
Yarn from the Barn...
At the beginning of Covid, I wanted to do something positive and started live broadcasts about me, my goats and stories.it became really popular and I also started "Yarn from the Barn" where id have a longer chat and tell a longer story. Yarn in the barn has been going for two years now and I'm delighted to move it on to "podcast land"Seán O'Laoghaire (Seán an Seanchai) will chat about, dicier and tell stories from his extensive canon of work.sometimes, he will have a guest on, chatting about their relationship with story.
Episodes
6 episodes
2023 Episode 1 Michael Fortune, Folklore.ie
Welcome to the first episode of 2023!My guest is Michael Fortune, a great man from Wexford, Michael has a huge catalogue of people chatting about folklore, their lived experience and life in Ireland.He is such a busy, it was so grea...
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Episode 5 Christina Brewer and Gina Kelly 02/12/22
Two great friends, who I've known for a very long time called to visit today and we had a little chat about and our own stories.During the chat , Gina mentions the Poem "the old woman of the roads" by Padraic Colum.I had it recorded, so...
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Episode 5
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38:45

Yarn from the Barn, Episode 4 26/11/22 My first cousin, Jimmy Daly.
I have a great chat with First cousin Jimmy Daly , who is a great wealth of knowledge story and himself.Growing up in Cork, he spent his summer holidays, down here in Kerry, during the 60's and 70'sIt's so lovely to hear about , w...
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Episode 4
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52:20

Yarn from the Barn, 19/11/22 Episode 3, A great chat with Cara L. T. Murphy
This evening, I'm having a lovely chat with Cara Murphy, A PhD student from America, whose research is all about storytelling and how its a community.It was to chat about my practice and to realise howe important it actually is.. I hope you...
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Episode 3
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35:36
Episode 2, 12/11/22 Special Guest- Bernard Casey
It was so lovely to have Bernard as my First guest.We chatted about stories from childhood, school days and the presence of stories, in his own great work.Coming from the same area, it was great to reminisce about the great Portmage...
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Episode 2
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