Dear Friends / A Cháirde,

We hope this final care package finds you well.

For slides (called Field Notes), call recordings and bonus videos from our past nine weeks together, please click on the image with the relevant week number below. We have also compiled a master list of resources from each week, with some bonus surprises, below.

You have 21 days to review all Scoil Scairte content and catch up on anything you may have missed over the weeks. Content will be unavailable for viewing on 5 Jan, 2024.

Should you wish to have continued access to the Language Lab playlists after this page closes, please download this PDF document with the links to each one.

Dive into some extra resources collected through each week:

Websites

• Our guide Manchán Magan

• Our guide Colm Mac Con Iomaire

• Our guide Mailí Nic Giodaire

• Our guide Niall Morahan

• Our guide Tiokasin Ghosthorse

  Our guide Mary Kennedy

• Our guide Deirdre Ní Chinnéide

• Our guide Colm Bairéad

• Our guide Cleona Ní Chrualaoi

• Our guide Macdara Yeates

• Our musician Jenny Ní Ruiséil

• Our musician Fay’d

• Our musicians Rising Appalachia

• Irish-language Websites:

• Teanglann (Dictionary)

• Tearma (Dictionary useful for placenames, terms and pronunciation)

• MacBain's Dictionary

• Pota Focal (Thesaurus)

• Gramadach na Gaeilge (Grammar)

• Logainm (Placenames)

• Irish Cultural Websites:

• Dúchas

• Heritage Maps

• The Doegen Records Web Project

• Irish Songs Archive
  UCD National Folklore Collection

• The Folklore of Ireland Society

• The National Folklore Foundation

• Irish Traditional Music Archive

• The Keening Wake

• Candlelit Tales

• Bard Mythologies

• The Tweed Project

• Our Common Knowledge

Books

• 32 Words for Field (2020) by Manchán Magan

• Listen to the Land Speak (2022) by Manchán Magan

• Wolf-Men and Water Hounds (2023) by Manchán Magan

• Focail na mBan (2023) by Manchán Magan

• Decolonising the Mind by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

• Journey to the Well by Mary Kennedy & Deirdre Ní Chinnéide

  Irish and Ecology by Michael Cronin

• The Hostage by Brendan Behan

• Leabhar Stiofáin Uí Ealaoire by Séamus Ó Duilearga & Dáithí Ó hÓgáin

• Irish Place Names by Deirdre Flanagan and Laurence Flanagan

• That Place We Call Home by John Creedon

• Truth or Dare: Encounters with Power, Authority, and Mystery by Starhawk (1988)

• Tell Me Why by Archie Roach (2020)

• The Spell of the Sensuous by David Abram (1996)

• Breacadh - Publishers of Irish-language booklets & resources for learning

• Gugalaí Gug by Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin agus John Ryan

• Brehon Laws: The Ancient Wisdom of Ireland (2020) by Jo Kerrigan

• Cnaipí agus scéalta eile (2022) by Colm Ó Snodaigh.

• The Lost Gaeltacht (2020) by Martin O'Halloran.

• What White People Can Do Next: From Allyship to Coalition (2021) by Emma Dabiri.

• Sandtalk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save The World (2021) by Tyson Yunkaporta.

• A Handbook of Irish Folklore by Seán Ó Súilleabháin [ebook]

• Machnamh Seanmhná by Peig Sayers

• The Folklore of Ireland Council books

• We Don’t Know Ourselves by Fintan O’Toole (2021)

• Sive by John B. Keane (1959)

• Saving Eden: The Gearagh and Irish Nature (2021) by Kevin Corcoran.

• Studies in Early Celtic Nature Poetry (1935) by Kenneth Jackson. Published by Cambridge Press.

• The Origins of Ireland's Holy Wells (2014) by Celeste Ray.

• Feminist Messages, Coding in Women’s Folk Culture (1993) which includes the essay "More in Anger than in Sorrow" by Angela Bourke.

• The Christian Druids (2008) by John Minahane.

• The Poison Glen (2021) by Annemarie Ní Churreáin.

• Anseo (2019) by Úna-Minh Kavanagh. Published by New Island.

• Úna-Minh’s e-book DIY Gaeilge: 150 Irish Language Resources

• Leabhar na hAthghabhála — Poems of Repossession. Edited by Louis De Paor, Irish-English Bilingual Edition, Bloodaxe.

• A Ghost in the Throat (2020) by Doireann Ní Ghríofa. Published by Tramp Press.

• The Brehon Laws: A Legal Handbook. Laurence Ginnell, Lightning Source UK.

• Pharaoh’s Daughter. Forty-five poems in Irish by Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill with translations by thirteen distinguished poets from Ireland, Gallery Press.

• If Women Rose Rooted - The Journey to Authenticity and Belonging. Sharon Blackie, September Publishing.

• Ireland’s Wild Plants. Niall Mac Coitir, The Collins Press.

• Ireland’s Immortals: A History of the Gods of Irish Myth. Mark Williams, Princeton University Press.

• Tree Ogham. Written, illustrated and published by Glennie Kindred.

• An Crann Faoi Bhláth (The Flowering Tree): Contemporary Irish Poetry with Verse Translations. Edited by Declan Kiberd and George Fitzmaurice, Irish American Book Company.

• Irish Trees: Myths, Legends & Folklore, by Niall Mac Coitir.

• Braiding Sweetgrass (2013) and Gathering Moss (2003) by Robin Wall Kimmerer.

• Underland: A Deep Time Journey (2019) by Robert MacFarlane.

• The Lost Words: A Spell Book (2017) by Robert MacFarlane. [Children’s book!]

• Earth Emotions: New Words For a New World (2019) by Glenn Albrecht.

Articles

• "How to be hopeful: Colum McCann on the broken violin that played in a refugee camp" for The Guardian

• "The Ancient Practice of Marrying the Land" by Sharon Blackie

• "Values and Power" based on the research of Brené Brown

• "Silver Branch Perception: A Walkabout" article by Kathy Scott

• "Making Kin: An Interview with Donna Haraway" by LARB

• "The Enigmatic Glas Gaibhneach: A Dive into Irish Folklore" by Conor Ó Buachalla

• "The Mysterious Gateways to the Ancient Irish Otherworld" by Old Moore's Almanac

• The Murder Machine, essay by Pádraig Pearse

• Irish Times article by Ola Majekodunmi

• Online articles on linguistics here and here

• Irish-language Articles:

• Cló Gaelach (Gaelic Script) / An Aibítear

• The Gaelic Tree Alphabet

• Fada Signs/Accents in Irish

• Tíortha/Countries

• The Definitive Article and Country Names

• "Irish Words for Irish Rain" by Breandán Ó Cróinín (2006), The Irish Times

• "Making Sense of Irish Gender" Article by The Geeky Gaeilgeoir

• All About Irish article on “It’s Just Not Up to Scratch”

Watch

• Film & Television:

• The Present: A short film by Farah Nabulsi

• Moving West with Mary Kennedy & Deirdre Ní Chinnéide

• Drawing from the Well with Liam O’Connor

  Documentaries on TG4

• Bailte (TG4 Player): Síle Nic Chonaonaigh journeys through townlands across Ireland. With over 60,000 townlands in Ireland they remain one of the pillars of modern Irish life, and on this journey Síle explores the resilience within our rural communities and reveals the connection people have with their native townland and how local landscapes and traditions remain a constant influence on our lives.

• Welcome to Country with Delta Kay

• An Cailín Ciúin (2021)

• Róise & Frank (2022)

• Scéalta Grá na hÉireann [6-part series]

• Crainn na hÉireann: The Scots' Pine [Episode 1]

• Documentaries on TG4

• Song of Granite by Pat Collins

• Trailer: Bás Arto Leary (The Death of Arto Leary)

• Mac an Athar: A short film by Colm Bairéad

• An Ceoldráma on TG4

• Clips:

• Manchán Magan at We Need to Talk About Ireland (2014)

• Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill at We Need to Talk About Ireland (2014)

• Liam O’Connor on Re-creating P.W. Joyce's Printed Collection

• Clips of Brendan Behan

• Bayo Akomolafe in conversation with Charles Eisenstein

• Interview with John Moriarty and Tommy Tiernan

• Lera Boroditsky: How Language Shapes the Way We Think

• Seán Ó Tarpaigh dubbing Ian McKellan's Macbeth soliloquy "Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow"

• Poetry Videos:

• Siúcra by Roxanna Nic Liam

• A Blessing of the Boats by the Village Mothers by Annemarie Ní Churreáin

• Ola Majekodunmi: "Gruaig na mBan Dubh"

• Ophelia McCabe: ‘Story Buddleia’

• John Cummins: ‘A Vibe for Philo’

• Poetry reading with Louis de Paor

• Music Videos:

• Emer's Dream by Colm Mac Con Iomaire

• 'Zombie' as Gaeilge - Tribute to Dolores O'Riordan by Jenny Ní Ruiséil

• TG Lurgan on Youtube

• An Spailpín Fánach (Drill Remix) by Fay'd + Lyrics 

• "Faoiseamh a Gheobhadsa" by Zoë Conway and John McIntyre

• "We Call You Now" by Áine Tyrrell ft. Emily Wurramara

• "Port na bPúcaí" by Tony MacMahon

• "Port na bPúcaí" by Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh & Billy Mag Fhloinn

• Beir Mo Dhúthracht by Danú

• Róisín Dubh from Róisín ReImagined

• Dúlamán by Altan

• Song of Bridget Cleary by Edel Meade

• Cailleach an Airgid by TG4

• Sráid-Éigse by Séamus Barra Ó Súilleabháin

• Viva Liobarnach by Súil Amháin (Séamus Barra Ó Súilleabháin)

• Beidh Aonach Amárach by Altan

• Clare Sands: Summer - ‘Iontach Bheith Beo (Good to Be Alive)’ with Brídín

• An Caoineadh by Ceara Conway, video by Myles O’Reilly

• The Gloaming - Meáchan Rudaí (The Weight of Things) [Lyrics are here]

• Seo Linn's "Oró Sé do Bheatha Bhaile"

• C.E.A.R.T.A. by KNEECAP

• Séamus Barra Ó Suilleabháin for TG4XX

• Rian na gCos by Seán Ó Ríordáin

Listen

• Scoil Scairte Spotify Playlist

• Colm Mac Con Iomaire on Spotify

• The Hares Corner by Colm Mac Con Iomaire {CD or Spotify}

  Jenny Ní Ruiséil on Spotify

• First Voices Indigenous Radio: A Voice for Indigenous Issues, Concerns, Cultures and Customs

  Róisín Chambers on Spotify

• "Eirigh (Rise)" by Julianna Bloodgood

• “Irish Toddler” Playlist of Childrens’ Book albums [includes tracks featuring Caitlín, Domhnall & Mairéad!]

• Kíla's Lemonade and Buns album [Spotify here, CD here]

  Rising Appalachia's newest song "Thank You Very Much"

• Sorcha album by Sorcha Ni Ghuairim

• Clare Sands’ new CD ‘Tírdhreacha agus Fuaimdhreacha’ with handmade prints and a unique bilingual song-lyric booklet

• Radio & Podcasts:

• Primroses: Radio essay by Colm Mac Con Iomaire about living in Inis Meáin as a 10-year-old

• Poetry Unbound Podcast with Pádraig Ó Tuama on "Ceist na Teangan (The Language Issue)" by Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill

• The Language Question with Finghin MacCártaigh [Podcast]

• RTÉ Radio's Folk on One with Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh

• Blindboy Podcast: Irish Folklore and Environmentalism with Manchán Magan

• Blindboy Podcast: The Linear Understanding of Time in European Art

• Blúiríní Béaloidis / Folklore Fragments Podcast

• An Taobh Tuathail with Cian Ó Cíobháin on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta

• Suzanne Simard: Forests Are Wired For Wisdom by On Being with Krista Tippett [Podcast]

• Eachtraigh Dom le Pádraig Ó Sé (RTE Radió na Gaeltachta)

• On Being podcast: A Conversation with Margaret Noodin

• Raidió na Life Interview on Music with Ola Majekodunmi

• For the Wild: The Bureau of Linguistical Reality

• For the Wild: Lyla June on the Endangered Diversity of Language and Life

• Emergence Magazine: Language Keepers Podcast Series

• Orion Magazine: Robin Wall Kimmerer on the Language of Animacy

• Meditations:

• Lárnú: A Meditation in Irish by Seán Ó Tarpaigh

• Timmy Creed’s sound walk English version

• Timmy Creed’s sound walk Irish version

We have also gathered some trauma resources to aid you in identifying and healing it:

People we recommend

• Dr. Gabor Maté

• Diane Poole Heller

• Dr. Bessel Van Der Kolk

• Mark Wolynn

• Dr. Dan Siegel

• Kimberly Ann Johnson

• Dr. Peter Levine

• Dr. Richard Schwartz

• Marian Dunlea

Organisations we recommend

• Collective Trauma Summit

• Shock Trauma Healing with Diane Poole Heller

• Trauma Healing with Somatic Experiencing International

• Pocket Project

Watch

• The Wisdom of Trauma with Dr. Gabor Maté

• Gabor Maté and Thomas Hubl

• Oprah Winfrey & Dr. Perry on: Healing From Childhood Trauma & Becoming Self Aware, Confident Adults

• Oprah on Trauma Informed Care

Listen

• On Being: Body Healing and Trauma

• Sounds True: The Healing Trauma Online Course

• Sounds True: The Healing Trauma Summit

• Unlocking Us: Brené Brown with Oprah Winfrey and Dr. Bruce D. Perry on Trauma, Resilience and Healing

Read

• Gabor Maté: When The Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress (2011)

• Gabor Maté: In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters With Addiction (2010)

• Peter Levine: Healing Trauma: A Pioneering Program for Restoring the Wisdom of the Body (2008)

• Peter Levine: Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma (1997)

• Mark Wolynn: It Didn’t Start With You (2017)

• Thomas Hübl: Healing Collective Trauma (2020)

• Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey: What Happened to You? (2021)

• Bruce D. Perry: Brief: Reflections on Childhood, Trauma and Society (2013)

• Resmaa Menakem: My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies (2017)

• Jewel: Never Broken: Songs Are Only Half the Story (2015)

• Richard C. Schwartz: Greater Than the Sum of Our Parts: Discovering Your True Self Through Internal Family Systems Therapy (2018)

• Patricia June Vickers: Singing to the Darkness (2021)

• Pat Ogden and Janina Fisher: Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Interventions for Trauma and Attachment (2014)

We are so grateful to you all for your support of our fifth spiral of Scoil Scairte. Thank you for showing up each week and making it the experience that it was. We hope to see you again in the future.

Céad míle buíochas 💚

Kathy and the team at Scoil Scairte