The Road to Oldcroghan #3 Tír na nÓg - The Land of Youth
Irish History Podcast
Fin Dwyer
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 19 October 2020
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Bogs are strange places. Their unique properties slow down the process of decay. They not only preserve bodies, but also evidence of what may have happened to them...
Sound by Jason Looney
Artwork by Keith Hynes
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| 0:00.0 | This is a passenger announcement. You can now book your train on Uber and get 10% back in credits to spend on Uber eats. |
| 0:11.0 | So you can order your own fries instead of eating everyone else's. |
| 0:15.0 | Trains, now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app. One of the most famous ancient Irish myths is about a land called Kiranoke. |
| 0:30.0 | On this magical island, literally meaning the land of youth time stands still and the people |
| 0:36.8 | never grow old however in what is a cruel twist if a person manages to return to the |
| 0:42.4 | earthly realm from Tierna Nogue and sets foot on the ground, time |
| 0:46.8 | immediately catches up and they start to age. |
| 0:50.5 | In the ancient myths which focus on the deeds of the legendary warrior Fianmakul, his son |
| 0:55.3 | Oshein is brought to Ternanogue by a woman with magical powers called Nieve Kianor. |
| 1:01.8 | After spending what seems like three years in this land of youth, |
| 1:04.8 | O'Shin having grown homesick, desires to see his friends and family again. |
| 1:09.1 | However, he returns to find everything changed, while time appeared to stand still in Tierna Nogue, three centuries had in fact passed on earth. |
| 1:18.0 | Stepping down from his horse, usher, and touches the ground. He immediately begins to age, quickly turns into a |
| 1:25.6 | whizened old man and dies. An obsession with youth is as old as human history itself and stories |
| 1:32.0 | like Tiernan Og can be found in mythology around the world. |
| 1:36.0 | However, you can't help but wonder if this Irish variant on the story was to one degree or another influenced by bogs. |
| 1:44.0 | They are a strange otherworldly place that perplexed their ancestors. |
| 1:49.0 | To a certain extent, time does stand still in the murky depths of a bog. |
| 1:53.4 | If organic matter, things like human remains are submerged and left undisturbed, |
| 1:58.4 | they don't break down but maintain a lifelike appearance. |
| 2:02.0 | The similarities with Tiernanogue don't end there. Indeed, just like |
| 2:06.7 | the myth when something is dug up from the bog and exposed to the air, time starts to catch up and |
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