The old
story-teller, Fintan, gives his famous
Judgement
In this story, which is part 1 of
a 2 part story, we hear the tale of the oldest and greatest
Shannachie or Story-teller of Ireland, Fintan. It was the job of
the Shannachie to travel the land of Erin and collect stories from
far-flung corners and this tale tells of his long life and his
place in the history of the magical Isle of Erin.
Full Show-notes, with sources and
credits, can be found on our main Website at http://celticmythpodshow.com/irish18
Running
Order:
- Intro
0:40
- News & Views
1:21
- Story
2:20
- Listener Feedback -Paul
30:44
- Promo - The Mark of a Druid
32:00
We hope you enjoy it!
Gary & Ruthie x x x
Released: 10th
October 2008, 35m
We love hearing your
feedback, please email garyandruth@celticmythpodshow.com,
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News & Views
We send thanks to Anne Roos for
her Harping that is heard within this tale.
Anne
Roos
Anne has graciously allowed us to
use three pieces for Fintan's Harp in this tale. The tracks are
My Lagan Love from the album Hasten to
the Wedding, High Barbary from the
album Mermaids and Mariners and
Craigieburn Wood from the album
A Light in the Forest. More details about
Anne and these albums can be found on her Contributor Page.
Anne’s music repertoire spans
traditional Celtic (Irish, Scottish, Welsh), English, folk,
religious and secular, Early, Renaissance and classical music, to
Broadway, contemporary, pop and Jazz, and is virtually unlimited.
She can easily provide the traditional “Canon in D” and “Here Comes
the Bride” for a wedding processional, and play classic Frank
Sinatra or Metallica at a reception. Her ability to faithfully play
such a broad range of musical styles has helped to establish her
popularity.
Visit Anne's website Celtic harp music or find more details on her
Contributor Page.
The Judgement of
Fintan
Names Used in this
Story
Listed in order of
appearance
For more information about the
Characters below, see our Biographies section.
- Fintan
- Brega
- Temhair
- Erin
- Niall of the Nine
Hostages
- Ui Neill
- Glen Etin
- Lough Lumman
- Aed Abaid
- Diarmait
- Fergus Cerball
- Erin
- Flann Febla
- Scannlan
- Fingen
- Paidraig
- Fiachra
- Colman
- Cennfaelad
- Aillil
- Muiredach
- Magh Rath
- Finnchad
- Falmag
- Leinster
- Cú-alad
- Bran Bairne
- Deg
- Fir Olnegmacht
- Tuan
- Cairell
- Ulaid
- Bóchra
- Bith
- Noah
- Dun Tulcha
- Kerry
- Berran
- Luachair Dedaid
- Cessair
- Sliab Betha
- Ladru
- Ard Ladrann
- Tul Tuinde
- Parthalon
- Agnoman
- Fir Bolg
- Fir Gaelion
- Fir Domnann
- Irrus
- Tuatha De
- West Munster
- Druim Den
- Fénius Farsaid
- Cai Cain-brethach
- Amairgen Glungel
- Liath-druim na Ler
- Sons of Mil
- Donn
- Tech Duind
- Skellig
- Eber
- Eeremon
- Conaing Bec-eclach
- Trefuilngid
Treochair
- Mis Gluairi
- Irrus Domnann
- Mu
- Nimrod
- Nél
- Goedel Glas
- Féne
- Scota
- Moses
- Caucasus
- Scythia
- Caspian
- Palus Maeotis
- Breogan
- Shannachie/Seanachie
- Tortu
- Ross
- Mugna
- Dathe
- Uisnech
- Bile Tortan
- Eó Rosa
- Craebh Daithi
- Ess Ruaid
Missing
Section
In the interests of brevity and
not boring you to death with long lists of Irish place-names, we
removed the following sections from the Show. This is obviously a
ritual inventory or dialogue that would not be hard for the Celt to
hear as all the place names would hold meaning for them.
Trefuilngid: True indeed, O
Fintan, you are an excellent shannachie in holding the memory of
this land. It is thus that it has been, and will be for ever,
namely:
Her learning, her foundation, her teaching, her alliance, her
judgement, her chronicles, her counsels, her stories, her
histories, her science, her comeliness, her eloquence, her beauty,
her blushings, her bounty, her abundance, her wealth — from the
western part in the west.
Conaing: Where
do these come from?
Trefuilngid: Easy to say. From
Ae, from Umall, from Aidne, from Bairenn, from Bres, from
‘preifiie, from Bri Airg, from Berramain, from Bagna, from Cera,
from Corann, from Cruachu, from Irrus, from Imga, from Imgan, from
Tarbga, from Teidmne, from Tulcha, from Muad, from Muiresc, from
Meada from Maige (that is, between Traige and Reocha and Lacha),
from Mucrama, from Maenmag, from Mag Luirg, from Mag Ene, from
Arann, from Aigle, from Airtech.
Fintan: It was then that he
said:
Trefuilngid: Her battles, also,
and her contentions, her hardihood, her rough places, her strifes,
her haughtiness, her unprofitableness, her pride, her captures, her
assaults, her hardness, her wars, her conflicts, From the northern
part in the north.
Conaing:
Where do these come from?
Trefuilngid: Easy to say: From Lie, from Lorg,
from Lothar, from Callann, from Farney, from Fidga, from Srub
Brain, from Bernas, from Daball, from Ard Fothaid, from Goll, from
Irgoll, from Airmmach, from the Glens, from Gera, from Gabor, from
Emain, from Ailech, from Imclar. Her prosperity then,and her
supplies, her bee-hives, her contests, her feats of arms, her
householders, her nobles, her wonders, her good custom, her good
manners, her splendour, her abundance, her dignity, her strength,
her wealth, her householding, her many arts, her accoutrements, her
many treasures, her satin, her serge, her silks, her cloths, her
green spotted cloth, her hospitality, from the eastern part in the
east.
Conaing: Where do these come
from?
Trefuilngid: Easy to say. From
Fethach, from Fothna, from Inrechtra, from Mugna, from Bile, from
Bairne, from Berna, from Drenna, from Druach, from Diamar, from
Lee, from Line, from Lathirne, from Cuib, from Cualnge, from Cenn
Con, from Mag Rath, from Mag mis, from Mag Muirthemne. Her
waterfalls, her fairs, her nobles, her raiders, her knowledge, her
subtlety, her musicianship, her melody, her minstrelsy, her wisdom,
her honour, her music, her learning, her teaching, her warriorship,
her fidchell playing, her vehemence, her fierceness, her poetical
art, her advocacy, her modesty, her code, her retinue, her
fertility, from the southern part in the south.
Conaing:
Where do these come from?
Trefuilngid: Easy to say. From
Mairg, from Maistiu, from Raigne, from Rairiu, from Gabair, from
Gabran, from Cliu, from Claire, from Femned, from Faifae, from
Bregon, from Barchi, from Cenn Chaille, from Clere, from Cermna,
from Raithlinn, from Glennamain, from Gobair, from Luachair, from
Labrand, from Loch Léin, from Loch Lugdach, from Loch Daimdeirg,
from Cathair Chonroi, from Cathair Cairbri, from Cathair Ulad, from
Dun Bindi, from Dun Chain, from Dun Tulcha, from Fertae, from
Feorainn, from Fiandainn. Her kings, moreover, her stewards, her
dignity, her primacy, her stability, her establishments, her
supports, her destructions, her warriorship, her charioteership,
her soldiery, her principality, her high-kingship, her ollaveship,
her mead, her bounty, her ale, her renown, her great fame, her
prosperity, from the centre position.
Conaing: Where do these come
from?
Trefuilngid: Easy to say. From
Mide, from Bile, from Bethre, from Bruiden, from Colba, from
Cnodba, from Cuilliu, from Ailbe, from Asal, from Usnech, from
Sidan, from Slemain, from Slâine, from Cno, from Cerna, from
Cennandus, from Bri Scâil, from Bri Graigi, from Bri meic Thaidg,
from Bri Foibri, from Bri Din, from Bri Fremain, from Temhair, from
Tethbe, from Temair Broga Niad, from Temair Breg, the overlordship
of all Erin from these.
Listener
Feedback
Paul
We read an email from listener
Paul.
Promo - The Mark of a
Druid
The Mark of a Druid
When twenty-six-year-old Eve
McCormick awakes, the images from her nightmare are indelible. The
dream feels so real she must force herself to get a grip. This
experience is just the beginning for Eve, a Los Angeles clinical
hypnotherapist and researcher investigating whether reincarnation
is fact or fiction.
Unstoppable visions of an ancient
lifetime steal days from her. The danger escalates when she wakes
up physically injured and marked with a strange symbol. While Eve
battles the past to maintain her sanity and safety, her project is
jeopardized as another researcher’s attempts to take over. One
partner dies and another is accused of inappropriate conduct. Eve
and her friend, Dr. Andrea McMurray, don’t believe in coincidence
and probe their shared visions for answers.
On the other side of the Atlantic,
Welshman Ryerson Sanders is haunted by his dreams and believes
Eve’s research project can help him. For both of them, an ancient
Celtic prophecy and long-sought revenge entangles the past with the
present. A druidess and a shape-shifter must join to save the druid
way of life, while a queen conspires to kill Erin’s only high king.
Will the oaths and agendas of the past reach across the centuries
to strengthen or to destroy?
Find the book at Podiobooks.com and at themarkofadruid.com. Find out more about the author at
rhondacarpenter.com.
Special Thanks
For incidental music:
Diane Arkenstone The Secret Garden.
See the Contributor Page for details.
Kim Robertson, Angels in Disguise,
All or None . See the Contributor Page for details.
Jigger Time Ticks Away. See
the Contributor Page for details.
For our Theme
Music
The Skylark and
Haghole, the brilliant Culann's Hounds. See
their Contributor page for details.
Extra Special Thanks for
Unrestricted Access to Wonderful Music
(in Alphabetic
order)
Anne Roos Extra Special thanks
go for permission to use any of her masterful music to Anne
Roos. You can find out more about Anne on her website or on
her Contributor page.
Caera Extra Special thanks go
for permission to any of her evocative harping and Gaelic singing
to Caera. You can find out more about Caera on her website or on
her Contributor Page.
Celia Extra Special Thanks go
for permission to use any of her wonderful music to Celia Farran.
You can find out more about Celia on her website or on her
Contributor Page.
Damh the Bard Extra Special
thanks go to Damh
the Bard for his permission to use any of his music on the
Show. You can find out more about Damh (Dave) on his website or on
his Contributor page.
The Dolmen Extra Special thanks
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The Dolmen, for their permission to use any of their fantastic
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Dolmen on their website or on our Contributor page.
Keltoria Extra Special thanks
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Skinner. You can find out more about Kevin on his website or on his
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Phil Thornton Extra
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