Story Archaeology
Story Archaeology combines the knowledge and skills of the storyteller with academic exploration of ancient texts. The main focus is the Irish tradition but at https://storyarchaeology.com, you will find an archive of podcast articles, stories and translations as well as new podcast conversations with people from around the world who have ‘Stories in the Landscape’ to share.
- Update frequency
- every 25 days
- Average duration
- 60 minutes
- Episodes
- 141
- Years Active
- 2012 - 2025
A Conversation with ÉIRÍ winner, Lee Fenlon
Bóand by Lee Fenlon
Meet Lee Fenlon, one of the seven adult winners of the ÉIRÍ art competition and project. Now, join Chris and Lee as they discuss, what can be acheived in leaded glass and ce…
00:24:11 |
Mon 17 Jul 2023
A Conversation with ÉIRÍ winner, Ruth Egan
Ruth Egan
Meet Ruth Egan, one of the seven adult winners of the ÉIRÍ art competition and project. So, join Chris and Ruth as they discuss, art, mthology and the importance of listening to the sto…
00:27:50 |
Sun 16 Jul 2023
Chris’ Ramble 6: Just how old are Irish Stories?
So how old are the Irish stories? Come to think of it what exactly is meant by old, or medieval or any of the other terms so frequently used to describe mythological stories, and... does it matter…
00:22:49 |
Mon 12 Jun 2023
A Conversation with Nicola Bowes and Rosemary Carty.
Nicola and Rosemary are both gifted artists from the Celtic Eye artists group who have all come together to draw on their talents to create some inspiring and innovative landscape and environmental …
00:34:29 |
Wed 03 May 2023
Chris’ Ramble 5: The Landscape of Stories
This ramble, begun in Queensland, Australia and completed in Leitrim, Ireland. begins to explore the ways in which the environment in which the stories were told may change elements creating the t…
00:16:58 |
Mon 10 Apr 2023
A Conversation with Shona Macdonald
Shona is a talented artist and illustrator who tells stories through images. Join Chris and Shona as they explore some of the wonderful women characters to be found in the world of Irish story, and e…
00:39:47 |
Fri 07 Apr 2023
Chris’ Ramble 4: Walking with Sheela-na-gigs
SacrumProfanum by Benjamin Dwyer is an exploration of the Sheela-Na-gig through music. Join Chris as she encounters this profound and poetic experience out walking her local landscape accompanied…
00:19:30 |
Sun 18 Dec 2022
A Conversation with Professor Benjamin Dwyer
Join Chris as she shares a conversation with Professor Benjamin Dwyer. Ben is a prolific Irish performer and composer as well as an educator. He is currently Professor of Music at Middlesex Universi…
00:46:27 |
Sat 17 Dec 2022
Chris’ Ramble 3: Is This Not a Story Worth the Telling?
Join Chris on her ramble through the landscape of early Irish story and discover why many of the best stories contain the environmental messages which are still highly relevant today.
Moytura 2…
00:27:59 |
Sat 05 Nov 2022
Scottish and Irish ‘landscape’ stories: with Professor Patrick Nunn
The Isle of Harris. Yes, the sea can be this blue!
Every community has folk tales to share, but do some of these stories encode ancient memories of climate change? This short podcast conversation …
00:09:24 |
Thu 20 Oct 2022
A Conversation with Professor Patrick Nunn
Patrick Nunn is the Professor of Geography at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. He is a leading climate change scientist, author, and a specialist on how stories from ora…
01:01:02 |
Sun 25 Sep 2022
Chris’ Ramble 2: David and Goliath, Meet Lugh and Balor
Some reflections on a journey to discover Irish stories.
Join Chris as she explores Irish oral story transmission and wonders if even stories sometimes need careful map makers to prevent them…
00:18:05 |
Tue 06 Sep 2022
A new conversation with Professor Ralph Kenna
Join Chris and Ralph, professor of Statistical Physics and enthusiastic comparative mythologist, as they enjoy discussing the ongoing ÉIRÍ project, 'Evoking Ireland's Resiliant female Icons', an…
00:32:26 |
Mon 29 Aug 2022
Chris’ Ramble 1: Mercator the map maker and the Tuatha Dé Danann
Find out more about these new posts, 'Chris' Rambles'.
Join Chris as she sets off, aided by an unusual sixteenth century map, encounters an excentric English polymath with big ambitions, an…
00:14:30 |
Fri 12 Aug 2022
A Conversation with Ann Gerety Smyth
by Éamonn O'Doherty.
Ardagh hill, in County Longford, Ireland is a very special 'Stories in the Landscape' location. This is the legendary Bri Leith, where much of the Tocmarc Étaíne is set. The …
00:51:16 |
Sun 31 Jul 2022
A Conversation with Jamie Madden
The Irish Dindshenchas The Lore of Prominent Places are a collection of origin stories which celebrate stories in the landscape. Yet, could they also inspire creative approaches to town planning? J…
01:05:20 |
Mon 27 Jun 2022
A Conversation with Clare Millege
Clare Millege
Join Chris and Clare, an artist from Sydney Australia, and an eloquant exponant of the art of landscape stories, as they discuss, art, ecology, the Australian landscape and, especi…
00:48:59 |
Wed 25 May 2022
A Conversation with Professor Ralph Kenna
Lee Fenlon
The second of a new Series of Story Archaeology podcast conversations on mythology and its
'Stories in the Landscape'.
Join Chris and Ralph, professor of Statistical Physics…
00:41:57 |
Thu 21 Apr 2022
A Conversation with Daniel Curley
The first of a new Series of Story Archaeology podcast conversations on mythology and its 'Stories in the Landscape'.
Join Chris and Daniel, archaeologist and manager of the Rathcroghan Visitor …
00:40:06 |
Thu 10 Mar 2022
More Questions answered from the Story Archaeologists
Join the Story archaeologists as they attempt to catch up and answer some of the questions that you have been asking. This Q&A session covers the topic of fír flathemon , 'The truth of the king' and …
01:01:46 |
Tue 14 Jul 2020
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