#104

[@gandolfthorstefn1780]

49:00 Question if you ever read this? As an Australian whose learning Welsh and Irish (Gaeilge) it has crossed my mind how intertwined the Irish Language, Mythology and the land of Éirinn (Ireland) itself are, that living 10,000 km away in a country with its own Mythology or Dreamtime stories seems to make learning the Irish language in its mythical sense redundant and that really I'm learning Irish the communication language and not the essence of Irish because I don't drive my car over the breasts of the Goddess or around fairy mounds and so I'm not really learning Gaeilge ( Irish) in its complete sense. I have enjoyed this video but it has made my language learning appear a bit insipid and although I enjoy immensely learning Irish I'm now all too aware that when I say ''Cá bhfuil Baile Átha Cliath" I am just asking for directions for Dublin which I could have asked in English and got the same directions. I guess it boils down to communicating in another person's language and making some connection with them that puts a smile on their face.Slán.

[@mariabyrne1954]

Good for you learning Irish in Australia ....Ca^ bhfuil tu^...Sydney I expect, I wish my kids could learn it in WA (little Britan)

[@elixirwellness3462]

So brilliant!!!!! Thank you both for this fabulous podcast! I 1st answered my soul calling to be with Costa Rica from 2008 to 2022. In July 2021 I finally answered my calling & lived there solo operating my own healing wellness casita en Playa Grande, Guanacaste Costa Rica. Then as life has it Spirit called me to leave Costa Rica & return to Toronto Canada August 2022. In March 2023, I began to receive guidance in my daily meditation to answer to my ancestors in Ireland. Then I rediscovered my Grandfather's Irish birth certificate, hence, you know the rest of the story. I am on my way and all this talk, research, Irish language, history, mythology, wonderful folks nature, and the ocean is calling me home!

[@karlbyrne6021]

@carolynn you are most welcome to come to EIRE. The more good people like you here the better the place will be. Greetings from Dublin.

[@jancreighton]

great conversation - really inspiring, many thanks

[@tomfrancis9128]

Such a great podcast

[@jackieemmett6252]

How very interesting. I also have the same surname as you. My maiden name is Magan and from UK Liverpool, we could be related. Jackie 🙂

[@gandolfthorstefn1780]

Go raibh maith agat,👍🍀

[@patriciaconroy778]

Go Raibh maith agat !

[@johnpurcell7525]

But what culture Manchan the Gaelic culture what was left of it died out in the 19th century vast majority of Irish live in an Anglo American culture even the Irish speakers do culture is more than language Brehon Law Clan system High King's customs festivals traditions So dead gone and forgotten modern Ireland has a West British culture with Green Painted Postboxes and a cupla fockels

[@charlotteyonge4660]

The hidden magic of the land is still there, but we have to use our own somatic awareness to tune in and use creative imagination to contact it... mindfulness is the key, body awareness the instrument... scan the folk tales for what is behind the meaning ... accept we are hybrids learning to be children...again, a mystery atmosphere at the well, Declans Stone on the sea shore washed and washed through time... a mystery, and art recreates our soul this time.