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02:58
Tommy Tutty and Ken Hemmingway - Praskeen Apron and Old Sacks
02:33
The Dresser Calendar on the RTÉ Today Show
02:08
Naughty Sophia by Winifred M Letts. Read by Nellie Fortune.
02:19
'The Call to Arms in Our Street' by Winifred M Letts. Performed by Aileen Lambert.
03:42
'Halloween 1914' by Winifred M Letts and Performed by Aileen Lambert
01:47
The Harbour by Winifred M Letts - Performed by Nellie Fortune
03:26
'Halloween 1914' - A Poem by Winifred M Letts - Peformed by Aileen Lambert
09:50
Death Signs and Superstitions from Counties Wexford, Mayo and Tipperary
01:13:10
The Dead - Superstitions, Beliefs and Practices from an Irish Context - A talk by Michael Fortune
03:47
The Irish Dresser and Folklore Calendars since 2021.
03:16
Colcannon at Halloween and Christmas in Newfoundland - Account from Ida Lenehan Young
08:47
The 2025 Irish Dresser and Folklore Calendar is back!!
01:23:25
Christy Hynes, Borris, Co. Carlow - Memories, Folklore and Local History from South Carlow
02:45
The time Tim Hayes wanted to get buried in a Fairy Fort in Wexford - The Real Story and Fake News
02:06
The Burial of Babies - Accounts by Stella and Johnny Moloney, Forth Mountan
01:38
Chimney Sweep Wedding Custom from Wexford Town - By Stella and Johnny Moloney,
01:20
Black Dog Folklore from Wexford Town - By Stella and Johnny Moloney, Forth Mountain, Barntown
10:17
Bridget Buckley - The Last of Wexford's Traditional Buttermakers
01:19
Helen and Gerry Wickham - A dresser from a Light Keepers Dwellings, Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford.
07:52
Daly's Dresser, Jerpoint, Co. Kilkenny. Account by Kathleen and Joe Daly.
07:00
Farrell's Dresser, Ballycadden, Kilrush, Gorey, Co Wexford - Account from Pat Boggan
04:29
Donohoe's Dresser, Askamore, Gorey, Co Wexford - Accounts from The Dresser Project
04:22
Mcloughney's Dresser, Rathmanna, Two Mile Borris, Co Tipperary - Recorded for The Dresser Project
04:52
Anita Fennelly's Dresser, Ballinlaw, Co. Kilkenny - Recorded as part of The Dresser Project
04:15
Daithí Tobin's Dressers, Coldfields, Two Mile Borris, Co Tipperary
09:45
Hen/Egg Related Folklore and Traditions - Account by Derm Power, Branch, Newfoundland -
04:56
Introduction/Funny Local Story - Account from John Kelly and Joe Miller, originally Pallas, Gorey.
03:56
The Four Miller Brothers from Annagh - Account from Joe Miller, Knockduff, Gorey, Co. Wexford
02:16
Making Brown Bread - Account by Eileen O'Sullivan, Pallas, Co. Wexford.
05:14
May Bush and Bonfires - Accounts from Kathleen Bolger and Maureen Cullen, Coolgreany, Co. Wexford.
03:28
Raheen and Motte Folklore - Account from Seamus Boland, Pallas, Co. Wexford
05:58
Local Handball History and the South African Link - Account by Patsy Murray, Coolgreany, Co. Wexford
02:01
Lent/Marriages and St Patrick's Day - Accounts by Patsy and Nellie Murray, Coolgreany, Co. Wexford
02:04
Bonfires on St Peter and Paul's Day - Accounts by Patsy and Nellie Murray, Coolgreany, Co. Wexford
07:02
Around the townsland of Pallas: Local sites and stories - Accounts by Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin
01:28
Glenda Collins - Blessing yourself in Irish in Newfoundland
02:18
Rory Óg MacRory - Sung by Nellie Fortune (and Eppie) - Branch, Newfoundland, May 2019.
03:30
Aileen Lambert - The Bannow Mother's Lament. Performed in The Rooms, St. Johns, Newfoundland, 2019.
04:27
Aileen Lambert performing 'Oh to Blackwater Song' - June 2019
34:18
Aileen Lambert with daughters Nellie and Eppie performing in The Rooms, St. Johns, Newfoundland.
59:07
Aileen Lambert with daughters Nellie, Eppie and Nan at The Room, St. Johns, Newfoundland, May 2019.
14:05
The Family Dresser and Stories from the Kitchen - Tommy Delaney, Courtnacuddy, Co Wexford
02:18
'Great Grandmother's Griddle and Donegal Spud Basket' - Cathal McGowan, Craughwell, Co. Galway
12:00
Cathal McGowan, Craughwell, Co. Galway - Recorded by Michael Fortune for The Irish Dresser Project
15:00
Helen Clarkes Dresser, Oranmore, Co. Galway - Recorded by Michael Fortune for The Dresser Project
07:05
Bernard and Ann King's Dresser, Kiltullagh, Co. Galway - Recorded for The Irish Dresser Project
04:38
Similarities between Hockey and Hurling - Accounts from rural Newfoundland
06:15
'Summer in Bunclody'. Song by Bruce Scott. Performed by Marianne McAleer
02:21
Marking St. Peter and Paul’s Day - Account by Willie Careen, Point Lance, Newfoundland
04:21
'Fishing for the Parish on St. Peter and Paul’s Day' by Patricia Dohey, St. Bride's Newfoundland
03:57
The Wexfod Half Set from The Rath Field, 1992.
01:08:05
Patricia Dohey, St. Bride's, Newfoundland - Folklore, Customs, Beliefs and Stories
02:20
Stories of the Irish Famine - Remembered in Newfoundland: Patricia Dohey, St. Bride's, Newfoundland
04:47
'Fetch' Stories from Newfoundland - Patricia Dohey, St. Brides, Newfoundland
08:27
Appalachian/Ireland Song Connections - ‘Pretty Saro’ and ‘The Streams of Bunclody’.
02:07
Death Customs from rural Newfoundland - Patricia Dohey, St. Brides, Newfoundland
02:09
Crow Folklore from Newfoundland - Patricia Dohey, St. Brides, Newfoundland
01:22
Taking on your first husbands name...- Patricia Dohey, St. Brides, Newfoundland
01:02:55
Kathleen FitzPatrick Life, Beliefs, Memories and Faith Part One
01:28:03
Rosslare Harbour (1962 - 1992) - From the Tess Coady Archive