the background to the medieval tale, and how it was cancelled by the newly independent Irish state.
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Hosted by Kerry Graham and Rab Fulton, this offshoot of the world famous Celtic Tales storytelling show takes a deep dive into all the weird, wild and wonderful stories that can be found along Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Coastline. Subscribe now on your favourite app.
Follow Rab on instagram @celtictalesgalway
Follow @TheKerryGraham on instagram and Substack.
Follow the show on tiktok @celtictaleschronicles
Tickets to the Celtic Tales storytelling show from https://ie.powertik.com/events/celtic-tales-storytelling-show
Buy Rab’s books at https://ko-fi.com/celtictalesgalway/shop
Music: Achaidh Cheide by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Source material
Bernhardt-House, Phillip A. “Queer Conceptions and Calculations: Niall Frossach and the Easter Controversy.” The Canadian Journal of Irish Studies, vol. 39, no. 1, 2015, pp. 186–205. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/24635406.
McMANUS, DAMIAN. “NIALL FROSACH’S ‘ACT OF TRUTH’: A BARDIC APOLOGUE IN A POEM FOR SIR NICHOLAS WALSH, CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE COMMON PLEAS († 1615).” Ériu, vol. 58, 2008, pp. 133–68. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/20696365
Wiley, Dan M. “Niall Frossach’s True Judgement.” Ériu, vol. 55, 2005, pp. 19–36. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30007973

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48min
March 29, 2023 Bonus episode: Byronic Heroes & Manic Pixie Dream Girls
Hello Celtic Callers!! Coming to you live from Kerry's bedroom, we have two short story excerpts, first created by Kerry waaaay back in 2019 (and edited since!).
First is Kerry's take on the mythical Byronic hero in a modern world (aka f*ckboy alert!) and then her take on the idea of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl (Rab is more of a Manic Goblin Nightmare Girl, tbh).
The full stories can be read at TheKerryGraham on substack. Enjoy!

Follow Rab on instagram @celtictalesgalway
Follow @TheKerryGraham on instagram and Substack.
Follow the show on tiktok @celtictaleschronicles
Tickets to the Celtic Tales storytelling show from https://ie.powertik.com/events/celtic-tales-storytelling-show
Buy Rab’s books at https://ko-fi.com/celtictalesgalway/shop
Music: Achaidh Cheide by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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FAQs about The Celtic Tales Chronicles Podcast:

How many episodes does The Celtic Tales Chronicles Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 23 episodes available.