Scéaleenies
Scéaleenies, noun, plural. A weekly podcast of Irish short stories. Intimate, slightly off-beat. A patent-pending blend of Irish inflection, wit and observation focused on the moment, voices and strangeness of life.
Episodes
8 episodes
The Inspection Game
A tale about an underground practice, where participants secretly inspect strangers’ homes, document every detail, and leave no trace. As the practice spreads, the boundaries between observer and observed begin to collapse.Best e...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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7:36
The Emigrant Song
A stormy night folk tale about music, migration, and the pull west. This episode presents a spoken reading of The Emigrant Song, a literary folk-horror story set in Dublin on a stormy night near the equinox.<...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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8:35
Tale of The Telltale Carpark
A wish, a loophole, and a Lidl car park. This episode presents a spoken reading of a modern folk tale set in a familiar and deeply unremarkable place: a supermarket car park in the Irish Midlands.When an ordina...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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8:23
An Fear Glais
When the power goes out at sunset, the parish gathers to listen. This episode presents a full spoken reading of An Fear Glais, a contemporary Irish folk tale told through the voice of a child during a time wh...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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21:31
The Observatory At Birr
At Birr, the telescope was built to look outward. Something answered. This episode presents a spoken reading of The Observatory at Birr, a literary horror story rooted in Irish scientific history and theolog...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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6:21
All Aboard
A pub tale of the Celtic Mist, the sea’s memory, and debts that don’t drown. This episode features a spoken reading of a contemporary Irish folk-horror story, told as a pub tale passed carefully from mouth to ear, wit...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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7:18