Following on from yesterdays post about churning and the fairies here are some stories I recorded in Grantstown, Co. Wexford in 2005 about ‘luck’ when churning and having to “put your hand to the churn” in you came to a house that was churning. A few references to the fairies and also blessing the butter with holy water to keep ‘the fairies’ away. This was recorded in May 2005 and the quality of the video and audio isn’t great but the accounts and voices are there nonetheless. I am currently upl
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Following on from yesterdays post about churning and the fairies here are some stories I recorded in Grantstown, Co. Wexford in 2005 about ‘luck’ when churning and having to “put your hand to the churn” in you came to a house that was churning. A few references to the fairies and also blessing the butter with holy water to keep ‘the fairies’ away. This was recorded in May 2005 and the quality of the video and audio isn’t great but the accounts and voices are there nonetheless. I am currently upl
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I am out in the yard trying to do some digger work but the rain has got in the way of play and turned the ground into ‘pludach’. It’s direct Irish and still survives here in pockets of Wexford for wet, sloppy, messy ground. Text: Michael Fortune | folklore.ie
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I am out in the yard trying to do some digger work but the rain has got in the way of play and turned the ground into ‘pludach’. It’s direct Irish and still survives here in pockets of Wexford for wet, sloppy, messy ground. Text: Michael Fortune | folklore.ie
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Michael Fortune -The Irish Hallowe'en Experience (Esker Arts Centre, 28th Oct. 2023) Here is a documentation of a talk I presented bin Esker Arts Centre, Tullamore on the 28th of October 2023 in relation to the Irish Hallowe'en Experience and the connection to across Euope and in particular St. Martin's Day. The talk lasts for 70 minutes and breaks down the Irish experiences of Hallowe'en into 4 general things; Mumming, Harvest, Games/Divilment and Remembering the Dead/Fire. The image/audio qual
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Michael Fortune -The Irish Hallowe'en Experience (Esker Arts Centre, 28th Oct. 2023) Here is a documentation of a talk I presented bin Esker Arts Centre, Tullamore on the 28th of October 2023 in relation to the Irish Hallowe'en Experience and the connection to across Euope and in particular St. Martin's Day. The talk lasts for 70 minutes and breaks down the Irish experiences of Hallowe'en into 4 general things; Mumming, Harvest, Games/Divilment and Remembering the Dead/Fire. The image/audio qual
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‘Wexford Town’ 🎶 Just had the privilege of experiencing this performance by a group of Traveller girls from Clonroche at the All Ireland Fleadh in Wexford Town just now. The song is ‘Wexford Town’ by the legendary Pecker Dunne and absolutely wonderful to hear these Traveller girls take the stage and sing it with such pride. Well done to everyone involved and especially the singers and their families. Another little piece of magic from this years Fleadh in Wexford. Well done Music Generation Wex
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‘Wexford Town’ 🎶 Just had the privilege of experiencing this performance by a group of Traveller girls from Clonroche at the All Ireland Fleadh in Wexford Town just now. The song is ‘Wexford Town’ by the legendary Pecker Dunne and absolutely wonderful to hear these Traveller girls take the stage and sing it with such pride. Well done to everyone involved and especially the singers and their families. Another little piece of magic from this years Fleadh in Wexford. Well done Music Generation Wex
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Memory, History and Folklore from the Wind Swept Shore Here is a 75 minute interview which I recorded with Peter Sinnott in Riverchapel, Gorey, Co. Wexford on the 14th of June 2021. The material here is dense and local and covers a wide range of topics from Peter's early life to his work with the Coastguard service. And much more inbetween. Text: Michael Fortune Recorded with the assistance of Linda Sinnott | folklore.ie
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Memory, History and Folklore from the Wind Swept Shore Here is a 75 minute interview which I recorded with Peter Sinnott in Riverchapel, Gorey, Co. Wexford on the 14th of June 2021. The material here is dense and local and covers a wide range of topics from Peter's early life to his work with the Coastguard service. And much more inbetween. Text: Michael Fortune Recorded with the assistance of Linda Sinnott | folklore.ie
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Real life Irish folklore complete with accents, voices, beliefs, contradictions and lashings of play and messing. Text:Michael Fortune | folklore.ie
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Real life Irish folklore complete with accents, voices, beliefs, contradictions and lashings of play and messing. Text:Michael Fortune | folklore.ie
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“Rain or Shine” or “By Hook or by Crooke” - here’s a video of Wexford men and women marching this afternoon as part of 1798 Commemorative event to Crooke graveyard to mark an event at a grave of The Croppy Boy. Folklore tells us that a ‘Wexford Croppy’ who was imprisoned in nearby Geneva Barracks was buried here in 1798 Rising. To be honest, we will never know the real truth but it was great to cross over into Co. Waterford and remember the hundreds of Wexford men that were imprisoned here in th
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“Rain or Shine” or “By Hook or by Crooke” - here’s a video of Wexford men and women marching this afternoon as part of 1798 Commemorative event to Crooke graveyard to mark an event at a grave of The Croppy Boy. Folklore tells us that a ‘Wexford Croppy’ who was imprisoned in nearby Geneva Barracks was buried here in 1798 Rising. To be honest, we will never know the real truth but it was great to cross over into Co. Waterford and remember the hundreds of Wexford men that were imprisoned here in th
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Christmas and New Years Folklore from Branch, Newfoundland Here’s a recording of Kenneth Nash from Branch, Newfoundland sharing some Christmas traditions with me back in May. The first is one involved his father who would fire a shot when the pudding would cooked on Christmas Eve, while he also fired more shots to welcome in the New Year. He also recalled how they were told as children that the animals would kneel down at midnight on Christmas Eve/Night. Although he clearly doesn't put much pass
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May Folklore and Customs from Co. Tipperary Here are 4 minutes of May related content that I recorded in Nenagh in Co. Tipperary in 2007 - some 16 years ago! Lovely content here from the May Tree to not giving away anything on the 1st of May. I always find great content in Tipperary and that's certainly the case here. Enjoy these voices and stories. Text: Michael Fortune | folklore.ie
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1798 Folklore: Fr. Murphy of Boolavogue, Co. Wexford and the Griffiths of Rossdillige, Co. Carlow Here’s another piece of 1798 history/folklore for you that I recorded a few weeks with these two neighbours: Tommy Ryan and Margaret Minchin from the Rathanna area of South Carlow. After the Battle of Vinegar Hill, Fr. Murphy lead a huge army of Wexford men, women and children through Scullogue Gap and into South Carlow where they camped in this mans field on Tomduff Hill on the 22nd of June. Folklo
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Micheal Fortune (@realmichealfortune) - Episode 3 _ The will of God | John 14.6 FM Listen to the full podcast in my profile #podcasts ##tik_tok #viral_video #trend #TGFG #realmichealfortune #godswill
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Getting Lost In A Field - Folklore Here’s a story you’ll hear in every county in the country - the story of men getting lost in field at night. I recorded this on my phone today with Michael Mangan on a tractor as we passed the field where it apparently happened. As usual the fairies get the blame for leading them astray but there are no end to reasons why. Michael doesn’t give me any reason here but does say his father and his brother had to stay in the field until daylight came. As you can see
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Folklore and Memory from the Ballygarrett area of Co. Wexford. Here's a 30 minute recording from 2006 of my grandmother, my father and his brother Jim. This was a chance recording as Jim was home on holiday from England and I got all three together. It is unplanned chat but goes from one thing to another nicely. Loads of stories and folklore here from strange lights, the fairies, the banshee and death customs etc. Too much to cover here and all very local. I had imported a copy of this tape a fe
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Fans of Irish Folklore and Stories I was just going through an old hard-drive looking for something and came across this scompletely different. It's a 24 minute compilation of folklore that I produced for a talk in November 2008 for the Department of Folklore and Ethnology at University College Cork. It's 15 years old but this stuff never ages. In fact it it increases in valuable with age as many of the people have since left us. So if you like real Irish voices and beliefs have a look at this.
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Irish to the Core: The Irish in Newfoundland I am preparing a talk for Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann on Thursday about the Irish-Newfoundland Connections and going through old videos to show. Here is one of Florence Careen Power telling me back in June 2022 how Irish they were in her community of Point Lance, Newfoundland. "Irish to the core" she says even though they'd left Ireland around 1810-1820. Powerful words here. Text: Michael Fortune | folklore.ie
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Parade of Lamiaks through the town of Mundaka, The Basque Country (19th Feb. 2023) Now this is special. Some video of the Lamiaks (Women and Girls) singing, dancing and playing tunes through the Basque town of Mundaka this evening as part of their Carnival celebrations. I just captured this on my phone and it’s pure magic. Text: Michael Fortune | folklore.ie
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Morning all. Here is a video showing you what The 2026 Irish Dresser and Folklore Calendar looks like. It features gorgeous dressers and stories from Galway, Mayo, Roscommon, Cavan, Meath, Wexford, and Waterford. Have a look at the video to get a feel for it—and don’t leave it too late to order, as they tend to get scarce by December. Still only €15, including postage within Ireland. I ship worldwide too, and I’ve had lots of orders from the US and Canada this year. Thanks. Michael Fortune | fol
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Fairy Folklore Here's a lovely 5 minute collection of fairy folkore that I recorded in Dublin back in 2017. Great stories, telling and conviction and sadly some of the women in this clip have since passed away. Text: Michael Fortune | folklore.ie
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Here’s a video I just made (thanks to Aileen) showing you what the new Folklore of Wexford, Volume 2 looks like. The video is about seven minutes long, and in it I walk you through the book—its topics, stories, images, QR codes, and, I suppose, the real reason why I put it together. You can order copies at folklore.ie, and I’ve reduced the postage to just €2 on all orders. The book costs €15, plus €2 postage anywhere in Ireland, no matter how many copies you order. It makes a great present for a
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“You gotta bless your bread” - Home-made Bread, Blessings and the Fairies As promised here is a two-minute chat I had in the kitchen of Jackie Nash in Branch, Newfoundland back in June. It starts off about her using her grandmothers old bread pans and a great technique she has using two forks and then naturally moves onto the tradition of blessing the bread and then ends with a little burst about the fairies. Worth a listen as this is real natural stuff. Text: Michael Fortune | folklore.ie
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Here is Séamus Carroll from Co. Offaly showing me what he considered to be the most important tool when working on the bog. Simple and effective. This was one of surely 100 objects he showed me on Monday. Love his accent. Text: Michael Fortune | folklore.ie
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Hare Folklore and Superstitions from Ireland I was chatting to someone in Tipperary this morning about hare folklore in Ireland and was reminded of this piece that I recorded a few years ago in Dublin. Growing up my mother always told us the story of a hare crossing a pregnant woman and how she would be supposed to rip a piece of her dress to prevent the child having a hare's lip. This story is found up and down the country along with the classic one of the hare sucking the milk from your cows o
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Love these. All Soul's Night accounts from Ireland and Newfoundland. Text: Michael Fortune | folklore.ie
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The Fairies, the Living and the Dead - Shared Irish/Newfoundland Folklore. If you have nine minutes and have an interest in Irish/Newfoundland folklore, stick this on. This excerpt was taken from a conversation I had with Jerry O’Keefe in Branch, Newfoundland back in 2019 where he chats openly about the fairies, of men getting led astray and of places where you wouldn’t cut sticks. These are identical to the stories I grew up with in Wexford, like so many did right across Ireland. The clip ends
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If you want to learn more about Newfoundland and its shared Irish folklore, customs and beliefs - these are probably the best source accounts you will find out there. I recorded this is 2019 in the shed of Kenneth Nash in Branch, Newfoundland and is a solid forty-eight minutes like you’ve never heard before. I’ve identified 75 topics/areas of interest in the chat and will post these list of contents in the chat below. Incredible stuff and well worth a watch. Text: Michael Fortune | folklore.ie
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Anvil used to forge pikes in 1798 Here’s a chat I had with John Mernagh in Glenbrien, Co. Wexford yesterday as he sat beside an anvil used by his ancestors to make pikes back in ‘98. Text: Michael Fortune | folklore.ie
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This is brilliant... Here are some accounts of Hallowe'en Folklore and Customs that were recorded in Co. Donegal back in 2011. Gorgeous material here ranging from classic Hallowe'en dressing up/mumming traditions, to the devilment that would take place on Hallowe’en night. One great tradition was that of ‘gatelifting’ where peoples gates would be lifted/taken on Hallowee'n night and swapped with their neighbours or dumped somewhere. This was done all over Ireland and spilled over in ways to Newf
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The last Sunday in July is famous in Co. Mayo also, as it is on Reek Sunday that pilgrims climb the iconic Croagh Patrick. Here is an 1950s report by British Pathe entitled "In St. Patrick's Footsteps". Well worth a watch. Text:Michael Fortune Video: British Pathe | folklore.ie
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Sticking with names spreading around the country, here’s a song composed by Fergus Russell about a Travelling man called Pat Rainey, a roving musican who I supposed would be classed as a bit of a 'Pat Mustard' type of character. Some of you know will the song as it was popularised by Daoirí Farrell in recent years and I recorded this version in January last year with Fergus after we had a gathering of traditional singers in our house. Great song and worth a listen to him speak about it at the en
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