The Story Relived

This episode takes a look at memory, music and meaning and is focussed around Kilcashel Stone Fort in County Mayo. Music: [Intro] Matthew Squires and The Learning Disorders – The Heretical Physics [Soundtrack] Borrtex - The Bright Morning Star

In an effort to provide a better life for his family, James manages to gain passage to America with his wife and daughter. Fate is not in their favour. Music: [Intro] Matthew Squires and The Learning Disorders – The Heretical Physics [Soundtrack] Weary Pines – Open Season Weary Pines – Home Weary Pines – Last Call

This is a tale of banshees and whispered warnings in the dark. Where we hear that the spirits of Anne Kelly and Charles Tottenham lived on through their shared ancestral line. Here is the culmination of the last two tales, in modern day Derry City. Diogenes in Hell – our Own hours "Cryptic Sorrow" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Part 2 of a small series of After Dark. If you haven't yet, I would recommend listening to 13. The Devil in Loftus Hall before this. Following the events of Loftus Hall, an evil still looms over Charles Tottenham and his new family in Dublin. Music: Diogenes in Hell – our Own hours "Cryptic Sorrow" and "Unpromised" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

The Tottenham family welcome a guest into their home, Loftus Hall. Little do they know, they will be gambling with the devil and inadvertently directing their family down a dark path. Music: Diogenes in Hell – our Own hours "Cryptic Sorrow" and "Unpromised" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

A long-term dreamer by choice has her memory jolted by the events of this dark night. She is now faced with another decision to make. Will she wake up? Check out So Dreamy Podcast! Music: Matthew Squires and The Learning Disorders - Claim Your Birthright! Borrtex - Awake The Light Borrtex - Meeting Emma

This dreamer is taken on a hypnagogic journey through themselves and what it means for them to exist in their own world. Guest voice: Michaela Duffy Music: Matthew Squires and The Learning Disorders - Claim Your Birthright! Sergey Cheremisinov - Sleepwalker II Sergey Cheremisinov - United Voyagers Yan Terrien - YT HP2

One of our dreamers has an unnerving encounter with a familiar darkness. Music: Matthew Squires and The Learning Disorders - Claim Your Birthright! Tabletop Audio - Winter Woods

One man who seems inexplicably connected to other dreamers, brings them all into darkness where they can roam free. This surreal story is the follow-up introduction to Dreamscapes. Music: Matthew Squires and The Learning Disorders - Claim Your Birthright! Tabletop Audio - Waiting Time

A sudden loss of consciousness leads to murder and more. 'Automatism... the dictation of thought in the absence of all control exercised by reason and outside all moral or aesthetic concerns.' - André Breton Music: Matthew Squires and The Learning Disorders - The Heretical Physics Start at the End - Click and Collect Matthew Squires and The Learning Disorders - Drone in F#

The Easter Rising in Ireland saw many men fight for Irish independence, and this is very well documented. Instead, we look at the women who played an integral role during this period. A lot of the source material and inspiration for this short piece came from Sinéad McCoole's fantastic book 'No Ordinary Women'. I strongly advise giving it a read. Music: Matthew Squires and The Learning Disorders - The Heretical Physics Rocco Granata - Daedalus

A teenager struggles with grief and tries to cope with death through art therapy. Music: Borrtex - Thank You For This World Borrtex - Touch of Ice

We revisit a storm of biblical proportions in the small town of 19th century Monaghan. Music: Borrtex - We Are Saved Lofiuser - Radiant Jaguar

A tale of two Irish indentured servants in 18th century America. We follow their attempted escape then the years following their servitude where they found their humility through the lives of others. Music: Borrtex - You Are Not Funny Borrtex - We Are Saved Borrtex - Sense of Music

This is a tale of religious fanatics, misguided medical practice and the dismissal of depression and mental health in 1920s Ireland. Music: Intro: Matthew Squires and The Learning Disorders - The Heretical Physics Main: Diogenes in Hell - Helios and Hyperion

A tale of love, connection and coping with loss. Equally platonic and romantic, we follow the life of an Irish immigrant in America coping with tragedy through cinema and companionship. Tracks used: Kevin MacLeod - Meditation Impromptu 01 Kevin MacLeod - Enchanted Journey Sun Riah - Firefly Night Light, My Heart

Ripple A day trip which reignites family ties and friendship through abandonment, grief and death. 'It is a distinctive Celtic trait to regard literal truth as somewhat elastic when it comes to storytelling...' The individuals and events in this story are real. The circumstances, not so much. Intro music - Matthew Squires and the Learning Disorders - The Heretical Physics (Used with artist permission). On Bandcamp: https://matthewsquires.bandcamp.com/track/the-heretical-physics Background music - Gerard Ryan