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Loved these two parts & the passion of the Irish!

So you’re not even going to mention the Hound of the Baskervilles?

We had that illustrated ”Faeries” book (I always preferred the Alan Lee artwork over Brian Froud’s) and my little sister was petrified of Jenny Greenteeth.

It’s a very sad story. Inspirational man & told with great sensitivity 🤗

My ears are hurting from the pronunciation of valet

Stevie Nick’s based her song ”Rhiannon” on a character in the book ”Triad” by Mary Bartlet Leader. Leader got that name and the name of another book character, Branwen, from Welsh mythos. It was only later that Stevie learned of the Mabinogion when a fan sent it to her. There was some serendipity in that much of her lyric could apply to the older Rhiannon, since the book character had not much relation to it, outside of the name. The book character was a dead witch trying to possess a mind.

I’ve never understood why, if the Tuatha Dé Danann were so magical and powerful—some of them considered gods, really—did they lose out to the Milesians? You can’t say it was due to the coming of Xtianity, because that happened much later.

Arthur had two main women in his life (three, if you count the lady of the Lake). There was his queen, Gwen. And there was Morgan le Fay (Morrigan?). The latter one was the magical one.

Loved this episode. Thank You xx

Listening to Dr. Conor is like listening to the podcast on 2x speed.

Not much ”After Dark” content here. Nobody claiming they saw the ghost of Brian Boru or hearing the ban sidhe wail or a hero poet inspired by the attentions of the leannan sidhe. But very interesting nonetheless. Good to hear the full history of the uprising.

Part 2: as for the man who fired his firearm, killing the ”ghost”, I suspect he did believe in a ghost. Taking what he rationalised was his only weapon. There are plenty of people who now still believe in ghosts, so why not then? In any case, I agree that panic overtook him at the moment.

Based only on this podcast, meaning I’ve not researched this case -but I suspect the man who died was the ”Ghost”. His shroud, being his trade drop-sheet. He was doing this, perhaps as a ”peeper”, or pest. Perhaps more ”innocently” to see what he could get away with, with anonymity - or merely for a laugh. The fact that he mentioned that he’d been mistaken for the ghost, might indicate deliberate misdirection, as we often hear perps do.

love it

”Decimation”? So one in ten of the Jewish community was killed? You folks are historians, right?

Now I know where Agatha Christie came up with the idea of Murder on the Orient Express.

Would love to hear some eps about cornish folk lore

My mother, an RN of 35 years employment at the hospital, always took flat ginger ale (preferably Canada Dry) when she had stomach ailments.

”Breathing each other in.” Very Kate Bush.