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Garrett Phelan
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  • OYSTERCATCHER - HAEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS
    The OYSTERCATCHER. Its name in the Irish Language is ‘Roilleach’.  The Latin name is ‘HAEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS’. Although one would consider this bird to be very popular to hear and see along the coastline, it is in fact a RED LISTED bird in Ireland and is a near threatened bird GLOBALLY! Legend has the bird associated with St. Brigid. While fleeing from her persecutors St.Brigid collapsed on the seashore. Seeing her in distress, oystercatchers covered her and kept her hidden from view. In thanks, she blessed them and gave them the sign of the cross. She is often depicted with an Oystercatcher in her hand. Listen to more info, anecdotes and meanderings from Garrett while he imagines looking at this lovely bird from THE HIDE SCULPTURE.HIDE FM is a Per Cent for Art commission by Fingal County Council.Please FOLLOW / SUBSCRIBE!Send all of your questions to [email protected].
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  • KINGFISHER - ALCEDO ATTHIS
    The KINGFISHER. Its name in the Irish Language is ‘Cruidín’.  The Latin name is ‘ALCEDO ATTHIS’. This little bird is an AMBER listed bird in Ireland. There are numerous collective nouns for the Kingfisher. Concentration, Realm, Crown, Rattle, Clique. Interesting, Kingfishers are solitary birds and generally don't like each other very much. Did you know there is a direct link to the term Halcyon Days with the Kingfisher. In this podcast, Garrett gives us lots of interesting anecdotes about this fantastic little bird.HIDE FM is a Per Cent for Art commission by Fingal County Council.Please FOLLOW / SUBSCRIBE!Send all of your questions to [email protected].
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  • DUNLIN - CALIDRIS ALPINA
    This week Garrett is imagining to look at a bird called a DUNLIN. Its name in the Irish Language is ‘Breacóg’ which means young speckled one.  The Latin name is ‘CALIDRIS ALPINA’. This little bird is also a RED listed bird in Ireland. The collective noun for Dunlin is a flock, team, or a plump of Dunlin. They breed in tough places like Greenland, Alaska, Iceland and Siberia. It is a tough, hardy little Sandpiper type wader.HIDE FM is a Per Cent for Art commission by Fingal County Council.Please FOLLOW / SUBSCRIBE!Send all of your questions to [email protected].
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  • CURLEW - NUMENIUS ARQUATA
    This week Garrett is imagining to look at a well talked about bird called a CURLEW. Its name in the Irish Language is ‘Crotach' which means humped or hump-backed.  Their large, long bill is soft and flexible. The Latin name is ‘NUMENIUS ARQUATA’. Sadly this bird is being hugely recognised as a highly endangered bird and is a RED listed bird in Ireland. It is estimated that there is only 100 - 138 breeding pairs in Ireland. It is one of our most beautiful waders with a fabulous, distinctive, yearning call. Garrett says when he hears the Curlew call, it gives him a great sense of belonging and relates it similarly to when he hears the sound of the Uilleann Pipes. Curlews can live up to 20 - 30 years old.HIDE FM is a Per Cent for Art commission by Fingal County Council.Please FOLLOW / SUBSCRIBE!Send all of your questions to [email protected]
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  • GOLDEN PLOVER - PLUVIALIS APRICARIA
    This week Garrett is imagining to look at a bird called a GOLDEN PLOVER. Its name in the Irish Language is ‘Feadóg bhuí’. The Latin name is ‘Pluvialis Apricaria’. Sadly this bird is a RED listed bird in Ireland. Some interesting trivia here. Garrett relays the Origin of Guinness World Records where on 10 November 1951, Sir Hugh Beaver, then the managing director of the Guinness Breweries, went on a shooting party in the North Slob, by the River Slaney in County Wexford, Ireland. After missing a shot at a Eurasian golden plover, he became involved in an argument over which was the fastest game bird in Europe, the golden plover or the red grouse (the former being correct). That evening at Castlebridge House, he realised that it was impossible to confirm in reference books whether or not the golden plover was Europe's fastest game bird. Beaver knew that there must be numerous other questions debated nightly in pubs throughout Ireland, but there was no book in the world with which to settle arguments about records. He realised then that a book supplying the answers to this sort of question might prove popular. A Guinness employee told Sir Hugh of two twin brothers, Norris and Ross McWhirter, who had opened a fact checking agency in London. Sir Hugh interviewed the brothers and, impressed by their prodigious knowledge, commissioned the book. Later, he published the first Guinness World Records which became a best seller within months.HIDE FM is a Per Cent for Art commission by Fingal County Council.Please FOLLOW / SUBSCRIBE!Send all of your questions to [email protected]
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About HIDE FM

HIDE FM - Podcast is a work of art by artist Garrett Phelan. It takes the form of 28 imagined and performed monologues on 28 birds that are visitors to the Rogerstown Estuary, Lusk, North County Dublin, Ireland. The podcast is a sensitive exploration of the Fragility of our ecosystem. Garrett will explore the status, sound, diet, breeding patterns, movement and folklore of each bird type, with ‘sonic interruptions’ interspersed into the podcasts .12 of the 28 birds he features are on the endangered RED list. 10 of the birds are on the endangered AMBER list and 6 are on the GREEN LIST. The HIDE FM - Podcast IS NOT REAL. It is an ‘IMAGINED, PERFECT’ landscape. Each week we will release a podcast that will focus on one particular bird from the area. For more information on what we do follow us @thehideproject on Instagram or go to www.thehideproject.com HIDE FM is a Per Cent for Art Commission by Fingal County Council. Send all of your questions to [email protected]
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