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Irish History Podcast

Voices from a Vanishing World - The Aran Islands 1901

Irish History Podcast

Fin Dwyer

History, Interviews, War Of Independence, Ireland, Norman Invasion, Vikings, Great Famine, Great Hunger, Irish History

4.71.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Between 1898 and 1902, the Irish playwright John Millington Synge spent several summers on the Aran Islands. Shaped by the harsh environment of the North Atlantic Ocean the islanders lived in a unique society. Old customs and traditions that had died in many parts of Ireland still survived on the islands. 


Synge left a mesmerising account of island life and this podcast transports you back to the summer of 1901. You will hear the vivid descriptions of a society so different it is hard to believe it existed into the 20th century. 


It is a time and place that is now lost and gone forever.


John Millington Synge's words are read by Aidan Crowe http://castawayactors.com/male-actors/aidan-crowe/


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Join today from 10 pounds a month at shelterbox.org forward slash books. Between 1898 and 1992 the Irish playwright John Millington Singh

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spent several summers on the Iron Islands shaped by the harsh environment of the

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North Atlantic Ocean theers lived in a unique society.

1:06.0

All customs and traditions that had died out in many parts of Ireland still survived at the turn of the 20th century.

1:13.0

Singh has left us a mesmerizing account of life on the Iron Islands

1:17.0

and we will spend the next 30 minutes on these islands in the summer of 1901,

1:22.0

listening to descriptions of a society that from many of us

1:25.8

is hard to believe still existed into the early 20th century. Singh captured a time and

1:31.8

place that is now lost and gone forever, but in the course of this

1:35.4

podcast we'll get a snapshot of that remarkable society. Hello and this is the Iron Islands in 1901, voices from a vanishing world.

1:47.0

My name is Finn Duwara and this is the Iron Islands in 1901, voices from a vanishing world.

1:54.0

It's strange times folks, and I hope you, your friends and your family are safe in the face of the

1:59.3

COVID-19 crisis.

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