In the Past ~ 
Ask most Gaels in Scotland or Ireland about the Céili Dé (plural) - sometimes referred to in English as the Culdees - and they will tell you about the time when early Celtic Christianity first emerged, without martyrdom, from out of its Druidic past; when the histories lovingly recorded in monastic manuscript blurred into myth-stories, in which their first saints often took on the attributes of the earlier Gods or Goddesses...

Fonn

Sireadh Thall (Seek Beyond). An improvised fonn.  From the  Céili Dé (the Culdees)

                                         (( DANIEL DO CHARME & CARLOS DJ ))

IVAN BOYARKIN - SOMETHING IN MY MIND ( V.DANIEL DO CHARME & CARLOS DJ )

Why is there a knowledge gap about Ireland in the UK? As journalists scrambled to put together basic facts about Northern Ireland in the wake of the 2017 UK election, the country's blind spot about one of its own constituent nations became painfully evident. The Brexit debate further highlighted that many were unaware of the sovereign independence of the UK's closest neighbour, the Irish Republic. We talk to journalists and authors about the phenomenon, while Naomi digs up some rather worrying evidence from a contemporary UK school history book.

Episode 4: The Knowledge Gap

Have you heard that the Irish were slaves? If so, you may have been targeted with political propaganda from the American far right. Naomi speaks to actress and writer Azie Dungey about how Irish history is being abused for a political agenda in the United States, while Tim asks two experts in the topic about the truth behind the internet myth. We hear from American journalist Traci White who set out to investigate why the meme was appearing on her Facebook page, while Irish Senator Aodháin Ó Ríordáin tells us what the Trump administration needs to know about Irish-American history.

Featuring: ‘When the Wick is Gone’ by the Pangolins

Sireadh Thall (Seek Beyond). An improvised fonn. From the Céili Dé (the Culdees)

Elizabeth Groves Wilson

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