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Racontour Archive - 2020 onwards — 437 episodes
Having no sweater! Where's me jumper?
Having joy: Dreams
We have arrived! Zoo Station
Having each other: Fairytale of New York
Having a mentor: The whole of the moon
Having hope: Summer in Dublin
Having the craic: Lisdoonvarna
Having the hots: Teenage Kicks
Having grace: Into the Mystic
Having heartbreak: Raglan Road
Welcome To Jack's Irish Anthems
2: Quiet Man
2: Dead finale
2: Field law
2: Field Outsiders
2: Ismay
2: Quint's speech
Sligo Town overview
1: Welcome to the Yeats Country Guide
Upon seeing the Bluestacks
Bluestack Mountains overview
Welcome to the Celtic Calendar
Lughnasa miscellany
The hungry month of July
Garland Sunday
Puck Fair
The pagan dance of Lughnasa
The original Tailteann Games
Who was Lugh?
Welcome to Big Country
17: BSW1 Beer hops
20. BF Lean summer days
18. BF Hirings Fairs
19. BF Booleying
17. BF Midsummer's Eve
16. BF Whit Sunday
15. BF Gretta's Bealtaine
12. There's something about Brigid
14. Imbolc review
13. Beliefs around Brigid
10. Getting her dues
11. Divination
9. Imbolc rituals
8. One powerful woman
7. Holy wells
6. Brigid's Cross
5. Desecration by Diarmaid mac Murchadha
4. Gretta's Brigid overview
3. Brigid - a starting point
2. Saluting Brigid
1. Imbolc overview
Bonus DHS - P.J. Ward remembered
7: BSW1 Local love song in Irish
BSW4 - 13. Ardara, heritage town
BSW4 - 12. Ardara fort
BSW4 - 11. The cowpat golf course
BSW4 - 10. Owenea standing stone
BSW4 - 9. Kentucky in the Donegal hills
BSW4 - 8. Fairy lore
BSW4 - 7. The Irish storyteller
BSW4 - 6. Owenea fishing tale
BSW4 - 5. The glamourous West End
BSW4 - 4. Metal bridge/Diarmuid
BSW4 - 3. The view of the mountains
BSW4 - 2. The Harvest Fair
BSW4 - 1. Leaving Ballybeg/Lughnasa
BSW3A 13. The Casan/All Souls Day
BSW3A 12. Rambling houses
BSW3A 11. 'Pooching' and fasting
BSW3A 10. Out and about by Sir Arthur's bridge
BSW3A 9. Mountain mist/holy wells
BSW3A 8. The man who knew his sheep
BSW3A 7. The north range
BSW3A 6. Tullynaglaggin times
BSW3A 5. Beware of the Pooka
BSW3A 4. Geology of the valley
BSW3 3. Heather, bees and views
BSW3A 2. The hungry month
BSW3A 1. Glacial deposit
BSW3 27. Dancing at Lughnasa
BSW3 26. Jimmy's winning matches
BSW3 25. V.I.P hotel
BSW3 24. Talking Shop
BSW3 23. Early days of the festival
BSW3 22. The truth about sheep!
BSW3 21. View of the glens
BSW3 20. Glenties - one tidy town
BSW3 19. The path across the moor
BSW3 18. Beckett's boulevarde
BSW3 15. Along the Owenroe river/Mass Rock
BSW3 17. Deepest Doobin
BSW3 16. Fionn's frolics
BSW3 15. Along the Owenroe river
BSW3 14. An emigrant's farewell
BSW3 13. Donegal's famous postman
BSW3 12. I can see for miles and miles
BSW3 11. Carnaween
BSW3 10. Climbing the Bluestacks
BSW3 9. Divergence
BSW3 8. At the foothills
BSW3 7. Disert during the Famine
BSW3 6. Disert graveyard
BSW3 5. Field of dreams
BSW3 4. Songs of the area
BSW3 3. Approaching a sacred site
BSW3 2. St. Brigid's Day
BSW3 1. Daybreak in Drimarone
15: BSW1 Tranquil shores?
BSW2 23. Safe houses/Upper Eanymore
BSW2 22. O'Neill's of Letterbarrow
BSW2 21. Bluestack centre
BSW2 20. End of Day Two
BSW2 19. Forestry
BSW2 18. Tending to the valley
BSW2 17. Bog flora
BSW2 16. The bog
BSW2 16. Turf cutting
BSW2 15. Meenaguse Lough
BSW2 14. The professor turned sheep farmer
BSW2 13. The yellow river
BSW2 12. Grey Mare's tail
BSW2 11. Meenawilderg's favourite son
BSW2 10. Blue Stack range and The Song
BSW2 9. Meenataggart Hall
BSW2 8. Sheep dipping
BSW2 7. The scary woman/Belshade fault
BSW2 6. Lime kiln
BSW2 5. Heavenly place
BSW2 4. Eglish valley
BSW2 3. The North East range
BSW2 2. Eagles' dens and ancient paths
BSW2 1. Ascending the valley
16: BSW1 The Friary
13: BSW1 A microcosm of Ireland
Me an' me Da (living in Drumlister)
Bram Stoker's Sligo
Keen
Irish funeral customs
The Irish and death
Death lore in Ireland
DMcC Glacial Inishowen
DMcC Agnes Jones's grave
DMcC Carrowmore East Cross and bullaun slab
DMcC Carrowmore West Cross
DMcC Cloncha church and Boudan's cross
DMcC Crime and punishment
DMcC Druids, Brehon Law, stone circles
DMcC How the stones were moved
DMcC King's Grave, Inch island
DMcC Lanes that stay
DMcC Sloblands reclamation
DMcC St. Mura's Cross in Fahan
DMcC Starting point of Inishowen
DMcC Taking your ancestors with you
DMcC Tips on travelling through fields
DMcC Samhain - Derry at Halloween
DMcC Samhain - Illies and the banshee
DMcC Samhain - all hail the hazel!
DMcC - Samhain - earliest social media
Samhain fire
DMcC - Samhain's cult of the dead
Samhain overview
All Souls Day
Banshee - PG
Divination - PG
Morrigan
Otherworld - PG
Samhain and the Gates of Hell - PG
EMT - Sliabh Bawn's history
EMT - Waterloo and Wellington
EMT - where once the Shannon flowed
EMT - fairies and the Otherworld
EMT - getting lost due to the fairies
EMT - local tales of fairies
EMT - name and famine
EMT - hearing the Banshee
EMT - fairies as black cats
EMT Swan lake
EMT Tailteann Games
EMT Kilgavin church
13: EMT Queen Medh and the bull
12: BSW1 Piseog/In the footsteps of monks
11: BSW1 Traditional routes
10: BSW1 East Range
9: BSW1 Biddy's
8: BSW1 Barnesmore in the distance
6: BSW1 Condy in the Bluestacks
5: BSW1 Walking in the hills
4: BSW1 Eske river
3: BSW1 Famine graveyard
2: BSW1 The Hiring Fair
The Dobhar-chú
1: BSW1 The Diamond
A sort of homecoming
Inishowen placenames
Bonus DHS - the boys are back in town
Keith Corcoran's top storytelling tips
Rab Fulton's top storytelling tips
Bonus DHS - Lough Swilly and the goddess
13. DHS - Tory Island
11. DHS - Leo's Tavern
15. DHS - Doon Rock
Bonus DHS - Fishing in Doagh Island
14. DHS - Mount Errigal
Bonus DHS - Biddys O'Barnes
Bonus DHS - Jacqui introduces The Light
7. DHS - The Laurels
8. DHS - Inishkeel and St. Conal's bell
6. DHS - The Croaghs
9. DHS - Kerrytown's visitation
2. DHS - Rory Gallagher international festival
23. DHS - MacCumhaill Park
4. DHS - St. Asicus's Grave
10. DHS - Daniel O'Donnell and the Viking House
20. DHS - Kealy's Seafood Restaurant
3. DHS - Surfing and Donegal Bay
17. DHS - Lough Swilly from Dunree
16. DHS - Grianan of Aileach
18. DHS - St. Eigne's holy well
21. DHS - Amelia Earhart's landing
22. DHS - Beltany Stone Circle
12. DHS - Teach Hudí Beag's
19. DHS - Malin Head
5. DHS - St. Colmcille Turas
14: Famine Pot BSW1 and 24. DHS
25. DHS - Lough Derg
1. DHS - the Drowes river and the first salmon
10. BBG - the ghost of Willy McMyle PG
9. BBG - fairy trees
8. BBG - skull sweethearts PG
7. BBG - Joan of Arc PG
6. BBG - witches PG
5. BBG - the levitator
4. BBG - mystery of the wrench
3. BBG - Bob's dead
2. BBG - The Fire Stoker
1. BBG Poltergeists PG
12. BB - Deegan's motorbike
11. BB Killing a Jap
10. BB Kelly's Donkey
9. BB Getting Caught
8. BB Tommy Molloy
7. BB Patsy O'Hagan
5. BB Middle Man
4. BB Carndonagh cattle
Poltergeists
Dan's cottage background beat
Winning the turf
30. GMH - Paddy's last tune
29. GMB - Tony's flotsam and bores
28. GMH - McCann's sea heritage
27. GMH - a beautiful location
26. GMH - Lighthouse keepers
25. GMH - Colby's baseline
24. GMH - colourful residents
23. GMH - Patsy's 1831 lament
22. GMH - the enchanted lake
21. GMH - the Foyle's many visitors
20. GMH - fishing with our European cousins
19. GMH - Spanish Armada legacy
18. GMH - Greencastle's boat builders
17. GMH - playing a big part in WW2
16. GMH - Paddy's yarn and song
15. GMH - Charlie McCann remembers
14. GMH - Inishtrahuill poem
13. GMH - the 1851 weather of the area
12. GMH - the Foyle ferry
11. GMH - the long haul to Coleraine
10. GMH - all roads lead to Greencastle
9. GMH - many comings and goings
8. GMH - dividing the share
7. GMH - fishermen's beliefs
6. GMH - Northburgh castle
5. GMH - the maritime memorial
4. GMH - modern day Greencastle
3. GMH - buoys, nets and pots
2. GMH - the drontheim
1. GMH Radio intro
28. TBN - Drumnagessen bridge
27. TBN - the Rockytown Lights
26. TBN - last fatal duel in Ireland
25. TBN - The Plains of Boyle
24. TBN - Skip About
23. TBN - The Little Red Lark
29. TBN - The Cosy Suite
22. TBN - The Sligo Meet
21. TBN - Let Music Breathe and The Boyne Hunt
20. TBN - Planxty Fiddlesticks
19. TBN - unknown Dinny tune
18. TBN - there's only eight notes!
TBN - the first session in Ireland
16. TBN - Inishowen Waltz
15. TBN - living in a packed house
14. TBN - Johnny Cuthems
13. TBN Pat Mulhern
12. TBN - musical number
11. TBN - bringing it out
10. TBN - Dinny's tips for success
9. TBN - novel names for tunes
8. TBN - The Silent Command
7. TBN - Harry Swan on Big Nights
6. TBN - bottling nights and big nights
5. TBN - Dinny's love of the fiddle
4. TBN - origins of 'White Harra'?
3. TBN - a tribute to White Harra
2. TBN - musical introduction
1. TBN - Dinny's radio introduction
22. TPR - the rare old mountain dew
21. TPR - poitín big shot
20. TPR - Libyan poitín case!
19. TPR - a 7th century recipe for poitín!
18. TPR - uisce beatha
17. TPR - the M1 of shipping lanes
16. TPR - warning bells
15. TPR - landlords take action
14. TPR - a redcoat raid
13. TPR - trying to subdue Urris
12. TPR - law and order breakdown
11. TPR - standing up for distillers
10. TPR - poitín placenames
9. TPR - Carn alcohol factory
8. TPR - a bloody year thanks to poitín
7. TPR - 43% of all poitín was from Inishowen
6. TPR - Harry Swan on poitín
5. TPR - I don't like jam!
4. TPR - a ranger remembers
3. TPR - an integral part of farming
2. TPR - Poitín intro
1. TPR - Dan's Cottage preview
20. Border Tales - the jolly smuggler
19. Border Tales - border permits
18. Border Tales - needing a car bond
17. Border Tales - a poor tea substitute
16. Border Tales - a plate of bones
15. Border Tales - Inishowen's lost territory
14. Border Tales - intrepid George
13. Border Tales - Winter Willy
12. Border Tales - a canny Louthman
11. Border Tales - the lady searchers
10. Border Tales - dexterous swine
9. Border Tales - an even smaller peninsula?
8. Border Tales - the Boundary Commission
7. Border Tales - shopping in wellies
6. Border Tales - industrious animals
5. Border Tales - the prize turkey
4. Border Tales - the auld Bedford Van
3. Border Tales - the Free State Farmer
2. Border Tales - overview
1. Border Tales - introduction
16. TTC Eddie - Biddy and the boy with the screw
15 TTC Eddie - tough times
14 TTC Eddie - the black dog and the fire quenchers
13. TTC Eddie - the moving house
12. TTC Eddie - watch who you're sitting beside!
11 TTC Eddie - taking the skin off
10 TTC Eddie - Seven things the fairies hate
9. TTC Eddie and an unexpected sight
8. TTC Eddie and the holy bush
7. TTC - finale
6. TTC - charms and cures
5. TTC - fairies
4. TTC - births and death
3. TTC - love
2. TTC - omens
1. TTC - introduction
The full Paudge Dorrian interview
22. ST - High Street
21. ST - Courthouse
20. ST - Sligo Abbey
19. ST - John Fallon foot bridge
18. The Mall Walkway
17. ST - Model gallery
16. ST - Sligo Library and Museum
15. ST - Milligan's house
14. ST - Connolly's pub
13. ST - Yeats statue
12. ST - Hyde bridge
11. ST - Yeats Memorial building
10. ST - Famine Memorial
9. ST - City Hall
7. ST - Pollexfen's turret
6. ST - St. John's Church
5. ST - John Street
4. ST - Sligo Cathedral
3. ST - Hawks Well theatre
2. ST - Summerhill
1. ST - Welcome to Sligo Town
22. MH - avoiding the Rosary!
21. MH - McGlinchey's food tales
20. MH - tilley lamp
19. MH - preparing the fish
18. MH - the Tailors' Tale
17. MH - Crawford the henman
16. MH - early memories of the Head
15. MH - dinner in the day!
14. MH - clachans
13. MH - neolithic hunters
12. MH - the fat of the land
11. MH - Sliabh na mBán
10. MH - Manus, a poem
9. MH - four agencies of Inishowen
8. MH - embroidery
7. MH - keeping warm
6. MH - dance hall days
5. MH - an interesting purchase!
4. MH Chores and comfort
3. MH Preparing for the Winter in the 1940s
2. MH - the blizzard hits
1. MH - introduction
Bonus DHS - the Diamond's many tales
Donegal slipways and a famous visitor
8. ST - Wesley Chapel
Paudge Dorrian's famous case
Rambling House project brief Q&A
25. TNW Thank you
17. TNW Ballyhealy Castle
13. TNW Countryside features
3. TNW Yellow Bellies
1. TNW Introduction
15. TNW St. Anne's Holy Well
12. TNW Ishartmon
9. TNW St. Catherine's church
14. BF Wrap up
13. BF Retelling tradition
12. BF The lore of the hare
11. BF Piseogs lore - PG
10. BF May flowers and May altar
9. BF The Italian Magerini
8. BF Blackthorn
7. BF Hawthorn, fire and fairies
6. BF Boundaries
5. BF Samhradh Samhradh! - the song of May
4. BF Beltany Stone Circle
3. BF Bealtaine overview
2. BF Introduction
Checklist for Rambling House
Rambling House introduction