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Podcast: Fair Folk Podcast
Episode: Interview with Jonny Dillon of the Irish National Folklore Collection
Description: This episode I chat with Jonny Dillon, an archivist at the Irish National Folklore Collection at University College Dublin. We discuss the history of the Folklore Collection, his podcast, BlúirÃnà Béaloidis / Folklore Fragments, and the deep need for folk tradition in modern life.
The Irish National Folklore Collection is one of the largest folklore collections in Europe, and has just this month been ascribed to the UNESCO Memory of the World Register.
BlúirÃnà Béaloidis / Folklore Fragments Podcast:
https://soundcloud.com/folklore_podcast
The National Folklore Collection:
https://www.ucd.ie/irishfolklore/en/
Music:
Intro: "Forest M...