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Racontour Archive - 2020 onwards
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Society & Culture
426 episodes
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Greencastle's maritime heritage
- 1. GMH Radio intro
- 2. GMH - the drontheim
- 3. GMH - buoys, nets and pots
- 4. GMH - modern day Greencastle
The Big Night in White Harra's
- 1. TBN - Dinny's radio introduction
- 2. TBN - musical introduction
- 3. TBN - a tribute to White Harra
- 4. TBN - origins of 'White Harra'?
The Poitín Republic
- 1. TPR - Dan's Cottage preview
- 2. TPR - Poitín intro
- 3. TPR - an integral part of farming
- 4. TPR - a ranger remembers
Border Tales of Donegal/Derry
- 1. Border Tales - introduction
- 2. Border Tales - overview
- 3. Border Tales - the Free State Farmer
- 4. Border Tales - the auld Bedford Van
Irish superstitions on trial!
- 1. TTC - introduction
- 2. TTC - omens
- 3. TTC - love
- 4. TTC - births and death
Sligo Town
- 1. ST - Welcome to Sligo Town
- 2. ST - Summerhill
- 3. ST - Hawks Well theatre
- 4. ST - Sligo Cathedral
Malin Head - living off the land
- 1. MH - introduction
- 2. MH - the blizzard hits
- 3. MH Preparing for the Winter in the 1940s
- 4. MH Chores and comfort
Bealtaine Folklore
- 1. BF Bealtaine
- 2. BF Introduction
- 3. BF Bealtaine overview
- 4. BF Beltany Stone Circle
Rambling House 2021
- Keith Corcoran's top storytelling tips
- Rab Fulton's top storytelling tips
- Rambling House project brief Q&A
- Checklist for Rambling House
South Wexford Coast
- 1. TNW Introduction
- 2. TNW A fossilised landscape
- 3. TNW Yellow Bellies
- 4. TNW Lady's Island lagoon
Best of Racontour
- 10,000 mysteries off the Inishowen coast
- The discovery of Guinness
- The House of Cats
- Fox's Lane museum
Causeway Coast
- Baseline
- Cursing circle of Kilcrew
- Glám dícenn, the poet's curse
- The black nun of Bunamarghy
Irish miscellany
- Belfast 'juug'
- 'Said the king to the colonel'
- Cabog
- Caffler
Ulster idioms
- Typhoid Mary
- Niall of the Nine Sausages
- Dooter
- Hames
Feast Days
- All Souls Day
- 1. BF Bealtaine
- Fraughan Sunday
- Lughnasa
Irish mythology - PG
- Conchúir
- Cú Chulainn
- Diarmuid Ua Duibhne
- Emer
Inishowen
- St. Aengus's Church
- Inishowen placenames
- 10,000 mysteries off the Inishowen coast
- A very stable relationship
Customs and superstitions
- The black nun of Bunamarghy
- Cursing circle of Kilcrew
- Holy wells
- Glám dícenn, the poet's curse
History and heritage
- Calamity Water
- Captain Moonlight
- Devil Doubt
- Resign, marry, return
Rural Life
- Winter Willy PG
- Introduction to an Irish Rambling House
- Ghost stories galore on Inch island - PG
- Caoineadh