Celtic Myth Podshow - Shownotes for Episode 16

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Shownotes

Episode 016 - Tuan the Immortal

12th September 2008, 47m 24s, 54.5Mb

Today we hear the tale of Tuan and Saint Finnian, one of the best shape-changing myths in the Celtic mythos. Set in historical times, we look back through history with the meeting of Tuan the Immortal. This episode is slightly longer than normal at 47 minutes - sorry, we just didn't want to break this story :)

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Tuan the Immortal

Names Used within the Tale (in order of occurrence)

For more information about the Characters below, see our Biographies section.

Lough Foyle	Magh Bhille	Finnian
Collum Cille	Tuan	Cairill
Muredach Red-neck	Ulaid	Leinster
Starn	Sera	Partholon
Erin	Noah	Nemed
Agnoman	Semion	Stariath
Domnann	Fir Bolg	Gaeleoin
Beothach	Iarbonel	Tuatha De Danann
Padraig	Alban


St Columba (Collum Cille)	Saint Finnian

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Promos

Anne is a Man!, A blogsite that reviews some seriously good podcasts.

Njal's Saga, A podcast of the Viking Classic, Njal's Saga, read by David and Sandra of the Spoken Lore Podcast.

Irish Gaelic Phrase of the Day

Céad Míle Fáilte which actually means a hundred thousand welcomes not a thousand welcomes as we thought and said in the Show :) You might also see it as Céad míle fáilte romhat! which means 'A hundred thousand welcomes to you!'

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.

Victor Stella After the War, Podsafe Audio . See the Contributor page for details.

For our Theme music:

The Skylark and Haghole, Culann's Hounds, http://www.sfhounds.com

Sources

Irish Fairy Tales
The Story Or Ireland
The Story of Tuan mac Carill
The History of Ireland , Geoffey Keating
Clan Donald Heritage
Mysterious World: Ireland
The Epics of Celtic Ireland , Jean Markale
The Story of Tuan mac Caroll
The Celtic Encyclopedia , Harry Mountain

And, of course, the Awen - inpiration and imagination!

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