Engaging Ireland - Episode 20 - Top 10 Monastic and Spiritual Sites in Ireland
Release Date: 07/25/2010
Ep. 37 - The Gobbins Path
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The Gobbins is a cliff-face path on IslandMagee, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, northeast of Belfast. Unlike many other costal paths that just follow close along the top of an ocean-side cliff, the Gobbins first descends down to sea level, then winds along he base of the cliff, up and down steep cut stone stairs, across bridges from sea-stack to cliff face and island to island, past caves and through a narrow tunnel. Though it was long inaccessible to the public because it fell into disrepair after World War II, it has been rebuilt within the last several years and re-opened to the public as...
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Ep. 36 - In The Footsteps of Patrick - Continued
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In this episode, we bring you more sites associated with the Patron Saint of Ireland. Happy Saint Patrick's Day!
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Ep. 35 - Contemporary Irish Halloween Traditions
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During this, the last of our special Halloween-week episodes, we are taking a look at some contemporary ways to observe Samhain/Halloween.
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Ep. 34 - Samhain stories of the supernatural: the Pooka and the Banshee
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Our Halloween-week episodes are nearly done. In this episode, we talk about two supernatural creatures of Ireland: the Pooka and the Banshee.
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Ep. 33 - The Legend of Stingy Jack
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We've talked in a previous episode about the tradition of carving turnips to carry home an ember from the communal Samhain bonfire. But where does the term Jack o' Lantern come from? In this episode, we tell the tale of Stingy Jack.
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Ep. 32 - Finn Mac Cumhal and the Captaincy of the Fianna
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It is said that Finn Mac Cumhal fought a goblin of the fairy folk on Samhain-eve on the hill of Tara. In this special Halloween-week episode, we tell the story of Finn and how he became the captain of the Fianna of Erinn.
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Ep 31. - A History of Halloween Traditions
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This is the first of a special Halloween series, where we explore the history of contemporary Halloween traditions and observances, such as bonfires, jack o'lanterns, costumes and trick or treating.
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MiniCast - The State of the Podcast 2014
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Ep. 30 - Our Irish Firsts
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In this episode, we talk about a request we got from the folks over at Infinite Ireland (), which prompted us to reminisce about all of the Irish “firsts” we experienced during our first trip to Ireland. We hope that you enjoy reliving the joys of our first days in Ireland with us!
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Ep. 29 - In the footsteps of Patrick
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In this episode, we follow in the footsteps of Saint Patrick, paying a visit to a few of the key sights connected with Ireland’s patron saint.
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Our Choices for Top 10 Monastic Sites in Ireland
In the next few episodes, we will be taking a look at our Top 10 lists for Ireland. Seems like everyone is putting together a “Top 10” list these days, so we thought we would share some of our top choices for Ireland. We have chosen our favorites from several categories; for example, we’ll list our top ten favorite towns/cities, our top ten. Why didn’t we limit ourselves to just one list of Top 10 Favorites? It’s too hard! And, while we admit we haven’t seen everything there is to see yet, these are our favorites thus far.
We begin the podcast series with our Top 10 Monastic/Spiritual Sites. Ireland is virtually littered with sites dating back thousands of years. These are the sites we are most drawn to again and again. For more information on any of the sites we mention, please click on the links below. NOTE: Many of the sites are part of Heritage Ireland (www.heritageireland.ie). If you purchase an OPW Heritage Card, you can enter these sites for no cost or reduced cost.
Skellig Michael
http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=31&id_site=757
http://www.heritageireland.ie/en/South-West/SkelligMichael/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skellig_Michael
Interesting web book entitled “The Forgotten Hermitage of Skellig Michael” by Walter Horn, Jenny White Marshall, and Grellan D. Rourke:
http://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft1d5nb0gb;brand=ucpress
Boat operators to Skellig Michael:
http://iguide.travel/Skellig_Michael/Overview/Boat_Operators
Loughcrew
http://www.knowth.com/loughcrew.htm
http://www.heritageireland.ie/en/MidlandsEastCoast/Loughcrew/
http://www.sacredsites.com/europe/ireland/loughcrew.html (Great Photos)
Loughcrew House, Gardens, and Adventure Course
Rock of Cashel/Hore Abbey
http://www.heritageireland.ie/en/South-East/RockofCashel/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hore_Abbey
Clonmacnoise
http://www.heritageireland.ie/en/MidlandsEastCoast/Clonmacnoise/
http://www.sacred-destinations.com/ireland/clonmacnoise
Kells (Co. Kilkenny)
Site with comprehensive information about Kells Priory
http://kells.frantzen.de/index.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kells_Priory
Kilree Round Tower and High Cross (just up the road from Kells)
http://www.roundtowers.org/kilree/index.htm
Glendalough
http://www.heritageireland.ie/en/midlandseastcoast/GlendaloughVisitorCentre/
http://www.sacred-destinations.com/ireland/glendalough
Dublin
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
http://www.stpatrickscathedral.ie/index.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Patrick%27s_Cathedral,_Dublin
Christ Church Cathedral
http://cccdub.ie/
http://www.sacred-destinations.com/ireland/dublin-christ-church-cathedral.htm
Hill of Tara/Hill of Slane
http://www.heritageireland.ie/en/midlandseastcoast/HillofTara/
http://www.mythicalireland.com/ancientsites/tara/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill_of_Tara
http://www.mythicalireland.com/ancientsites/slane/index.html
http://www.slane.com/hillofslane.htm
Quin Abbey
http://www.nd.edu/~ikuijt/Ireland/Sites/mdonnel2/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quin_Abbey
Brú na Bóinne
(Newgrange, Knowth, Howth)
http://www.heritageireland.ie/en/MidlandsEastCoast/BrunaBoinneVisitorCentreNewgrangeandKnowth/
http://www.knowth.com/bru-na-boinne.htm