The Letter from Ireland Show - with Mike & Carina Collins
The Letter from Ireland Podcast. Join us as we travel in the footsteps of your Irish Ancestors around Ireland - visiting their homelands and telling their stories and with lots of great Irish music along the way.
Recent Episodes
A St. Patrick's Day Parade of Story and Song (#811)
March 16, 2023
Join us as we attend a Saint Patrick's Day Parade of Story and Song. In this episode we sharetwo stories - one all about the places in Ireland where Saint Patrick is said to have walked and the next looking at the Shamrock a…
Join Us on this Journey from Cobh to Ellis Island (#810)
March 9, 2023
In this special episode of the Letter from Ireland show we start our journey in Cobh (Queenstown) in County Cork. We chat with the manager of the Cobh Heritage Centre who has his own immigration stories to tell. We then take…
Look Through This Window Into A Celtic World (#809)
March 2, 2023
In this week's episode we go back in time. First we go back to a time when the first Celtic peoples arrived in Ireland - we then go back even further to look at the period when the Celts appeared on the continent of Europe f…
From Carnivale to an Irish Easter (#808)
Feb. 23, 2023
In this week's episode we look a little closer at how our Irish ancestors lived and worked through the 40 days leading up to Easter Sunday each year. This was a time known as "Lent". It was treated very seriously by the Roma…
Traditional Irish Love Songs - 8 Favourites (#807)
Feb. 15, 2023
In this week's episode share what we consider to be eight of the best traditional Irish love songs of all time! This is, of course, a very personal and subjective collection - and I'm sure you will agree with some and disagr…
Do You Have These Saintly Names in Your Irish Family Tree? (#806)
Feb. 9, 2023
In this week's episode we look at the life times and legacy of three ancient Celtic saints - with lots of fine music in between. W start with a letter all about the Irish Saint Gobnait - but you may be surprised at how her n…
