Into The Mythic - Ancient Irish Stories for Modern Times
Join us as we journey back and find new meanings in some very ancient stories. Leeanne O Donnell and Pol O Colmain revisit Ireland's ancient legends with fresh ears - peeling back the layers to uncover what resonance these stories might have for us now in the 21st Century. Some stories endure for thousands of years and these ones have - so what are they trying to tell us ?
This series is made possible by the kind sponsorship of our friends at Wild Goose Studio. https://wildgoosestudio.com.
We have a new series of bonus podcasts about the fascinating Brehon laws of Ancient Ireland available over on Patreon https://patreon.com/IntotheMythic?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink
Into the Mythic is recorded at the Working Artist's Studio in Ballydehob. Presented and produced by Leeanne O Donnell.
Music composed and performed by Pol and Dubhaltach O Colmain @workingartiststudios
Leeanne's first novel Sparks of Bright Matter is out now - in all good bookshops, on kindle and as an audiobook on Audible and Spotify.
Into The Mythic - Ancient Irish Stories for Modern Times
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