Into the Mythic Live Halloween Special 'Samhain and the Cailleach'
Get in touch wIth us !A special Halloween episode exploring the origins of the Cailleach. An exploration of this incredibly potent female archetype in Irish Mythology.More than a witch, more than a hag, she takes us right back to the origin of humanity. Recorded in front of a live audience at the Bandon Banshee Festival Oct 2025Into the Mythic is presented by Leeanne O’ Donnell and Pol O Colmain and sponsored by Wild Goose Studios in Kinsale. Wildgoosestudio.comWorkingartiststudio.comLeeanneodonnell.com
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Episode 9 : Mythical, Mystical Islands
Get in touch wIth us !Exciting news! We are running a special online course this winter. A live interactive experience with Into the Mythic hosts Pol and Leeanne. From 6 weeks from Samhain to Winter Solstice we invite you to join us online to be nourished and entertained by the magical stories of Ireland’s ancient culture.Find out more and book your place at https://www.leeanneodonnell.com/store/p/into-the-mythic-online-courseEpisode 9 : This week Pol tells us about mysterious islands off the coast of Ireland that have been talked about for thousands of years - floating islands that have been glimpsed out beyond the horizon but have never been mapped...
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Episode 8: The Perfect Wife
Get in touch wIth us !In this story a radiant otherworldly woman emerges from the woods to marry an ordinary man .... with disastrous consequences ....
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Episode 7 : The Sun God and the River Goddess
Get in touch wIth us !We are very happy to be back with a second season of Into the Mythic thanks to the sponsorship of our friends at WildGooseStudio.com in Kinsale. This week's story concerns two very ancient divine beings from Irish Mythology - Dagda and Boinne, who are two important characters in the stories about the Tuatha De Dannan. It seems that origins of this story go right back to the culture that built Newgrange.
About Into The Mythic - Ancient Irish Stories for Modern Times
Exciting news! We are running a special online course this winter. Over 6 weeks from Samhain to Winter Solstice we invite you to join us online to be nourished and entertained by the magical stories of Ireland’s ancient culture. A live interactive experience with Into the Mythic hosts Pol and Leeanne.Find out more and book your place at https://www.leeanneodonnell.com/store/p/into-the-mythic-online-courseJoin us as we journey back and find new meanings in some very ancient stories. Leeanne O Donnell and Pol O Colmain revisit Ireland's ancient legends with fresh ears - peeling back the layers to uncover what resonance these stories might have for us now in the 21st Century. Some stories endure for thousands of years and these ones have - so what are they trying to tell us ? This series is made possible by the kind sponsorship of our friends at Wild Goose Studio. https://wildgoosestudio.com. Recorded at the Working Artist's Studio in Ballydehob. Presented and produced by Leeanne O Donnell. Music composed and performed by Pol and Dubhaltach O Colmain @workingartiststudios Leeanne's first novel Sparks of Bright Matter is out now - in all good bookshops, on kindle and as an audiobook on Audible and Spotify.
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