Season 1, Episode IX - Dublin Mountains

Episode IX is the Halloween Special recorded over Zoom all about the Dublin Mountains and I, Laura Fitzachary welcomed back the fabulous Camilla Pedersen to the show. Camilla hails from Denmark but currently resides in Maynooth and her focus of study is on Viking period mythology and narrative tradition. Her other areas of focus are Old Irish linguistics, and prehistoric and early medieval archaeology and she has been published on her topics, most recently in 2019 with Amsterdam University Press. Taking a break from the usual format this episode examines how local traditions, customs and lore echo across this landscape's summits. Across the peaks of the Dublin Mountains we examined prehistoric burial tradition and how it is interlaced with mythology and the otherworld at Giant's Grave and of course, the Hellfire Club. From the dark side of fairies to following the perambulations of the devil himself, this month's show reveals a darker side to South Dublin's history