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Chris Ramble 20 ~ What is so special about the Cath Maige Tuired?
The settling of the The Tuatha Dé Danann in Ireland and their struggle against the mysterious Fomoire, form the central strand of the ancient Irish Mythological Story Cycle. Join Chris as she…
The Cath Maige Tuired, for a wider audience: Part 12~ The Land Restored.
This audio re-telling of ‘The Battle of Moytura’ is especially designed for, but not limited to, a younger audience. In this final part. The heroes Ogma, the Dagda along with Lugh set out to put…
The Cath Maige Tuired, for a wider audience: Part 11~ The Great Battle.
his audio re-telling of ‘The Battle of Moytura’ is especially designed for, but not limited to, a younger audience. In part 11: The Great Battle, the Dé Danann, and the Fomoire come to blows and we…
The Cath Maige Tuired, for a wider audience: Part 10~ The Well and the Forge.
This audio re-telling of ‘The Battle of Moytura’ is especially designed for, but not limited to, a younger audience. In part 10: The Well and the Forge, Dian Cécht and Goibnu keep their promises but…
The Cath Maige Tuired, for a wider audience: Part 9~ The Muster.
This audio re-telling of ‘The Battle of Moytura’ is especially designed for, but not limited to, a younger audience. In part 9: The Muster, Lugh gathers together the finest heroes and craftsmen from…
The Cath Maige Tuired, for a wider audience: Part 8~ What the Dagda Did Next.
This audio re-telling of ‘The Battle of Moytura’ is especially designed for, but not limited to, a younger audience. In part 8, What the Dagda Did Next , the ‘Big Man’ gets to consume a whole…
The Cath Maige Tuired, for a wider audience: Part 6~ Among the Fomoire
The battle of Moytura is better known as the Mythological story cycle. This audio re-telling is especially designed for, but not limited to, a younger audience. We find out what the Fomoire king ,…
The Cath Maige Tuired, for a wider audience: Part 5~ Betrayal.
The battle of Moytura is better known as the Mythological story cycle. This audio re-telling is especially designed for, but not limited to, a younger audience. In part 5, Betrayal, Coipre the chief…
The Cath Maige Tuired, for a wider audience: Part 4~ The Healers.
The battle of Moytura is better known as the Mythological story cycle. This audio re-telling is especially designed for, but not limited to, a younger audience. In part 4,The Healers, we discover how…
The Cath Maige Tuired, for a wider audience: Part 3~ Wasteland!
The battle of Moytura is better known as the Mythological story cycle. This audio re-telling is especially designed for, but not limited to, a younger audience. In part 3, Wasteland, Dagda tells how…
The Cath Maige Tuired, for a wider audience: Part 2~ The Shadow of the Fomoire.
The battle of Moytura is bettter known as the Mythological story cycle. This audio re-telling is especially designed for, but not limited to, a younger audience. In part 2, Shadow of the Fomoire, we…
The Cath Maige Tuired, for a wider audience: Part 1~ The First Battle.
The battle of Moytura is better known as the Mythological story cycle. This audio re-telling is especially designed for, but not limited to, a younger audience. In part 1, The First Battle, we meet…
Audio stories: Fergus Mac Léite and the fearsome péiste’
Fergus was a man with a plan. He wanted to become, and remain, the most important king in Ulster. Discover how this got him into such trouble with a horrible water monster! This entertaining, and…
Audio story 7: Findabair’s Story ~ A quarrel over a bull!
Findabhair was the long suffering daughter of Medh of Connacht,. She was used to her mother’s dramatic determination, but the quarrel she overheard one night, began a long series of events that…
Audio Story 6: The Dreadful adventure of Conan Maol.
Every hero in Irish stories had something to boast about, a super-skill or a magical piece of kit! Finn and his friends were no different. They were the best fighters, the greatest hunters, and the…
Audio stories 5: The Adventures of Nera~ A Rathcroghan story.
This is probably one of the best – ever- Halloween (Samhain) stories. During this Rathcroghan feast, given by Ailill and Medb, Nera, has to face up to his boastful words and undertake a terrifying…
Audio stories 3: Scathach’s Story
Suggested age range around nine and up. So just what did Cú Chulainn get up to while he was still only a boy and how did he become such a famous warrior? This story is told by Scathach the woman who…
Stories and Activities with Children 4: The Two Poet Pig-keepers
This audio story is one of the many stories that circle around the great Táin Bó Cúailnge , The cattle raid of Cooley. It is not a well known story but it is important as it is really the ‘origin’…
Stories and Activities for Children 1: Bricriu’s Feast
Bricriu’s Feast his story has everything It has a king who gets someone else to solve his own problems. It has warriors who are determined to have adventures and show off to the MAX, It has giants,…
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