Episode 89 - Tonn Clíodhna

This month we are celebrating the Goddess Brigid and her feast day of Imbolc by releasing a month filled with Goddess stories. This episode is dedicated to the Goddess Clionadh. She is known to some as the Patron Goddess of Cork (so the draw for Aron was an obvious one). She is also known as the Queen of the Banshee, and people in Glandore (Near Rosscarbery in west Cork) will know the expression ‘tonn Clionadh’ well; the wave of Clionadh. The story is unusual as she is one of the few eternal living ones that came to Ireland for the love of a mortal man. But for reasons we do not fully understand, he was taken away from her, and she was taken away from Ireland after a huge wave, the 9th of a series, dragged her away from Glandore beach. She is said to have drowned that day… but like all eternal living ones, an essence of her remained. And if you visit the Blarney in Cork, you may want to kiss a stone to seek the skills of the eloquence of speech, or what's locally known as “the gift of the gab”. You may not know, it was Clionadh we have to thank for that! Lady Gregory has a great source text for this story in - Gods and Fighting Men or you can find it here as well: https://labbacallee.weebly.com/an-tonn-cliona.html Support for this podcast comes from our patrons. We release some of our sources and early updates on Patreon, so to find out more, or become a patron by going to: https://www.patreon.com/candlelittales http://candlelittales.ie/ https://open.spotify.com/show/2102WuUUe9Jl6cGXNwQEKf https://soundcloud.com/candlelittales https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/candlelit-tales-irish-mythology-podcast/ https://twitter.com/candlelit_tales?lang=en https://www.facebook.com/candlelittales/ https://www.instagram.com/candlelittales/ https://vimeo.com/user52850249 https://www.youtube.com/candlelittales #keepherlit #keephercandlelit #candlelittales #storytelling #livemusic #mythology #irishmythology #candlelittalespodcast