#115 Thin Places in Ireland

Episode Guide – Podcast #115 Thin Places in Ireland

We talk about mystical places in Ireland with author Mindie Burgoyne. This episode is packed with unique, off-the-beaten-path destinations in Ireland that many people consider to have “something special.”

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Show Notes:

00:00

Intro: The Devil’s Bit by Theresa Larkin & Noel McQuaid

00:43

• Muckross Head, County Donegal

01:10

• Mindie Burgoine
• www.writingthevision.com
• www.thinplace.net
• www.thinplaces.net

01:40

• From the Blog:
• A Taste of Irish Cider
• The Authentic Irish Experience
• GPS in Ireland… on Your SmartPhone
• Glasnevin Cemetery: Dublin’s Oldest “New” Attraction
• Poll: Should We See Lord of the Dance 3D

02:14

• Interview

02:30

• What is a Thin Place?
• Writer John O’Donohue

03:11

• Examples of Thin Places:
• Grange Stone Circle – County Limerick
• Hill of Tara – County Meath
• Drombeg Stone Circle – County Cork
• Rock of Cashel – County Tipperary
• Giant’s Causeway – County Antrim
• Dunluce Castle – County Antrim

05:33

• What are some of your most memorable Thin Places experiences?
• Dingle – County Kerry
• Fermoyle Strand – County Kerry
• Mount Brandon – County Kerry

07:50

• Athassel Priory – County Tipperary

08:20

• Clonmacnoise – County Offaly
• Temple Ciaran

09:30

• How do find a Thin Place?
• Nevern in Wales
• Nevern Cross
• Caldragh Cemetery – County Fermanagh
• Janus Figure

10:50

• St. Gobnait -  County Clare
• Glenstal Abbey – County Limerick

11:00

• The Traveller’s Guide to Sacred Ireland by Cary Meehan
• Drumskinny Stone Circle – County Fermanagh
• Castleruddery near Glendalough – County Wicklow

11:40

• What do you ask people?

13:50

• Where did your interest in Ireland come from?

14:25

• Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt

14:50

• Cuchulain
• Navan Fort – County Meath
• Brian Boru

16:40

• Haunted Eastern Shore
  by Mindie Burgoyne

17:10

• Irish-American Haunting – Easton, Maryland

18:20

What are your favorite sites in Ireland?

• Rock of Cashel – County Tipperary
• Hore Abbey- County Tipperary
• Athassel Priory- County Tipperary
• Golden Vale – County Tipperary
• Beara Peninsula – Counties Cork and Kerry
• County Donegal
• Dingle – County Kerry
• County Mayo
• Achill Island – County Mayo
• Westport – County Mayo

19:30

• Michael Mullen – children’s author

19:40

• County Roscommon
• Turlough O’Carroll- County Roscommon
• Cruachan Ai in Tulsk – County Roscommon

20:30

• St Bernahardt’s Well and Kyle – County Tipperary
• Glen of Aherlow – County Tipperary

21:00

• Glencolumbkille – County Donegal
• St Columba/Colum

22:40

• Thoor Ballylee  – County Galway
• Coole Park – County Galway

23:50

• Newgrange – County Meath

24:06

• Castleruddery near Glendalough – County Wicklow

24:18

• Hill of Uisneach – County Westmeath

25:00

• Loughcrew Passage Tomb – County Meath
• Sliabh na Caillí – County Meath

25:30

• Thin Places Tour – www.thinplacestour.com

26:55

• www.thinplaces.net

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