Deirdre Anna Rose Kelly
speaker
136 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 1 May
Deirdre Anna Rose Kelly’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
Trend
recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 1 in all, peaking in May 2026 with 1.
Appearances
Things can only happen if you leave the house.
I felt better already as I cycled up the towpath in the golden hour, three tins of harp in my basket.
The air was heavy with the smell of everything growing.
The graceful attendant elderflower on both sides, in such amounts that you could begin to believe you'd ever be the kind of person who could be annoyed to gather some and make elderflower cordial or something.
Even the midges seemed beautiful, just wee beings living their small and senseless lives, much like myself.
Baltania is the old Celtic festival to mark the beginning of the summer
In order to cleanse and protect their cattle, people would light two bonfires and lead their herd between the two.
This would protect them from the Aes Si, the Other Folk, the Good People.
We used to believe that we coexisted with something else.
Ydder Yá Chéine Baltine literally translates as between two Baltine fires.
But it's a phrase which means to be stuck in the middle in a dilemma between the devil and the deep blue sea.
On approaching the appointed location, I began to feel uneasy.
That familiar horror of crossing a threshold into a social situation.
I could see a tangle of people, dancing to techno, played on a speaker under trees.
I dismounted my bicycle and awkwardly manoeuvred it through a kissing gate and a thicket of ramble, feeling foolish and not certain that I shouldn't just turn home again.
I was relieved to find familiar faces among the small crowd sitting in the clearing, and people tending to small fires.
The music was coming from another group who'd chosen the same spot for their own Friday night celebrations, younger ones.
After a while, we were convened around the fire by Paddy, who began to talk about the customs of Baltanya.
But if anyone else knows anything about Baltangia, please chime in.
I'm just saying what I read on Wikipedia, he said.
Showing 21–40 of 136 · page 2 of 7
← Previous
Next →