Irish Mythology Podcast

Dian Cecht receives Ogma’s message and sets out to find a way of fighting back against Bres’s tyranny. He recruits the blacksmith Gobniu and the silversmith Credne to help him create a new arm for the former High Chief of the Gods, Nuada. What was Dian Cecht's role in myth and in the old pagan religion? What is Dian Cecht’s relationship to Brehon Law? What makes Dian Cecht a symbol of the medical...

Ogma suffers under the reign of Bres, but from this suffering comes a great revelation.  We talk about Ogma, ogham script, attitudes to work in myth, and the Irish language. We ask: What was Ogma's role in myth and in the old pagan religion? What is Ogma's relationship to other deities? What was the Ogham system of writing? What attitudes to work in medieval Ireland are represented in this st...

Have you heard about the Druid, Mog Ruith and his most famous deed?  I thought not. It’s not the sort of tale you would hear from a teacher or a priest. In this episode we hear about the druid Mog Ruith and his daughter Tlachtga travelling from County Kerry to the Middle East to study the magic of Simon Magus, and how on the way, Mog Ruith becomes the executioner of John the Baptist. We ask:...

The Culmination of a saga. A bloody battle that will decide the future of Ireland. Can the mighty Fir Bolg repel the almighty power of the gods? We talk about Nuada, Sreng, war gods and Cong, Co. Mayo. Written, presented and produced by Marcas Ó hUiscín and Stephanie Ní Thiarnaigh. Celltic Warrior (Theme) by Damiano Baldoni (Attribution 4 Licence) Full Credits in show note at: http://irishmytholog...

When Chief Eochaid Mac Eirc of the Fir Bolg ignores Sreng's advice to compromise with the Tuath Dé, Chief Nuada calls on three powerful goddesses with a passion for pandemonium to give them some supernatural encouragement.  Meet the Morrigan in her threefold form - Badbh, Macha, and Nemhain.  Find out about her role in Irish Mythology and her relationship to other female divinities in other mythol...

When mysterious beings come from the sky and land on the mountains of Connemara, the Fir Bolg of Ireland mobilise to oppose them. Meet Sreng, champion of the Fir Bolg, inhabitants of Ireland, and emissary of the great chieftan Eochaid Mac Eirc, a fierce warrior who has never lost a battle.  Then meet the one thing that strikes fear into the very fabric of his being.  Full show notes will...

When mysterious beings come from the sky and land on the mountains of Connemara, the Fir Bolg of Ireland mobilise to oppose them. Ireland will never be the same. Over the coming weeks we'll be bringing you the story of the coming of the gods and the battles they fought against men, and other supernatural beings. Don't miss The Dawning of the Dé on the Irish Mythology Podcast. Music - Celtic Warrio...

On this episode we’re going to be talking about the acts of defiance by divine femine figures that lead to the creation of rivers, hills, mountains and valleys.  Medieval and modern literature has created a pantheon of old Irish gods but we don’t really know how widespread worship of individual deities was. Some seem intimately tied to place, and may not have been particularly well known beyond th...

Given the week that’s in it, we’ll be looking at a character who bridges the gap between history and myth, In whose name, this comingTuesday, many glasses will be raised and even more shamrocks will be drowned. We’re talking of course about the Patron Saint of Ireland, the man credited with converting Ireland from native polytheism to Christianity, St. Patrick. Did Patrick really convert Pagan Ire...