E1Episode 1
2019-08-11
In Episode One, directed and produced by Mary Martin, John visits Co. Derry, Co. Cavan, Co. Leitrim and Co. Donegal. In Derry’s Bogside he meets the Undertones bass player Mickey Bradley and lead singer Paul Mcloone, where he chats about growing up in Derry and the place name of Derry and Londonderry. In Co. Cavan he explores the poetry and culture behind place names with Michael Harding
E2Episode 2
2019-08-18
John meets singer/songwriter John Spillane to talk about our love of place in song and even manages to knock a few tunes out of him! John heads down into the bowels of the Cave of the Cats in Roscommon in search of the origin of Halloween! And he takes an early morning hot air balloon ride with travel writer Manchán Magan to get perspective on where our place names originated from. He also cracks the code behind place names in Co. Dublin, Co. Meath, Co. Wicklow, Co. Westmeath and Co. Galway.
More like this
Picked because they share genre and era with Creedon's Atlas of Ireland
