Irish StoriesThe Apple Seed • Season 2013, Episode 287
Mar 17, 2015 • 57m
Stories and songs included in this episode:
Joseph Sobol ft. Kathy Cowan & Tom Orf
Song 1: I Am of Ireland
Teller: Joseph Sobol ft. Kathy Cowan & Tom Orf
Site: www.josephsobol.com
Notes: Joseph Sobol & company sets this William Butler Yeats poem to majestic music.
Yvonne Healy
Story 1: Lugh, the Shining One
Teller: Yvonne Healy
Site: www.yhealy.com
Notes: Lugh is one of the most well-known and best loved of the Irish mythological characters.
Brian Fox Ellis
Story 2: Ossein and the Isle of Tier na Nog
Teller: Brian Fox Ellis
Site: foxtalesint.com
Notes: Ossein proves himself to be just as great a hero as his father.
Brian Fox Ellis
Story 3: Ossein and the Isle of Tier na Nog
Teller: Brian Fox Ellis
Site: foxtalesint.com
Notes: Finn MacCoul is the classic mythical hunter-warrior hero of Irish mythology.
Norah Dooley
Story 4: Molly O' Donahue
Teller: Norah Dooley
Site: www.norahdooley.com
Notes: A clever but shy girl learns that stories are worth telling and life is worth living.
Paddy Tutty
Song 2: Lough Erne
Artist: Paddy Tutty
Site: www.prairiedruid.net
Notes: A beautiful farewell to Ireland.