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I was on with Seán Moncrieff on Newstalk to discuss the banshee:
newstalk.com/podcasts/highli…
Or this link:
link.goloudplayer.com/s/pGsh…
#banshee #folklore #legends
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Dr Jenny Butler retweeted
📢📢 New Podcast Mini-Series 📢📢
On Irish Language Matters: Decolonising the Focal.
The trailer is now available on all major podcast directories, with the first episode launching 10 November. 🎙 🎧
#gaeilge #irishlanguage
I was interviewed about superstitions by Tara Flanagan on Kildare Today kfm Radio Kildare, it starts at 20:40 on the podcast:
kfmradio.com/on-air/podcasts…
#superstitions #traditions #drjennybutler #folklore #radiointerview
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Dr Jenny Butler retweeted
Achill is a wonderful place and hopefully the Irish that's there can be protected and expanded ☘️
Croaghaun = Cruachán as Gaeilge (stack or peak)
❤️#Gaeilge
If I was in Ireland, I would have been at my graduation ceremony yesterday to graduate with my First Class Honours Diploma in Autism Studies from UCC Adult Continuing Education - ACE ✨ #graduation #autism #neurodiversity
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Dr Jenny Butler retweeted
📢📢 Irish Language Matters: Decolonising the Focal explores the Irish language through the lens of culture & psychology.
We'll have personal stories, deep dives and guest interviews.
🎙🎙🎧
The trailer's available. First episode launches soon.
#gaeilge #irishlanguage
A segment where I’m talking about Halloween with Connor Philips, BBC NI radio:
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0033d…
#halloween #traditions
Photo: Rayhatul Islam Raja
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An article about festivals at this time of year, quoting me a few times, in the @gulf_news:
gulfnews.com/amp/story/frida…
#festivals #Halloween
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An article for @rte 100 on superstitions by Áine Kenny with quotes from me and some nice illustrations:
rte.ie/lifestyle/living/2026…
#folklore #superstition
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Interview with @earthskyscience astronomical and science website about the traditional celebration of #Samhain in Ireland, the globalised #Halloween and the significance of the ritual year in native Irish cosmology.
youtube.com/watch?v=9dsdpZTs…
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Dr Jenny Butler retweeted
It's that time of year for this image in the Folklore Society archives. c. 1900
Dr Jenny Butler retweeted
The monks that created the Book of Kells probably had cats to protect their supply of food in the monastery. In folio 48r, a beautifully striped cat chases a mouse that has a hold of a communion host. #NationalCatDay 🐈🐁
Nice to see that my TEDx Talk is nearing 30k views!
It traces the cultural and religious influences that connect the festival of Samhain to Halloween. Watch it here:
lnkd.in/d8pycYzs
#Samhain #Halloween #customs #mythology #folklore #Ireland #TEDx #TEDxTralee
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Dr Jenny Butler retweeted
Cat names from Old Irish legal texts:
Bréone = ‘little flame’
Cruibne = ‘little paws’
Glas Nenta = ‘nettle grey’
Méone = ‘little meow’
🎨Book of Kells. Source: Kelly, Early Irish Farming p123. #NationalCatDay 🐈
Dr Jenny Butler retweeted
VAMPIRE GRAVES
Graves that indicate disturbance could suggest that a #VAMPIRE is lying within according to folklore. Vampire hunters must look for deep holes, sunken graves, crooked crosses or tombstones and the presence of an eerie bluish light at night #31DaysofHalloween
Dr Jenny Butler retweeted
Cover illustration by Edward Gorey for the 1975 anthology Ladies of the Gothics: Tales of Romance and Terror by the Gentle Sex, edited by Seon Manley and Gogo Lewis.
Clip from @rte Na Féilte Tine: Samhain with Professor Patricia Lysaght and I
facebook.com/reel/1279272850…
#samhain #Samhain2026 #SamhainMagic #SamhainSeason #samhainiscoming #samhainritual #Halloween2026
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Me speaking Irish in Spiorad na Samhna [Spirit of Samhain] documentary about Halloween in Derry.
vimeo.com/101398600
#Samhain #Halloween #Derry #Ireland #traditions #ritual #ritualyear #folklore #Irishculture #NorthernIreland #Irishlanguage #gaeilge
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