Show Notes
The story of Sinann, who gave her name to the river Shannon, was first recorded, in written form, in the Metrical Dindshenchas, 'the Lore of Prominent Places'. Such tales morph and shapeshift as they are retold through time yet still retain unexpected applicabilities. Join Chris as she traces her own meandering journey in Sinann's company.
A transcript for this episode is available
A selection of Story Archaeology links for this episode
Isolde and I shared two conversations on the story of Sinann. Mythical Woman 1 ~ Sinann was the first episode we ever recorded. Later in series 5 we added a lot of new information to the topic in Revisiting Sinann .
The Sinann Poems from the Dindshenchas with translations by Isolde
More poems about Sinann from the Metrical Dindshenchas
The re-telling of the story as written in the Barrel Store by the Shannon
Conversations with Ralph Kenna. The first covers Myths and Maths and the Arts for Sinann competition The second introduces and discusses the ÉIRÍ project
The Kyiv Bylyny Cycle: a new paper from Professor Ralph Kenna
The Extraordinary Story of Sinann, a paper led by Ralph Kenna in 2023
A Conversation with Professor Patrick Nunn
A short video based on the presentation given at the 2023 International Association for Comparative Mythology Conference at Rathcroghan
Arts Projects: Links on Story Archaeology
The Arts Projects page contains links to The Arts for Sinann, and ÉIRÍ project, Celtic Eye, Clare Millege's Sinann installation and much more.
For more recent and upcoming projects involving the story of Sinann. listen to A Conversation with Tamlyn Young, a Limerick lecturer and artist specialising., especially in her current project on augmented reality art and storytelling or A Conversation with Philippa Klaiper an artist, specialising in photography.
I add my current video children's version of the Sinann story below
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