Stories of Ireland and the Irish
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Patricia Trainor is a retired university teacher at the University of Malaga. She is originally from Belfast and is interested in Ireland and all things Irish. Patricia taught Irish Studies to Spanish students BUT also to Erasmus students who came from all over the world. These stories were prepared for Patricia's contribution to Spain's Irish radio program Live on Eire which is..
Stories of Ireland and the Irish
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This is the final story in Patricia's series on bodies of water on the island of Ireland. In this episode Patricia tells us about some of the country's waterfalls ..read more
Stories of Ireland and the Irish
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Today Patricia tells us about Athlone, the town in the middle of the country, and water ..read more
Stories of Ireland and the Irish
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The River Avoca is most likely known to more people than we realise as it was a regular feature on a long-running and hugely popular television series. In this episode Patricia tells us the story of this well known Co. Wicklow river ..read more
Stories of Ireland and the Irish
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In this episode we continue Patricia's stories about the lakes and rivers on the island of Ireland with the stories of the Three Sister Rivers - The River Nore, The River Barrow and the River Suir ..read more
Stories of Ireland and the Irish
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In this episode Patricia is taking a break from telling us about the rivers and lake of Ireland. As it's only a few days before Christmas Patricia tells us a Christmas Tale ..read more
Stories of Ireland and the Irish
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There are versions of the Banks of My Own Lovely lee and there are plenty of stories about the river too. Patricia continues her series of stories on the rivers and lakes of Ireland with this episode ..read more
Stories of Ireland and the Irish
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In this episode Patricia tells us about the River Boyne which rises at Trinity Well, Newberry Hall, near Carbury, County Kildare, and flows towards the Northeast through County Meath to reach the Irish Sea between Mornington, County Meath, and Baltray, County Louth. It's 112 KMs in length but it's history is even longer ..read more
Stories of Ireland and the Irish
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Patricia continues her series on the water on the island of Ireland. Today she tells us about the River Liffey and some of its bridges ..read more
Stories of Ireland and the Irish
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Lough Neagh is a very important source of water for Northern Ireland. In this episode Patricia tells us the story of the Lough and its importance ..read more
Stories of Ireland and the Irish
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Patricia starts a new series in this podcast and for the next while she will be telling us about the rivers and lakes of Ireland. Today with fittingly start with the country's longest river, The River Shannon ..read more