Crann Bethadh Stories and Poetry

Cead Mile Failté

Welcome to Crann Bethadh Short stories and Poetry

In this run up to Samhain (All Hallows Eve), I have a ghost story, a dragon fantasy, a dystopian future, a romantic love story, a monster story that doesn’t end well and a short soldiers poem for any combat veterans who may listen to this. The very first story has a couple of minor curse words, fair warning.

This once a week podcast is being hosted on RSS.com and is also available on these mobile apps and websites. Spotify, Amazon Music, Samsung Podcasts, Podcast Index, Listen Notes, Apple Podcasts, iHeart radio, Pandora, Tune In, Google Podcasts, and Deezer.

My shows are free to subscribe to for now with these podcast platforms but I do have a donations tab on the rss.com webpage where I post the episodes to support the show. I will also be installing a donations link on my website this weekend for the same reason. Much like passing the hat at the end of my visit to your digital village.

A little about me, I am of Irish descent and a Seanchaí, an Irish storyteller. I want listeners to imagine we are sitting together under the village oak tree, Crann Bethadh, which is Gaelic for The Tree of Life. While gathered here, I will read to you fictional stories and poetry from writers I have found from around the world in Medium.com, with their permission, including some of my own stories on occasion.

I hope the stories will stay with you for a bit after you listen to the podcast. I am not providing links to the stories anymore as they are paywalled by the authors and of no value unless you are a Medium.com subscriber and that appears to be not so popular anymore.

I hope you enjoy this weeks show. I try to offer everyone a variety of different fictional stories and poetry, and maybe something that touches the heart a little at times.

There will be a copy of this newsletter in my website at www.crann-bethadh.com. In case anyone wishes to read it without a subscription. My website is mobile friendly so you can find the podcast in one of the pages under the podcast tab.

I made some revisions to my website last weekend to incorporate some new positive experience changes. Bookmark it and let me know if my improvements meet your approval. You can always leave a comment on the last page of the website to let me know what you think.

My parting song for this week is titled The Long Black Veil sung by Mick Jagger in 1995 in the album of the same name by The Chieftains. Until next time. Sláinte

T. Ó Domhnaill — Gaelic storyteller

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