National Leprechaun Museum Talking Stories
Episodes
Episode 18 - The Piper And The Pooka
15 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Eleanor and Alice are talking stories! They take a well-known story The Piper and the Pooka, told by museum storyteller Deirdre, and d...
Episode 17 - Samhain
01 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In our October episode Eleanor and Tom (Director of the National Leprechaun Museum) finally tackle Samhain, the most important festival in the Celtic ...
Episode 16 - Heroes, Villains, and Problematic Faves
01 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The National Leprechaun Museum Podcast returns after a few months break, and it's great to talk to you again! In this episode Mark and Paudie take a d...
Episode 15 - April Fool's Day
01 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Stephen leads us on a journey exploring the themes of Fools and Foolishness in Irish Folklore. Is the Fool in Ireland different to the...
Tolkien Reading Day
25 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It's Tolkien Reading Day! (March 25th) So this week Eleanor and Paudie are talking about the work of the master World Builder and linguist J.R.R. Tol...
World Storytelling Day 2020
20 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Mark and Paudie talk about the importance of storytelling and storytellers, tell some stories themselves, and even have a nice chat ab...
Episode 14 - Death
27 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Naoise and Stephen spend a lovely (only slightly stormy) winter evening discussing that cheeriest of topics, Death. But maybe that's not as sarcastic ...
Episode 13 - Dreams And Visions
31 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode our storytellers discuss the importance of dreams and visions in Irish myth and legend. Do our dreams influence our folklore or does o...
Episode 12 - Exploring
01 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this dark and dreary winter, we're dreaming of pastures new. This month our storytellers gather to discuss Exploring - is exploring in the nature o...
Episode 11 - Places
01 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A church yard under the see where the ghosts and the merrows play, a tower of glass where a lonely princess dreams, and a caravan where a priest does ...
Samhain Special - Veiled
16 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
At the time when the worlds are closer together, when the veil is drawn back, when things go walking abroad, the National Leprechaun Museum have somet...
Episode 10 - Home and Hospitality
01 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The storytellers are talking about Home and Hospitality. They're snuggled up out of the rain with a cup of tea telling stories, and it soon turns into...
Episode 9 - Lessons
01 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It's back to school time and the storytellers are talking about lessons. If you have any question you'd like to answer or topics you'd like us to dis...
Episode 8 - Water Monster
10 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sea monsters, lake monsters, river monsters and strange things that live in puddles. Ireland seems to be full of water ways and they nearly all have a...
Episode 7 - Beasts
03 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Big beast, small beast, hairy beast, scaly beast, we love them all! From the Chicken Eater to the Werewolves of Ossory to the Urban Seagulls, we have ...
Episode 6 - Flora and Fauna
17 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
To celebrate the beauty of nature the storytellers have gathered around the microphone to tell stories of flora and fauna. Listen to tales of monster ...
Episode 5 - Beltane and Cures
26 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The 1st of May is the feast of Beltane and to help you prepare to celebrate, the storytellers at the National Leprechaun Museum bring you tales of bon...
Episode 4 - Curses
16 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The forth episode of the new series and already we have a curse! So many sure, which ones to choose. Join our storytellers for tales of mad kings, ven...
World Storytelling Day 2019!
15 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The 20th of March is #WorldStorytellingDay and we at the museum are going to celebrate by doing what we do best and talking about stories and storytel...
Episode 3 - Drink and Drinkables
27 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Three is a magic number and we're on episode three! Let's raise a toast and talk about drink and drinkables! If you have an questions you'd like the ...
Episode 2 - Love and Water
01 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Second Episode and the storytellers are talking about love and water! Listen to tales of zombie brides, herbal love spells, and why Paudie thinks the ...
Episode 1 - Telling Stories
11 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The first episode of the new series of podcasts from the National Leprechaun Museum of Ireland! Three storytellers get together and talk about storyte...
Winter Solstice
21 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Join us as our Storytellers Paudie and Emily explore the Winter Solstice, share some stories and embark on some weird and wonderful tangents!