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Here is Nellie Fortune reading 'Naughty Sophia' at the launch of a new biography on the life and works of poet Winifred M. Letts by Bairbre O'Hogan in The Old Couthouse in Rathcoole, Co. Dublin on the 20th of October 2024..

Here's a poem written over a century ago by Winifred M Letts called 'The Call to Arms in Our Street'. Aileen put an air to the poem recently and performed it at the launch of a new biography on the life and works of poet Winifred M. Letts by Bairbre O'Hogan in The Old Couthouse in Rathcoole, Co. Dublin on the 20th of October 2024.. Text: Michael Fortune Words: Winifred M Letts Air: Aileen Lambert

"Why do you wait at your door woman?" - The Returning Soul. Here's a poem written over a century ago by Winifred M Letts called 'Halloween 1914' and it's about a woman waiting at her door for her dead lover to return. Aileen put an air to the poem recently and this was performed at the launch of a new biography on the life and works of poet Winifred M. Letts by Bairbre O'Hogan in The Old Coutho...

Nellie Fortune - The Harbour Here is our eldest Nellie performing The Harbour at the launch of a new biography on the life and works of poet Winifred M. Letts by Bairbre O'Hogan in The Old Couthouse in Rathcoole, Co. Dublin on the 20th of October 2024.. Winifred wrote this poem about the east coast of Wexford and Aileen put the air to it back in 2017. Now the words and air have been passed on t...

"Why do you wait at your door woman?" - The Returning Soul. For some, Hallowe'en may be over, but for many of us the idea of the souls returning lingers in the air for the next few days and won't leave us until All Souls' Night is over. Here's a poem written over a century ago by Winifred M Letts called 'Halloween 1914' and it's about a woman waiting at her door for her dead lover to return. Ai...

Death Signs and Superstitions from Counties Wexford, Mayo and Tipperary Here is a 10 minute compilation of death related superstitions and signs that I recorded about 17 years ago in Mayo, Tipperary and Wexford. I watched this over the past few days and it really registered with me again. Maybe the passing of time helps too. Some really great personal content here and the stories range from rob...

The Dead - Superstitions, Beliefs and Practices from an Irish Context Here is the talk I did today in the Mermaid Arts Centre in Wicklow about Irish Death Superstitions, Beliefs and Practices. This is general overview of just some of the beliefs and practices and was prepared and presented for The Yarn Storytelling Festival. Text: Michael Fortune

Here’s a little video I just made of the the 5 copies of The Dresser and Folklore Calendar since 2021. Lovely to see them altogether like this. By the way you can order copies of the 2025 over on www.thedresserproject.ie. Only €15.

Here’s Ida Lenihan Young from North Harbour, St. Mary's Bay, Newfoundland chatting to me in September 2022 about eating colcannon in Newfoundland. As some of you know it was one pot dish associated with Hallowe’en night here in Wexford and I’m sure other counties too. My mother would always put on a big pot on Hallowe’en night and I do it myself still. No surprise to find Ida had it in Newfound...

Here’s a video I just made of this year’s Irish Dresser Calendar. Have a listen as I walk you through each month, the dressers and content on each page. Only €15 and free shipping in Ireland on all orders for October. Buy copies at www.folklore.ie or www.thedresserproject.ie. Text: Michael Fortune

Christy Hynes, Borris, Co. Carlow - 83 minutes of Memories, Folklore and Local Hisory from rural South Carlow Here is a 83 minute field-recording I made with 84 yer old Christy Hynes around South Carlow on Friday. I went up to Borris to meet him with the intention of doing a fixed camera interview about his time working in the nearby Clashganny Mills when he was a chap. Instead, the morning tur...

The time Tim Hayes wanted to get buried in a Raheen/Fairy Fort in Monamolin, Co. Wexford For those who haven’t seen this before, here is a brilliant clip with Cathal O’Shannon from the RTÉ Archives where he visited Monamolin not too far away from where I grew up in Co. Wexford and interviewed locals leading up to a visit by a famous Cork man, Tim Hayes. Tim was a bit of an Irish celebrity back ...

Here are some accounts I recorded in 2017 in the home of Stella and Johnny Moloney from Wexford Town (now living in Forth Mountain). They are sad accounts and sadly, they are accounts that many people can relate to from a period in our history. In the past little babies who were born still born or unbaptised before death were not allowed by buried in consecrated grounds of a graveyard. This was...

Chimney Sweep Wedding Custom from Wexford Town - By Stella and Johnny Moloney,

Black Dog Folklore from Wexford Town - By Stella and Johnny Moloney, Forth Mountain, Barntown

Bridget Buckley - The Last of Wexford's Traditional Buttermakers

Helen and Gerry Wickham - A dresser from a Light Keepers Dwellings, Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford.

Daly's Dresser, Jerpoint, Co. Kilkenny. Account by Kathleen and Joe Daly.

Farrell's Dresser, Ballycadden, Kilrush, Gorey, Co Wexford - Account from Pat Boggan

Donohoe's Dresser, Askamore, Gorey, Co Wexford - Accounts from The Dresser Project

Mcloughney's Dresser, Rathmanna, Two Mile Borris, Co Tipperary - Recorded for The Dresser Project

Anita Fennelly's Dresser, Ballinlaw, Co. Kilkenny - Recorded as part of The Dresser Project

Daithí Tobin's Dressers, Coldfields, Two Mile Borris, Co Tipperary

Hen/Egg Related Folklore and Traditions - Account by Derm Power, Branch, Newfoundland -

Introduction/Funny Local Story - Account from John Kelly and Joe Miller, originally Pallas, Gorey.

The Four Miller Brothers from Annagh - Account from Joe Miller, Knockduff, Gorey, Co. Wexford

Making Brown Bread - Account by Eileen O'Sullivan, Pallas, Co. Wexford.

May Bush and Bonfires - Accounts from Kathleen Bolger and Maureen Cullen, Coolgreany, Co. Wexford.

Raheen and Motte Folklore - Account from Seamus Boland, Pallas, Co. Wexford