In this special episode, we select some stories from our annual Green Room Member Storybook. You will hear stories from our members sharing lots of memorable Irish experiences both in Ireland and closer to their own homes.
The Letter from Ireland Show is a weekly podcast that goes out each Thursday from our cottage in County Cork. Tune in to this episode - and dive straight in to a bit of Irish caint, ceĆ³il agus craic (conversation, music and craic!).
Welcome to Series 2, Episode 4 of The Letter from Ireland Show. In this episode, Carina talks with a very unique individual that we discovered in the wilds of West Cork! Cormac Lally originally comes from Tullamore in County Offaly - but now resides in Skibbereen in County Cork where he makes a living as a modern Irish Bard. We worked with Cormac recently on putting one of our Green Room member's Family history to verse - and were delighted with the outcome! So, if you would like to hear the story of a modern Irish Bard - and hear that family history we mentioned - then please do listen on!
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 3 of the Letter from Ireland Show. In this show, we focus in on a very particular first name - Valentine! We look at a a very special connection between Saint Valentine and Ireland, get a poem for the occasion from our resident Bard - and Mike shares lots of insights on the first name Valentine - and the surname also!
Welcome to Season 2, Episode 2 of the Letter from Ireland Show. In this episode we talk about Irish citizenship through a story about a movie star and director you may know - and also share the perspective of our very own Courtney Bayne, an Irish-American living in Ireland for a number of years with her family as an Irish citizen. She also nominates a very famous surname for our Irish surname of the week.