Stories of the Coast

11/12/21 • 40 min

Episode 2 features stories of the Clare coastline.
John Daly and Michael Falsey tell us about the herring fishing industry around Quilty. Randal Counihan talks of ravenous seals and slaveships. Pa Joe Mahony and Senan Blunnie talk of turfboats and seaweed. Tommy Fahy on how a tsunami shaped the North Clare coast. Manuel di Lucia goes spear fishing. John Glynn explains how to land sharks using magic songs. And Tomsie O' Sullivan reveals the secrets of the seawater baths in Lahinch!
The first 5 episodes of this podcast are funded by The Heritage Council.
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You Can't Beat a Good Story!

Episode One features great stories and great storytellers - not long folk tales or professional story tellers, just people who love language and know how to turn a phrase.
-Paddy Malley from Feakle tells us about finding a 4,000 year old gold hoard in his field
- Chris Droney from Bellharbour tells us about fairy music in a fort near his house.
- Teresa Flynn from Mountshannon tells us about endemic racism in a Catholic hospital in Chicago.
- Pat Flanagan from Doolin tells us about the death of his mother from TB.
- Madeleine Killeen from Ennis tells about her father's return from the British army to Revolutionary Ireland .
- Joe Tuohy from Scariff talks of his father's and uncle's activities during the War of Independence.
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A Woman's Work

Episode 3 features stories of the working lives of women in Co. Clare.
Susan Williams in Kilfenora and Maura McInerney in Killaloe talk of hard physical labour. Peggy Hogan in Feakle tells us of the magic of the washing machine. Susan Barrett in Inagh and Annie Corry in Tulla tell stories of childbirth. Nora McMahon in Ennistymon, Bridie Morgan and Mary Casey in Corofin all tell us about the work young girl-children were expected to do. Moira Garry in Cooraclare and Nan Aherne in Ennistymon ran their own businesses.
The first 5 episodes of this podcast are funded by The Heritage Council.
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