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FreddyHeadey Origins: Dry Stone Walling Songs (26) RE: Origins: Dry Stone Walling Songs 30 Jul 17


podcast about walling in Ireland.
No folk music but a lovely programme.
http://www.newstalk.com/podcasts/Documentary_on_Newstalk/Newstalk_Documentaries/191681/Stone_Mad_Documentary_On_Newstalk


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"...Walls are usually seen as divisive obstacles, things that separate people. Here in Ireland, however, building a dry stone wall was an activity that brought a community together. It was a unifying occasion where a meitheal was summoned to lend a hand ensuring the land could be farmed. Stone Mad brings us down the western seaboard where we encounter people who are passionate about making dry stone walls, as well as artists who draw inspiration from them. ..."
http://www.newstalk.com/Documentary-On-Newstalk:-Stone-Mad 


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