THURSDAY March 22nd at 7pm: THE ARCHITECT OF NEWGRANGE - pt2

"Before Stonehenge. Before the Pyramids."

NEWGRANGE

In the winter of 1951, a storyteller, the last practitioner of an honored, centuries-old tradition, arrives at the home of nine-year-old Ronan O'Mara in the Irish countryside with a tale of the most brilliant Irishman of all time. He was the architect of Newgrange—but, as all stories should, this one begins before its own beginning. And that was a long, long time ago, before there was ever a place called Newgrange, before there was ever an architect to build its famous work, even before there was a country called Ireland...

Book: Ireland: A Novel Author: Frank Delaney

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THURSDAY March 15th at 7pm: THE ARCHITECT OF NEWGRANGE - pt1

"Before Stonehenge. Before the Pyramids."

NEWGRANGE

In the winter of 1951, a storyteller, the last practitioner of an honored, centuries-old tradition, arrives at the home of nine-year-old Ronan O'Mara in the Irish countryside with a tale of the most brilliant Irishman of all time. He was the architect of Newgrange—but, as all stories should, this one begins before its own beginning. And that was a long, long time ago, before there was ever a place called Newgrange, before there was ever an architect to build its famous work, even before there was a country called Ireland...

Book: Ireland: A Novel Author: Frank Delaney

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THURSDAY May 4th at 7pm: CORMAC MAC ART - Night of the Wolf

"Irish Pirate meets Danish Viking"

CORMAC MAC ART

Night of the Wolf

Cormac Mac Art (nicknamed an Cluiun - "The Wolf") was one of the Irish Reivers - bold pirates who range far among the ruins of the Roman Empire, reaching Spain and on occasion even Egypt.

Cormac Mac Art became outlawed and had to leave Ireland in a hurry, and he found refuge and a new home among the Danish Viking band led by Wulfhere the Skull-splitter. 

He became Wulfhere's right hand man, the two of them complementing each other and working harmoniously together.

Wulfhere is a bellicose and formidable fighter.  Cormac Mac Art, is a formidable swordsman, and is also well-informed on the affairs of the numerous kingdoms, tribes and factions of the British Islands and beyond. Cormac has many enemies, Irish as well as Scandinavian - but he manages to elude them, again and again. Together Wulfhere and Cormac go through many dangerous adventures.

Book: Tigers of the Sea Author: Robert E. Howard

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THURSDAY March 23 at 7pm: FROM THE HEARTH - Irish Tales of the Otherworld

"Supernatural legend and folklore of Ireland"

FROM THE HEARTH

Even today, ancient forces stride across the mythical Irish landscape . . .
In Ireland, the supernatural is usually never far away. It lies sleeping beneath a seemingly peaceful and beautiful landscape, just beyond our vision but ready to emerge when we least expect it or when we inadvertently stir it to life. Tonight you will be drawn into this mysterious otherworld, a world of fairies, ghosts, and sheehogues.

Book: Irish Tales From The Otherworld: Ghosts, Fairies And Evil Spirits
Author: Bob Curran


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FRIDAY, March 17th at 6:30 PM: *SPECIAL* THE QUIET MAN

A Seanchai holiday tradition, Caledonia shares Maurice Walsh's 1933 tale of rural Ireland, and a man who desperately wants to live in peace, but is goaded beyond reason to defend himself and secure the future he desires.

Like all of Walsh's tales, the politics of 20th C Ireland are mixed with a romantic sensibility and a love of that strange, verdant island.

Presented live in voice, at the Seanchai Firecircle.

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WEDNESDAY, March 15th at 7PM: CELTIC TALES ~ Fairy Tales and Stories of Enchantment

It's not just all about the "Good Folk" - though don't let them hear you say that! Celtic Tales span everything from Giant's stairs, to merrows (Irish merfolk), to strangely animated corpses.

 Join Cale at the firecircle, where all good tales are told, as she whisks us back to our origins nine years ago: where we gathered at the West of Ireland to share stories with visions of an Ireland full of magic, mystery, and humor.

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THURSDAY March 9th at 7pm: IS THAT YOU BOY! - more adventures

1940's Cork, Ireland

IS THAT YOU BOY!

The exploits of a gang of young boys living on Shandon Street in Cork in the 1940's, their scams and schemes to make a little much needed pocket money.

A sort of ‘Bowery Boys’ operation where headquarters was not Louies Ice-cream Parlour (The Bronx) but Julia’s Milk and Cafe Shop at the top of Shandon street where the ‘scams’ were hatched and the measure of a gang member was judged by the number of pints of milk he could consume at a single session and where new gang members were initiated by drinking a pint of thick sour milk brought in from Gills Emporium next door to Julias. 

“He who lives by the baa may die by the baa”

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Book:Is That You Boy! Author: Noel Magnier ISBN: 978-0954158101

THURSDAY November 10th at 7pm: IS THAT YOU BOY!

1940's Cork, Ireland

IS THAT YOU BOY!

The exploits of a gang of young boys living on Shandon Street in Cork in the 1940's, their scams and schemes to make a little much needed pocket money.

A sort of ‘Bowery Boys’ operation where headquarters was not Louies Ice-cream Parlour (The Bronx) but Julia’s Milk and Cafe Shop at the top of Shandon street where the ‘scams’ were hatched and the measure of a gang member was judged by the number of pints of milk he could consume at a single session and where new gang members were initiated by drinking a pint of thick sour milk brought in from Gills Emporium next door to Julias. 

“He who lives by the baa may die by the baa”

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Book:Is That You Boy! Author: Noel Magnier ISBN: 978-0954158101

WEDNESDAY, March 9th at 7pm: More from THE HUNTER'S MOON

Findabhair has been kidnapped by the King of Faerie! In that Land, all is not well.  Gwen must find a way to liberate her cousin and confront the seemingly impossible task of passing through the gateways between her world and the other.  As Gwen sets out to find the help she need to save Finn, she may save all of Faerie too.

O.R. Melling weaves the first novel in her Chronicles of Faerie series, through real landscapes, tying all together with the threads of myth and legend that make Ireland the magical land it is.

Aoife Lorefield continues the journey, live in voice.
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WEDNESDAY, March 2nd at 7pm: HUNTER'S MOON Begins

Featured Book Series #2 begins tonight on Crazy Eights at LEA 9.

Cousins Gwen and Findabhair may not always get along but their shared love of everything fantastical and fae creates a bond nothing can break, not even Faerie itself. Back together for a summer of gallivanting across Ireland, the cousins find more magic than they bargained for when Finn is kidnapped by the King of Faerie. In that Land, all is not well, and as Gwen sets out to find the help she need to save Finn, she may save all of Faerie too. O.R. Melling weaves her young adult novel, the first in her Chronicles of Faerie series, through real landscapes, tying all together with the threads of myth and legend that make Ireland the magical land it is.

Aoife Lorefield, live in voice, in the newly refreshed Featured Book Area.
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SATURDAY, December 12th at 10:00am: An Irish Country Christmas

AN IRISH COUNTRY CHRISTMAS

Caledonia and Shandon together present this touching and charming Christmas tale set in rural Ireland... with just a touch of magic!

Barry Laverty, MD, is looking forward to his first Christmas in the cozy village of Ballybucklebo. Along with his senior partner, Dr. O'Reilly, they have their hands full dealing with seasonal coughs and colds, and bringing tidings of comfort and joy to their patients and the town. They even find time to play Santa Claus to a struggling single mother with a sick child and not enough money in the bank. Snow is rare in Ulster, and so are miracles, but that doesn't mean they never happen!

Book: AN IRISH COUNTRY CHRISTMAS

Authors: Patrick Taylor

ISBN: 978-1410482976

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THURSDAY DECEMBER 3rd at 7pm: THE REALM OF MIDNIGHT - Christmas Stories

THE REALM OF MIDNIGHT

One Christmas Eve in Ireland many years ago, young Nora Mahoney was returning from the bogs when an invisible something suddenly rushed past her with the sound of grinding wheels and thundering horses’ hooves.

Tonight is in the grand tradition of Yuletide Ghosts and Spooky Holiday Tales....

There'll be scary ghost stories

And tales of the glories of the

Christmases long, long ago

Book: HAUNTED CHRISTMAS

Author: Mary Beth Crain

ISBN: 978-0762752751

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WEDNESDAY, March 4th at 7PM: THE QUIET MAN

It is no secret that one of Caledonia's annual rituals in honor of Saint Patrick's Day, is her yearly reading (sometimes readings) of Maurice Walsh's short story that inspired John Ford to work for over a decade to adapt the story of Sean Kelvin and his Ellen into an academy Award-winning motion picture starring Maureen O'Hara and John Wayne that is beloved by many.

"Shawn Kelvin, a blithe young lad of 20, went to the States to seek his fortune. And 15 years thereafter he returned to his native Kerry, his blitheness sobered and his youth dried to the core, and whether he had made his fortune or whether he had not no one could be knowing for certain. For he was a quiet man, not given to talking about himself and the things he had done."

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TUESDAY, March 3rd at 7PM: More from IRELAND: LAND OF POETS

The 2015 edition of Seanchai's celebration of moving poetical Irish voices going back over centuries with Kayden and Caledonia. Some new poems, some old poems, from fresh poems, all thoroughly and completely Irish!

''I am of Ireland,
And the Holy Land of Ireland,
And time runs on,' cried she.
'Come out of charity,
Come dance with me in Ireland."

~ W.B. Yeats

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WEDNESDAY, February 25th at 7PM: THE ISLANDMAN

Tomas O'Crohan was born on the Great Blasket Island in 1865 and died there in 1937, a great master of his native Irish. He shared to the full the perilous life of a primitive community, yet possessed a shrewd and humorous detachment that enabled him to observe and describe the world. His book is a valuable description of a now vanished way of life; his sole purpose in writing it was in his own words, 'to set down the character of the people about me so that some record of us might live after us, for the like of us will never be again'.

Caledonia shares selections, live in voice.

THURSDAY, October 23rd at 7PM: LIVING WITH GHOSTS

LIVING WITH GHOSTS

Do you believe in ghosts? Perhaps you were once in an empty house, you were alone in that room, yet your intuition told you that someone or something else was there with you. A creak on the stairway, the rustle of a curtain, a barely perceptible change in the air . . . if you had stopped and listened, what else would you have found or seen?
Tonight the ghosts of Europe's haunted castles and palaces tell their strange and tragic stories, with a little help from Shandon Loring who brings voice to some of the many spirits who have waited so long to speak.

Tonight:
The Loves of Lady Casteltown

Author: Prince Michael of Greece
ISBN: 978-0393039528

PRESENTED IN LIVE VOICE

AND DON'T FORGET!  at 9pm SEANCHAI LATE NIGHT . . . Sci-Fi in the dark to lull you to your rest, or to start your day.  Join Finn Zeddmore for Ian. R. MacLeod's "Nevermore."

WEDNESDAY, August 27th at 7PM: CHESTNUT STREET Concludes

Tonight, we make our final turn down Maeve Binchy's Dublin Street, and take on last fond look at the the people who live, love, and lose along it.

"Binchy makes you laugh, cry, and care.  Her warmth and sympathy render the daily struggles of ordinary people heroic and turn storytelling into an art."  ~ San Francisco Chronicle

TONIGHT: "The Women Who Right Wrongs", "Decision in Dublin" and "The Wrong Caption."

Caledonia Skytower, live in voice.

WEDNESDAY, August 20th at 7PM: More from CHESTNUT STREET

Photo by Magnus Manske from Wikimedia Commons

 "Chestnut Street" is written with the humor and understanding that are earmarks of Maeve Binchy’s extraordinary work and, once again, she warms our hearts with her storytelling.

TONIGHT: "Joyce and the Blind Date", "Taxi Men are Invisible", "The Builders" and "A Card for Father's Day"

Check out this lovely article about Ms. Bunchy celebrating her life from the New York Times - Maeve Binchy, Writer Who Evoked Ireland

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WEDNESDAY, May 28th at 7PM: AOIFE IN IRELAND

'I am of Ireland,
And the Holy Land of Ireland,
And time runs on,' cried she.
'Come out of charity,Come dance with me in Ireland.'
                          ~ W.B.Yeats

Aoife's travels in Ireland were full of magic, mystery and beautiful landscapes that led to ... poetry! Join her for an hour of images, tales and poems from the birthplace of the seanchaí.

Live in voice.

WEDNESDAY, April 23rd at 7PM: TIR NA N'OG Concludes!

We've come a long way from the moment when we met Casey at her centennial celebration, and things are happening fast now that the land of eternal twilight has a name: Tir Na N'Og.  What will happen between Casey and the remarkable Bard of the Scots/Gaels/Iberians?  Whatever happens, they are happening fast as Marni L.B. Troop's Celtic Saga reaches its conclusion.

Caledonia Skytower, live in voice.