Crann na beatha Stories and Poetry

A programing note to start off: I tried just offering audio files to accompany these weekly articles and after retrospect, I decided to go back to videos again. You have the choice, once again, of watching me or just reading the article. If you truly just want to listen to an audio post, you can find the audio podcast on most major podcast platforms and also on my website at www.crann-na-beatha.co...

This venture is an experiment to see if anyone likes these kinds of stories. I have more, if there’s an interest. If you don’t like stories like this, let it go and I’ll be back with my regular podcast next Wednesday for those who would rather I talk and write about what’s going on in the world. If you do like it, let me know. Fáilte Welcome to The Village Oak Tree I am your seanchaí, Terrance Ó D...

Fáilte Welcome back to another episode of Crann na beatha Stories and Poetry I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, returning again this week after my holiday with more stories and poems from authors around the world. This week, I have three stories and two poems I continue with The Grave Diggers of Orpheus chapter 10, another short scary story from the same author, an scary Irish story...

This is just a quick post to let everyone know that I did not have the time to record any stories and poems this week as I am going on holiday for the weekend. My schedule was so busy, I was unable to manage the time to record something earlier in the week. I will be back on schedule next week with the stories I had saved up for this week. Thank you for understanding. Sláinte T. Ó Domhnaill - Gael...

Fáilte Welcome back to another episode of Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, returning again this week with more stories and poems from authors around the world. This week, I have three science fiction stories and a poem about the children of Palestine I continue with the two serialized space faring stories this week from Substack writers, wit...

Cead Fáilte Welcome back to another episode of Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, returning again this week with more stories and poems from authors around the world. This week, I have three stories and a lovely poem from my friend in Bulgaria I am starting a new space opera series today, along with the ongoing story The Gravediggers of Orpheu...

Cead Fáilte Welcome back to another episode of Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, returning again this week with more stories and poems from authors around the world. This week, I have two stories and three poems for everyone My first fiction story is from a new writer I found. Then, another episode of The gravediggers of Orpheus. The three po...

Cead Fáilte Welcome back to another episode of Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, returning again this week with more stories and poems from authors around the world. This week, I have three stories for everyone We continue with part 2 of that Bulgarian tale about a girl and dragons. Then, another episode of The gravediggers of Orpheus, and a...

Cead Fáilte Welcome back to another episode of Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, returning again this week with more stories and poems from authors around the world. This week, I have three stories and two poems. My first story is part 1 of a Bulgarian tale about a young girl and dragons. I will read part 2 next week. My second story is a tak...

Cead Fáilte Welcome back to another episode of Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, returning again this week with more stories and poems from authors around the world. Today, I have four stories and a poem for everyone. I will start off with a short western, then a futuristic story, a sad romantic story, the last story is the first chapter abou...

Cead Fáilte Welcome back to another episode of Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, returning again this week with more stories and poems from authors around the world. I have three more stories this week for this half hour show. I am beginning with the continuation of the serialized space operas from my Substack writers, The Guardians, and The...

Cead Fáilte Welcome to another episode of Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, returning again this week with more stories and poems from authors around the world. I have three stories and two poems this week. First up are the continuation of two space operas from Substack writers that I began a couple of weeks ago. The third is also a futuristi...

Cead Fáilte Welcome back to another episode of Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, returning again this week with more stories and poems from authors around the world. I have three stories and a poem for you this week. The second story is a bit lengthy but worth your patience.  First up is a short romantic horror story about the effects of utte...

Cead Fáilte A thousand welcomes to Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry for August 9th, 2024 I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, back again this week with more stories and poems from authors around the world. I have just have two short stories for you this week. Only two because they are a bit longer than the ones I normally read and I am still working to keep this podcast around...

Cead Fáilte A thousand welcomes to Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry for August 2nd, 2024 I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, back again this week with more stories and poems from authors around the world. I have three stories and two poems for you this week. I am starting a new fantasy series, along with the science fiction series I started a couple of weeks ago. Both are from...

Cead Fáilte A thousand welcomes to Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry for July 26th, 2024 I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, back again this week with more stories and poems from authors around the world. I have three short stories and three poems for you. To start, I have found some short stories about dragons that I will be reading in the next couple of weeks, starting today....

Cead Fáilte A thousand welcomes to Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry for July 19th, 2024 I am your village scéalaí back again this week with more stories and poems from authors around the world. I have four short stories and one poem for you this week. There is the last chapter of From Beyond the Water Wall, a short scary story, two science fiction shorts and a poem about a star who wants t...

Cead Fáilte A thousand welcomes to Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry for July 12th, 2024 I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, back again this week with more stories and poems from online authors. I just have four short stories and five poems this week. We have chapter twenty four of the ongoing story From Beyond the Water Wall, a short story about bureaucracy in the animal kingd...

Cead Fáilte A thousand welcomes to Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry for July 5th, 2024 I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, back again this week with more stories and poems from online authors. I just have three short stories this week. I have chapter twenty three of the ongoing story From Beyond the Water Wall, a short story of medieval revenge from a Substack writer, and a st...

Cead Fáilte A thousand welcomes to Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry for June 28th, 2024 I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, back again this week with more stories and poems from online authors. I just have two short stories and two poems this week. We have chapter twenty two of the ongoing story From Beyond the Water Wall, and part three of the young adult story about Renae an...

Cead Fáilte A thousand welcomes to Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry for June 21st, 2024 I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, back again this week with more stories and poems from online authors. I just have four short stories this week. We have chapter twenty one of the ongoing story From Beyond the Water Wall, a short science fiction story by a Substack writer, a science ficti...

Cead Fáilte A thousand welcomes to Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry for June 14th, 2024 I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, back again this week with more stories and poems from online writers. I have three stories and three poems this week. We have chapter twenty of the ongoing story From Beyond the Water Wall, a short science fiction story, a children’s story, and poetry for...

Cead Fáilte A thousand welcomes to Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry for June 7th, 2024 I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, with more stories and poems from online writers. I have two stories and one poem this week. We have chapter nineteen of the ongoing story From Beyond the Water Wall, a second revision of Alice in wonderland and the Hundred Aker Wood with Winnie the Pooh an...

Cead Fáilte A thousand welcomes to Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry for May 31st, 2024 I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, with more stories and poems from online writers. I have four short stories this week, no poems, sorry. The first is chapter eighteen of the ongoing story From Beyond the Water Wall, and three other stories, one of which is from a Substack writer. All but o...

Cead Fáilte A thousand welcomes to Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry for May 24th, 2024 I am your village scéalaí, back with more stories and poems from online writers. I say that as I am starting to read Substack writers now and again so medium writers are no longer the only writers I read for the show now. I have three stories and two poems this week. The first is chapter seventeen of the...