Celtic Christmas Podcast

Celtic Christmas culture with the Irish Fireside. Episode Guide – Podcast #98 More Christmas in Ireland and a Chat with Stone Carver Sam Bates In this audio podcast episode, we cover more Irish holiday traditions and chat with Sam Bates, an artist featured in our Holiday Gift Guide for his Celtic knotwork stone carvings. Show Notes 00:00 “Once in Royal David’s City” a Christmas hymn sung a capella by Liam and written by Ireland’s Cecil Frances Humphreys Alexander in the late 1800s (background version performed by Leonard Bernstein, Mormon Tabernacle Choir & New York Philharmonic) 01:50 Bridget Haggerty’s www.irishcultureandcustoms.com article An Irish Christmas – Ding Dong Merrily On High featuring “The Wexford Carol,”  “Curoo Curoo” (the Carol of the Birds) and “Once in Royal David’s City.” 02:10 Christmas Superstitions 03:50 Reader/Listener-Submitted Stories Light on the Darkest Day – The Winter Solstice at the Passage Tomb at Newgrange A Frosty Visit to Glendalough 04:25 Holiday Gift Guide 04:45 Hol

Celtic and Renaissance festival Christmas music from the 2006 Holiday Special of the Renaissance Festival Podcast. Music from Porter and Stout, Coyote Run, Gypsy Guerrilla Band, Cheshire Singers, Kerridwynn, My Lady's Cutlass, Craig of Farrington, Malarky, Fugli, Maidens III, Brobdingnagian Bards, Diane Linn, Vince Conaway, Howl-O, The Limeybirds, Wolgemut, Heather Dale Brought to you by... CELTIC INVASION VACATION. Do you want to visit Ireland? Ever wanted to see the Cliffs of Moher or drink Guinness straight from the source? You can do just that with the Marc Gunn Visit http://www.celticinvasion.com/ for details. Notes: - 2nd Annual Renaissance Festival Awards - Celtic MP3s Music Magazine - Celtic Music - Subscribe and post your comments on iTunes - Marrus This week: Porter & Stout, "Coventry Carol" from Christmas on the Cutlass Coyote Run, "Somerset Wassail" from Tend the Fire The Gypsy Guerrilla Band, "Cold Frosty Morning" from Ernie's Pot O'Gold The Cheshire Singers, "Gaudete" Kerridwynn, "Winter's

Celtic Christmas music from the 2009 Celtic Christmas Special, Part 1 of the Cleveland Celtic Podcast. Music from  Men of Worth, The Elders, Carbon Leaf, Eileen Ivers, Wicked Tinkers, Battlefield Band, Alison Brown Quartet With Joe Craven, Deborah Friou & Julia Lane, Teada, Castlebay, Julia Lane, Golden Bough, The Mickeys, Rose And Thistle Band. "Little Drummer Boy" by Men of Worth from A Winter's Carol "Christmas Day" by The Elders Special Internet Release "What Child Is This" by Carbon Leaf from Christmas Single "The Cherry Tree Carol" by Rose And Thistle Band from Celtic Christmas "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" by Eileen Ivers from An Nollaig: An Irish Christmas "Oh Come, Oh Come Emmanuel" by Wicked Tinkers from A Piper's Christmas "Snow on the Hills/Xesus and Felisa" by Battlefield Band from The Best of Battlefield Band 1977-2001 "O'Carolan's/Welcome Christmas" by Alison Brown Quartet With Joe Craven from Evergreen "The Wexford Carol" by Deborah Friou & Julia Lane from Yuletide Treasure "Winter" by

Celtic and folk Christmas music from the 2005 Celtic Christmas Special of the Renaissance Festival Podcast. Music from The Cheshire Singers, Kerridwynn, NeidFyre, The Limeybirds, Craig o’Farrington, Howl-O!, Fugli, Malarkey and Poppycock, Vince Conaway, Heather Dale, Brobdingnagian Bards, Nancy Dailey-Green SPONSOR - AUSTIN LEATHER WORKS Leather mugs and other Leather goods This week: Cheshire Singers, "The Boars Head Carol” Kerridwynn, "Jesu Joy" from Memories in Thyme NeidFyre, "Hey Ho Rounded" from Duck Feet Waddling The Limey Birds, "The Limey’s 12 Days of Christmas" from All We Want for Christmas! Craig o’Farrington, "No Snow Never" from A Rhyme for Orange (and other slices of sillyness) Howl-O, "Jolly Old St. Nicholas" from Merry Fugli, "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" from Il Est Ne’ Malarkey and Poppycock, "Ave Maria" from A Drink to All! Vince Conaway, "Wassail, Wassail" from Hang the Holly Heather Dale, "This Endris Night" from This Endris Night Brobdingnagian Bards, "Christmas Time in Texas" from Chri

Celtic Christmas music from the 2008 Celtic Christmas Special of the Cleveland Celtic Podcast. Music from Siucra, Matt and Shannon Heaton, Westside Steve Simmons, Eileen Ivers, The Clumsy Lovers, Reilly, Wicked Tinkers, The Barra MacNeils, Emerald Frequency, Michael Crawley, Dervish, Cherish The Ladies, Brigid's Cross. "Christmas Comes But Once A Year" by The Barra MacNeils from The Christmas Album "Christmas Day, Christmas Night" by Siucra from A Very Siucra Christmas "Star Song" by by Matt and Shannon Heaton from Fine Winter's Night "O Come O Come Emmanuel" by Westside Steve Simmons from Christmas Exclusive "Do You Hear What I Hear?" by Eileen Ivers from An Nollaig: An Irish Christmas "Here's To Christmas" by The Clumsy Lovers from A Very Clumsy Christmas Volume 2 "We Three Kings Of Orient Are" by Reilly from Kick Ass Celtic Christmas "I Saw Three Ships" by Wicked Tinkers from A Piper's Christmas "Galician Carol" by The Barra MacNeils from The Christmas Album "Christ Child's Lullaby" by Emerald Frequency fr

Celtic and folk Christmas music from the 2008 Christmas Music Special of the Renaissance Festival Podcast. Music from Brobdingnagian Bards, Cast in Bronze, Diane Linn, Emerald Rose, Coyote Run, Hey Nunnie Nunnie, Kerridwynn, Nancy Daily Green, The Limeybirds, Vince Conaway, Wicked Tinkers, Wine and Alchemy, Tippler’s Way, Silent Lion Brought to you by... SONG HENGE, the online archive of free and legal Celtic music downloads. Find out more at http://www.SongHenge.com Notes: - Vote in the MUSICAL CHALLENGE - FaireNews.com - RESCU Foundation - ATTN BANDS: Send your calendar comments to Joe Haydu at music @ renaissancefestivalmusic.com.   Music *The Brobdingnagian Bards, "What Child is This" from Christmas in Brobdingnag, Vol 1 *Cast in Bronze, "Carol of the Bells" from The Voyage *Diane Linn, "Wintry Queen" from Janus *Emerald Rose, "Santa Claus is Pagan, Too" from Rants and Ramble *Coyote Run, “Boar’s Head Carol” from Tend the Fire *Hey Nunnie Nunnie, “Silent Night” from Every Day Is Christmas! *Kerridwynn, “W

Celtic Christmas music from the 2007 Celtic Christmas Special of the Cleveland Celtic Podcast. Music from Tommy Sands, Brigid's Cross, The Elders, The Ennis Sisters, Brobdignagian Bards, Darby O'Gill, Golden Bough, Claymore, Coyote Run, Mediaeval Baebes, Tread, Matt and Shannon Heaton, Seven Nations. "A Christmas Story" by Darby O'Gill from Irish Christmas Rollick "Hearts of Love" by by Tommy Sands from To Shorten the Winter "What Child is This" by Seven Nations "Silent Night" by Seven Nations from Digital Release "The Littlest Angel" by Brigid's Cross from Noel, A BC Christmas "Thank God for Santa Claus" by The Elders from Christmas EP "Christmas Angel" by The Ennis Sisters from Christmas on Ennis Road "Wexford Carol" by Matt and Shannon Heaton from Fine Winter's Night "Carol of the Bells" by by Brobdignagian Bards from Christmas in Brobdingnag "The Wren Song" by Darby O'Gill from Irish Christmas Rollick "To Drive the Cold Winter Away" by Golden Bough from Christmas in a Foreign Land "In From the Cold" by Cl

Celtic Christmas music from 2008 Christmas Special of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. Music from Banshee in the Kitchen, Jed Marum, Celtic Stone, Craig of Farrington, Alison Brown, Samantha Gillogly, Marc Gunn, Wicked Tinkers, Seamus Kennedy, Eileen Ivers, NeidFyre, Steve & Ruth Smith, Coyote Run, Angus Mohr, The Hibernian Festival Singers. Brought to you by Song Henge, the online archive of free and legal Celtic music downloads. Find out more at SongHenge.com Do you download your podcasts by Hand? For shame. Let iTunes do it for you. Notes: - The Celtic Top Five. - Become a Member of the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast. - Celtic Invasion Vacations. - Celtic Christmas Music. - Cleveland Celtic Podcast Christmas Special. - Post a review on your favorite website, like iTunes. - Link to the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast. This Week: "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" by Banshee in the Kitchen from Invite the Light World Music for Winter "Banjos We Have Heard on High" by Jed Marum from Ain't No Goin' Back "

Celtic Christmas music from the December 2006 of the Cleveland Celtic Podcast. Music from Coyote Run, Tommy Sands, The Irish Descendants, The Punters, Great Big Sea, Brobdignagian Bards, Brigid's Cross, The Elders, The Ruffians, Seven Nations, Brace Yourself Bridget, Coyote Run, Stuart Martz, Loreena McKennitt, Eric Rigler. "Somerset Wassail" by by Coyote Run from Tend the Fire "Like the First Time it's Christmas Time" Tommy Sands from To Shorten the Winter "Children's Winter" by The Irish Descendants from The Gift "Christmas in the Harbor" by The Punters "Seven Joys of Mary" by Great Big Sea from Newfoundland Christmas "The Little Drummer Boy" by by Brobdignagian Bards from Christmas in Brobdingnag, Vol 1 "What Child is This" by Brigid's Cross from Noel "Elders Christmas Song" by The Elders from Christmas EP "Christmas in Killarney" by The Ruffians from Together at Christmas "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" by Seven Nations from Christmas EP "Jingle Bells/Joy to the World" by Brace Yourself Bridget from Live at

Celtic Christmas traditions from the 2009 Irish Christmas Special of the Irish Fireside Podcast. Episode Guide – Podcast #97 Christmas In Ireland In this audio podcast episode, we look at Christmas memories from Bridget Haggerty and talk with Imen McDonnell about her life as an American married to an Irish Farmer. Our Podcasts are availble on iTunes – here’s our link for Techies Show Notes 00:00 Intro: Shanghai Brown by Anne Roos www.celticharpmusic.com 00:06 Christmas memories from Bridget Haggerty of www.irishcultureandcustoms.com 02:17 Holiday Traditions 02:57 Holiday Giveaway returns 03:24 Vote in the Podcast Awards at www.podcastawards.com – Irish Fireside (travel), Irish and Celtic Music Podcast (podsafe music) – Vote daily until Nov 30, 2009. 03:43 Favorite Irish Holiday Stories Christmas in Ireland/Ashford Castle Hunting the Wren and Other Holiday Traditions Do the Irish Lay Claim to the 12 Days of Christmas? Preparing the Christmas Pudding An Advent Memory Christmas Superstitions Waiting for Sai

Celtic Christmas music from the 2007 Christmas Special of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. Music from Gypsy Soul, Athas, Seamus Kennedy, The Ravens, Cady Finlayson, Celtic Stone, Merry Wives of Windsor, Celeste Howard, Drink Bar, Heather Dale, Coyote Run, The Black House Ceilidh, Arminta, Brobdingnagian Bards, The Gryphon Carolers, Steve and Ruth Smith, Nick Hennessey. Brought to you by Song Henge, the online archive of free and legal Celtic music downloads. Find out more at SongHenge.com Do you download your podcasts by Hand? For shame. Let iTunes do it for you. Notes: - Looking for CDs for the holidays, try Victims of Irish Music. This compilation CD from the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast, features some of the best independent instrumental Irish and Celtic music around. Or visit our Celtic Podcast CD Gallery . Looking for Celtic Christmas music? Though I might also suggest Eileen Ivers latest Christmas CD, An Nollaig, An Irish Christmas. - If you enjoy the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast, subscribe

Celtic Christmas music from the November 2006 of the Cleveland Celtic Podcast. Music from Great Big Sea, The Irish Descendants, Seven Nations, Tommy Sands, Brigid's Cross, Shanneyganock, Miranda Mulholland, Golden Bough, Brobdignagian Bards, The Prodigals, Coyote Run, Brigid's Cross. "A Call to Hope" by Tommy Sands from To Shorten the Winter "Come and I Will Sing You" by Great Big Sea from The Hard and the Easy "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" by The Irish Descendants from The Gift "I Saw Three Ships" by The Irish Descendants from The Gift "Carol of the Bells" by Seven Nations from Christmas EP "The Rebel Jesus" by Seven Nations from Christmas EP "Down Among the Bushes of Jerusalem" by Tommy Sands from To Shorten the Winter "The Little Drummer Boy" by Brigid's Cross from Noel "What Child is This" by Shanneyganock "Huron Carol" by Miranda Mulholland from Digital Single "Mrs. Fogarty's Christmas Cake" by Golden Bough from Christmas in a Foreign Land "Bog Down in Christmas" by Brobdignagian Bards from Christmas in

Celtic Christmas music from the 2006 Celtic Christmas Special of the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. Music from Stonecircle, Coyote Run, Brothers 3, George Papavgeris, Celtic Stone, Gypsy Soul, Heather Dale, Stuart Martz, E.J. Jones, Cara Dillon, Pol Mac Adaim, Brobdingnagian Bards, Julia Lane, Seamus Kennedy. Brought to you by... SONG HENGE, the online archive of free and legal Celtic music downloads. Find out more at patreon.com/celticpodcast   Notes: - Celtic Christmas Music - Songs from the Black This Week: "Third Carol for Christmas" by Stonecircle from Winter Sky "The Bells" by Coyote Run from Tend the Fire "Flurry Reel" by Brothers 3 from The Journey That Lies Before "(Without You On) Christmas Day" by George Papavgeris from Ordinary Heroes "Nutcracker Suite - Sugar Plum Fairy" by Celtic Stone from A Light Shall Shine: Music for Christmas "O Holy Night" by Gypsy Soul from Sacred "The Wren" by Heather Dale from The Wren Single "Christchild's Lullabye" by Stuart Martz from Christchild's Lullabye "Slip