Fabula Celtica: A Celtic Studies Podcast
Claim This Podcastby Tyler Baxter, Saoirse Ní Dhonnobháin, Michael Frim, Kevin Collins
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<p><a href="https://linktr.ee/fabulaceltica" rel="nofollow">https://linktr.ee/fabulaceltica</a></p><p>A general Celtic Studies podcast. We cover various topics organised into thematic seasons. Hosted by PhD candidate Tyler Baxter (University of Edinburgh) and MA student Saoirse Ní Dhonnabháin (University College Cork). The podcast aims to be accessible to general audiences, blending storytelling and scholarship. Expect to find mythology and history in equal measure. This podcast is not appropriate for children. Our logo consists of two illustrations, both taken from the Book of Ballymote, folio 2v. Music is by Kevin Collins. Editing for episodes 1-5 is by Kevin Collins and for later episodes by Tyler Baxter.</p><p>Past Co-Hosts: Kevin Collins, Michael Frim</p>
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1/22/2024
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November 10, 2025
S01 E15: Up the Workers
<p>This episode was originally recorded in August 2025: apologies for the delay on getting it out!</p><p>Tyler and Saoirse discuss independent freemen, dependent workers, and slaves in medieval Ireland, and things get a wee bit political.</p><p>Main topics addressed: status and professions for the non-nemed ('noble'/privileged) classes in early medieval Ireland.</p><p>This episode includes swearing and we discuss connections we perceive between the medieval situation and potentially contentious current world issues including racism, immigration, and fascism.</p><p><u>References and Suggested Media</u>:</p><p>Boyle, Elizabeth. Fierce Appetites (London: Penguin, 2023)</p><p>CARANTES: https://carantes.org/</p><p>Derrick, J. The Image of Irelande (1581)</p><p>Gerriets, Marilyn. 'Money in Early Christian Ireland according to the Irish Laws', Comparative Studies in Society and History 27.2 (1985), 323-39 at 327</p><p>Gray, Elizabeth. Cath Maige Tuired: The Second Battle of Mag Tuired electronic ed (Cork: CELT, 2023) <<a href="https://celt.ucc.ie/published/T300010/index.html" rel="nofollow">https://celt.ucc.ie//published/T300010/index.html</a>></p><p>Kelly, F. A Guide to Early Irish Law (Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 2020), pp. 51-67, 91-98</p>
September 1, 2025
S01 E14: Who's your Daddy?
Tyler and Saoirise have too much fun questioning the medieval Irish patriarchy. Main topics addressed: patriarchy, misogyny, women, and children in early medieval Ireland. This episode includes sexual references and swearing. References and Suggested Media: ‘Debility of the Ultonian Warriors’ in Hull, Eleanor, The Cuchullin Saga in Irish Literature (London: David Nutt, 1898). Fitzsimmons, F. ‘Fosterage and Gossiprid in Late Medieval Ireland: Some New Evidence’ in Duffy, P. J., Edwards, D. and FitzPatrick, E. (eds.) Gaelic Ireland c. 1250-1650: Land, Lordship, and Settlement (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2001), pp. 138–149. ‘How Cú Chulainn was Begotten’ in Kinsella, T. The Táin (Oxford, 1969), pp. 23–25. Kelly, Fergus. A Guide to Early Irish Law (Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 2020), especially pp. 68–79. Kelly, Patricia. ‘The Táin as Literature’ in Mallory, J. P. (ed.) Aspects of the Táin (Belfast: December Publications, 1992), pp. 69–102 (pp. 77–84, especially 79–80). Meyer, K. The Wooing of Emer by Cú Chulainn electronic ed. (Cork: CELT, 2004, 2008). https://celt.ucc.ie/published/T301021/index.html [Accessed 31 Aug 2025]. Ní Bhrolcháin, M. ‘Re Tóin Mná: In Pursuit of Troublesome Women’ in Ulidia 1, pp. 115–122. (especially bottom of 116–117). https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/4643/ [Accessed 31 Aug 2025]. Ní Chonaill, B. ‘Fosterage: Child-Rearing in Medieval Ireland’, History Ireland 5.1 (1997), 28–31. ‘Noínden Ulad ocus Emuin Macha: The Debility of the Ulstermen’, ed. by R. I. Best & Osborn Bergin, The Book of Leinster, formerly Lebar na Núachongbála, Vol. 2 (Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1956), pp. 467–468; english trans. by George Henderson, Leabhar nan Gleann: The Book of the Glens; with Zimmer on Pictish Matriachy (Edinburgh: Norman Macleod, 1898), pp. 304–307; Modern Irish version supplied by Tadhg Ó Síocháin. https://iso.ucc.ie/Noinden-ulad/Noinden-ulad-index.html [Accessed 31 Aug 2025]. Ó Brolcháin Carmody, Isolde. ‘The Fairs of Early Irish Society’, Story Archaeology (blog), 9 Jul 2012. https://storyarchaeology.com/beidh-aenach-amarach/ [Accessed 31 Aug 2025]. Ó Corráin, Donnchadh. ‘Women and the Law in Early Ireland’ in Chattel, Servant or Citizen: Women’s Status in Church, State and Society, ed. by Mary O’Dowd and Sabine Wichert, Historical Studies 19 (Belfast, 1995), pp. 45–57. https://celt.ucc.ie/women_law.html [Accessed 16 Aug 2025]. Stokes, Whitley (trans.), ‘The Destruction of Dá Derga’s Hostel’ in The Celtic Heroic Age, ed. by J. T. Koch and John Carey, 4th edn (Aberystwyth: Celtic Studies Publications, 2003), pp. 166–184. Stokes, Whitley (ed. and trans.), ‘The Tidings of Conchobar Mac Nessa’, Ériu 4 (1910), 18–38. Wycherley, Niamh. ‘Law and Society with Prof. Liam Breatnach’, The Medieval Irish History Podcast, 20 Dec 2024. https://open.spotify.com/episode/10nfUgLHjZLLM9f46O0Wpb?si=a382c8ee01a94f98 [Accessed 31 Aug 2025]. Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EOtiCLShaFOzGdlKntrBoXunSOgJ8NlhPCWf1HPYJis/edit?usp=sharing
June 9, 2025
S01 E13: The Good, the Bad, & the Poetry
The hosts introduce a new co-host and explore the multifaceted role of the fili, or poet, in medieval Irish society, examining their power as seers and satirists.
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- What is Fabula Celtica: A Celtic Studies Podcast?
<p><a href="https://linktr.ee/fabulaceltica" rel="nofollow">https://linktr.ee/fabulaceltica</a></p><p>A general Celtic Studies podcast. We cover various topics organised into thematic seasons. Hosted by PhD candidate Tyler Baxter (University of Edinburgh) and MA student Saoirse Ní Dhonnabháin (University College Cork). The podcast aims to be accessible to general audiences, blending storytelling and scholarship. Expect to find mythology and history in equal measure. This podcast is not appropriate for children. Our logo consists of two illustrations, both taken from the Book of Ballymote, folio 2v. Music is by Kevin Collins. Editing for episodes 1-5 is by Kevin Collins and for later episodes by Tyler Baxter.</p><p>Past Co-Hosts: Kevin Collins, Michael Frim</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
This podcast updates bi-weekly.
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This podcast is available on 8 platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. You can also use the RSS feed directly.
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Yes, this podcast regularly features guests.
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