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The Village Oak TreeTribalismFáilteWelcome to The Village Oak Tree I am your host, Terrance Ó Domhnaill. Thank you for joining me. This week, I'm continuing what I started last week. I'm going to talk some more about humans and their innate ability to destroy nearly everything they come in contact with. I'm starting off with an expanded version of a blog article I wrote back in late 2022 about tribalism. It didn't get much traction back then, and it may not today but it still needs to be said.In this episode, I...
2025-08-2031 min
The Village Oak TreeWhat if the Native Americans had Wiped Out the First Europeans?FáilteWelcome to The Village Oak Tree I am your host, Terrance Ó Domhnaill. Thank you for joining me. A couple of weeks ago, an online friend from northern California wrote a short blog article wondering what north America might look like if the Europeans had never arrived. There was much online speculation about that, and I got the idea to explore that a little bit more. I had asked my friend to collaborate with me on this but, apparently he became distracted with something else, like survival.So to...
2025-08-1332 min
The Village Oak TreeWhat Does a Fascist U.S. Look like Under Donald Trump?FáilteWelcome to The Village Oak TreeI am your host, Terrance Ó Domhnaill.Thank you for joining me.This week, I want to ask what does a fascist United States looks like under Donald J. Trump? I offer a perspective that no one is talking about, that I think, based on his life so far, fits the narrative we're seeing to a tee. All I ask is that you listen with an open mind and think about this after I'm done today.So, gather round, sit you down so...
2025-08-0633 min
The Village Oak TreeHow Will Lives Change in a Drying World?FáilteWelcome to The Village Oak Tree I am your host, Terrance Ó Domhnaill. Thank you for joining me. Firstly, I want to let everyone know that the experiment of posting one of my fictional Irish stories was a bust. Only a couple people liked it, and I lost two free subscribers over it so I won't be doing that anymore. I'll just save them for my next book.In the meantime, it's been a busy week across the world. As I promised last week, I'm going to talk ab...
2025-07-3137 min
The Village Oak TreeAmerica's Failing Electrical GridFáilteWelcome to The Village Oak Tree I am your seanchaí, Terrance Ó Domhnaill. Thank you for joining me. As I said last week, and in keeping with my theme of talking about the things that matter most to regular people, I have found some news articles that do have an impact on everyday life for most Americans. Today, I'm going to talk about the U.S. power grid. How it is set up across the country as far as private, public or a co-op, the frailty of it all and wha...
2025-07-2332 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryThe Púka of Log na CoilleThis venture is an experiment to see if anyone likes these kinds of stories. I have more, if there’s an interest. If you don’t like stories like this, let it go and I’ll be back with my regular podcast next Wednesday for those who would rather I talk and write about what’s going on in the world. If you do like it, let me know.FáilteWelcome to The Village Oak TreeI am your seanchaí, Terrance Ó Domhnaill.Thank you for joining me.Today, I'm going t...
2025-07-2010 min
The Village Oak TreeThe Scourge of Global MigrationFáilteWelcome to The Village Oak Tree I am your host, Terrance Ó Domhnaill. Thank you for joining me once again. In my continuing podcasts to push people into standing up against tyranny, as promised, I will be talking about global migrations today. I have a handful of news stories I've found in the last week, that show us just how cruel governments around the world are becoming with regard to all of these mass migrations that have been taking place for decades now, along with a little history to show th...
2025-07-1639 min
The Village Oak TreeThe Feckless Americans and other Stories that should Scare us AllFáilteWelcome to The Village Oak Tree I am your host, Terrance Ó Domhnaill. Thank you for joining me once again. In my continuing podcasts to push people into standing up against tyranny, I found a handful of odd news stories from around the U.S. and the world that I thought might peak people's interest this week. A couple of them are downright stupid from the Americans, and I also found some interesting stories about the middle east. Some you may already know about, some you may not. So...
2025-07-0935 min
The Village Oak TreeWho's Afraid of the Big Bad Government?FáilteWelcome to The Village Oak Tree I am your host, Terrance Ó Domhnaill.Thank you for joining me once again.Once again, the United States is at a historical crossroads. Trump and his loyalists are running roughshod across the country still, and the chaos is consuming everything, every day. The news feeds in the U.S. are full of little else but some kind of new Trump attention grabber, from the new concentration camp in the Florida Everglades to this hugely unpopular bill being battled back and forth between the ho...
2025-07-0228 min
The Village Oak TreeThe First in a series about the Real United States and How to Fix It (maybe)Fáilte Welcome to The Village Oak Tree I am your host, Terrance Ó Domhnaill. Thank you for joining me once again. I'm back from my long vacation out west, to which, if you're interested in learning about our adventures, read my four travel blogs posted on my Substack page. During my long vacation, I thought some about the future of this show and I decided to redirect the show once again. I want to start focusing on the things that really matter to most folks. Poverty, homelessness, tyranny, how the warming cl...
2025-06-2530 min
The Village Oak TreeReligion, Education, and the StateFáilteWelcome to The Village Oak Tree I am your host, Terrance Ó Domhnaill. Thank you for joining me once again. This week, I'm going to dive into religion and education, and how the separation of church and state is starting to become blurred in the United States, despite what the U.S. constitution says. After I have presented my findings from this week's news feeds, I would ask everyone to stick around through my commercial break to hear another chapter of The Priest by Michael Campi So...
2025-05-0731 min
The Village Oak TreeMore News Stories from Trumplandia, and Would China Fight if Pushed?FáilteWelcome to The Village Oak TreeI am your host, Terrance Ó Domhnaill.Thank you for joining me once again.This week, I'm going to try and stay away from Trump’s efforts to become a dictator. There’re enough people jumping into that fray so I don't need to join them. Instead, I'm going to talk some more about ICE and their draconian efforts across the country to snatch up undocumented people everywhere, the great American migration of people on the move across the country for a variety of reason...
2025-04-3048 min
The Village Oak TreeThe War in SudanFáilteWelcome to The Village Oak TreeI am your host, Terrance Ó Domhnaill.Thank you for joining me once again.As promised, I have my Canadian friend with me this week to talk about the war in Sudan. I will be bringing you some history as to why this started and where it stands today, and my friend Sam will be talking about the humanitarian crisis all of this has caused. Especially since Trump recently cut out aid money for the NGO's in the area with the closing of USAID....
2025-04-2344 min
The Village Oak TreeThe Sad Decline of the United States into AuthoritarianismFáilteWelcome to The Village Oak Tree I am your host, Terrance Ó Domhnaill. Thank you for joining me once again. Most of what I want to focus on this week, is about how scary Trump's defiance of the judicial system should be to all of us as this means he could come after any of us now for any reason he can make up. I have a lot of news stories that I found that I hope will wake people up to what's going on in the United States, and wh...
2025-04-1744 min
The Village Oak TreeIt's the Economy Stupid. Trump's war on foreigners, and Climate ChangeFáilteWelcome to The Village Oak TreeI am your host, Terrance Ó Domhnaill.Thank you for joining me once again.This week I want to talk some more about all of the chaos taking place across the world with all of the tariffs, U.S. detentions of foreigners, Trump's ramping up of his war on climate change and a whole lot more.Once I've finished telling you what I think about the things I've found, I would ask everyone to stick around through my commercial break to hear an...
2025-04-0930 min
The Village Oak TreeMore Chaos and a Call to ActionFáilteWelcome to The Village Oak TreeI am your host, Terrance Ó Domhnaill.Thank you for joining me once again.This week I want to talk some more about all of the chaos taking place across the United States, some positive news (not much but a little), and a call to action for any Americans who still believe in democracy.Once I've finished with my essay, I would ask everyone to stick around through my commercial break to hear another chapter of The Priest by Michael Campi...
2025-04-0342 min
The Village Oak TreeTourism, the Environment, and OPSEC, or Lack ThereofFáilteWelcome to The Village Oak Tree I am your host, Terrance Ó Domhnaill. Thank you for joining me once again. This week, I continue to talk about immigration, the environment, and this latest deal with these dumbasses working for Trump. There's a lot to unpack once again. Once I've finished talking about the news stories I found for this week, I would ask everyone to stick around through my commercial break to hear another chapter of The Priest by Michael Campi So come, pull up a ch...
2025-03-2643 min
The Village Oak TreeImmigrants, Civil Rights, and The EconomyFáilteWelcome to The Village Oak Tree I am your host, Terrance Ó Domhnaill. Thank you for joining me once again. This week, I want to talk about immigration, civil rights and the economy. Once I've finished talking about the news stories I found for this week, I would ask everyone to stick around through my commercial break to hear another chapter of The Priest by Michael Campi So, come sit you down somewhere in a patch of spring sunshine, or a warm cozy spot if you li...
2025-03-1944 min
The Village Oak TreeMore Chaos from Western Countries. Especially the U.S.FáilteWelcome to The Village Oak TreeI am your host, Terrance Ó Domhnaill.Thank you for joining me once again.I found a few news stories this week but as always, there’s just too much chaos going on around the world for me to delve into the front page news. There are plenty of other, more accomplished journalists, who’re taking care of that for us already.What I did find, are a couple of articles about climate change. To which the current U.S. administration has order...
2025-03-141h 22
The Village Oak TreeBetter Late Than Never. More Chaos EnsuesFáilteWelcome to The Village Oak Tree I am your host, Terrance Ó Domhnaill.Here we are, entering the Ides of March, as the old saying goes. The sun has been shining a wee bit where I am, along with rising temperatures. And I'm a few days behind on my normal schedule this week.I'm still dealing with home repairs caused by climate change this winter and I'm not done yet. But the work I needed to do to date did cause an interruption in my normal schedule. With everything that's go...
2025-03-0237 min
The Village Oak TreeWe Are Starting to Lose the Basics We Took for GrantedFáilteWelcome to The Village Oak Tree I am your host, Terrance Ó Domhnaill. With the weather outside frightful all across north America again this week, and with all of the chaos Trump and company is still creating all across the world, the average citizens everywhere are starting to feel it. One again, I have discovered new stories from across the spectrum to point a finger at how all of this is going to affect the average citizens here in the U.S, and this week, Europe. Once I ha...
2025-02-1940 min
The Village Oak TreeA Focus on a couple of Things that affect the rest of us less privileged PeopleFáilteWelcome to The Village Oak TreeI am your host, Terrance Ó Domhnaill.With the weather outside frightful all across north America today, and with all of the chaos the new U.S. government is creating all across the world and domestically, mainly Donald Trump and his trusty sidekick, Elon Musk, it's a wonder more people aren't speaking out.But they’re starting to. More and more people across the world are starting to speak out against all of this chaos and that’s a good thing. Even in Ireland, were t...
2025-02-1227 min
The Village Oak TreeEverything, Everywhere, All at OnceFáilteWelcome to The Village Oak Tree once againI am your host, Terrance Ó Domhnaill.More chaos everywhere once again this week.To quote a movie title from 2022, "Everything, Everywhere, All at once"Once I have brought you the stories and commentary for this week, I ask everyone to stick around through my commercial break, so I can read you another chapter of The Priest, from Michael Campi.So, come sit you down next to someplace warm and listen to me tell you a little of wh...
2025-02-0527 min
The Village Oak TreeThe Changing World OrderFáilte Welcome to The Village Oak Tree I am your host, Terrance Ó Domhnaill. It's been about forty-eight hours into the new Trump presidency and the chaos is already getting started. I don't want to get into that too much as every media outlet across the world will be doing that for us. Instead, I want to talk a little about the why's of what we are seeing across the world. I can't even begin to scratch the surface, but I do want to pay particular attention to the United States to...
2025-01-2228 min
The Village Oak TreeSyria, Ukraine, Europe, Central America and King Trump's plan to take over the WorldFáilte Welcome to The Village Oak Tree I am your host, Terrance Ó Domhnaill. Now that the holiday season is past once again, and the weather outside everywhere is frightful and not just in North America, I bring you more off the mainstream news stories and analysis about what's going on in the world. After my commercial break, I will read you another chapter of The Priest, from Michael Campi. So, come sit you down next to someplace warm and listen to me tell you some tales about the wo...
2025-01-0838 min
The Village Oak Tree2025 New Year Stories and PoetryFáilteWelcome to The Village Oak Tree Stories and Poetry I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your Irish scéalaí, back with more stories and poems from authors around the world. I know it's been a bit since I read everyone any stories so I have collected several for today, this first day of 2025. For today's show, I have another episode of The Grave Diggers of Orpheus chapter 14. The third part of Liora's story, A story from a Substack writer about a wizard king, a fictional story about a special cat, a scie...
2025-01-0239 min
The Village Oak TreeChristmas ShowNollaig Shona daoibhHappy Christmas from The Village Oak Tree I am your host, Terrance Ó Domhnaill. This is my Christmas show, even though I don't typically celebrate Christian holidays. As I said last week, this week's podcast is primarily going to be about this latest Trump tactic of taxing/tariffing the hell out of Canada and Mexico. Canada is running scared as a twenty five percent tariff on all imports from Canada to the U.S. would cripple the Canadian economy. I have several news stories from the CBC Canada news media along w...
2024-12-2549 min
The Village Oak TreeThe Village Oak Tree Stories and Poems for December 4thFáilteWelcome to The Village Oak Tree Stories and Poetry I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your scéalaí, back with more stories and poems from authors around the world. For today's show, I have another episode of The Grave Diggers of Orpheus chapter 13. The second part of Liora's story, a new story about a fae garden, a short story about a deer and magic, then a poem about the wind. So gather round once more and let me read to you next to a warm fire.
2024-12-0422 min
The Village Oak TreeU.S. Openly Stated Greed, the End of the British Royal Navy and ImmigrationFáilteWelcome to The Village Oak Tree for November 27th.I am your host, Terrance Ó Domhnaill. Thank you for spending a little time with me once again. We have had another insane week in world news.This week, I bring you some news articles from Europe, U.K. and the U.S. These are stories that on the surface by themselves, might not get a lot of attention in most circles but put together, they could mean a lot to those of us just trying to avoid nuclear annihilation. Or in the ne...
2024-11-2735 min
The Village Oak TreeStories and Poetry for November 20th, 2024FáilteWelcome to The Village Oak Tree Stories and Poetry I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your scéalaí, back with more stories and poems from authors around the world. I know it's been a couple of weeks since I have read any stories or poetry but I have been busy lately with other projects outside of media. If you are listening to this on WAA Radio, you know that they have been running older shows while I have been on a break. As I mentioned on my last show a couple of weeks ago...
2024-11-2036 min
The Village Oak TreeFirst Episode for the Celtic New Year - Space Faring Stories and a Bulgarian PoemFáilteWelcome to The Village Oak Tree Stories and Poetry I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, back with more stories and poems from authors around the world. In this first show of the Celtic New Year, I have four stories and one poem for everyone. I continue with The Grave Diggers of Orpheus chapter 11, three other space faring stories from Substack writers and a poem about the Fae in Bulgaria from a Medium writer. Some more notes about this show as we head into the new year...
2024-11-0149 min
The Village Oak TreeThe Village Oak Tree October 30th, 2024FáilteWelcome to The Village Oak Tree for October 30th. I am your host, Terrance Ó Domhnaill. Thank you for spending a little time with me again this week. I have more news stories that may get someone's attention a little this week. This week, I have stories from Europe, the U.S. and Iceland.I have a couple of climate change news stories that we should pay attention to, some stories about western Europe with regard to the war in Ukraine, and I want to talk a little bit about th...
2024-10-3024 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryCrann na beatha Stories and PoetryFáilteWelcome back to another episode of Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryI am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, returning again this week after my holiday with more stories and poems from authors around the world.This week, I have three stories and two poemsI continue with The Grave Diggers of Orpheus chapter 10, another short scary story from the same author, an scary Irish story from a Medium writer, and two poems. I will be reading one of my own scary poems this week as this is the...
2024-10-2628 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryLast Episode of the Celtic Year with a couple of Scary PiecesFáilteWelcome back to another episode of Crann na beatha Stories and Poetry I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, returning again this week after my holiday with more stories and poems from authors around the world. This week, I have three stories and two poems I continue with The Grave Diggers of Orpheus chapter 10, another short scary story from the same author, an scary Irish story from a Medium writer, and two poems. I will be reading one of my own scary poems this week as this is the...
2024-10-2528 min
The Village Oak TreeWednesday, October 16th, 2024Fáilte Welcome to The Village Oak Tree for October 16th. I am your host, Terrance Ó Domhnaill. I thank you for joining me. I thought I was going to have an interview with a former Oklahoma politician, but he ghosted me so, it's just me this week. I have a bunch of offbeat new stories that I have collected over the last week from non-mainstream news sources that tell us about a little different take on what the American mainstream news media is telling everyone. The majority of which ar...
2024-10-1728 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryCrann na beatha Stories and PoetryFáilteWelcome back to another episode of Crann na beatha Short Stories and PoetryI am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, returning again this week with more stories and poems from authors around the world.This week, I have three science fiction stories and a poem about the children of PalestineI continue with the two serialized space faring stories this week from Substack writers, with a scary science fiction story and the poem I just mentioned. This episode may be a bit shorter than usual as I had a ti...
2024-10-1226 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryScience Fiction Galore with a Poem about Palestinian ChildrenFáilteWelcome back to another episode of Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, returning again this week with more stories and poems from authors around the world. This week, I have three science fiction stories and a poem about the children of Palestine I continue with the two serialized space faring stories this week, a scary science fiction story and the poem I just mentioned. This episode may be a bit shorter than usual as I had a time trying to find...
2024-10-1126 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryCrann na beatha Stories and PoetryCead FáilteWelcome back to another episode of Crann na beatha Short Stories and PoetryI am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, returning again this week with more stories and poems from authors around the world.This week, I have three stories and a lovely poem from my friend in BulgariaI am starting a new space opera series today, along with the ongoing story The Gravediggers of Orpheus. My last story is a short story about loneliness, and the poem is about sadness.So gather round once...
2024-10-0422 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryTwo Science Fiction stories, One Heartbreak story and a Poem from Bulgaria Cead FáilteWelcome back to another episode of Crann na beatha Short Stories and PoetryI am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, returning again this week with more stories and poems from authors around the world.This week, I have three short stories and a lovely poem from my friend in BulgariaI am starting a new space opera series today, along with the ongoing story The Gravediggers of Orpheus. My last story is a short story about loneliness, and the poem is about sadness.So gather roun...
2024-10-0422 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryCrann na beatha Stories and PoetryCead FáilteWelcome back to another episode of Crann na beatha Short Stories and PoetryI am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, returning again this week with more stories and poems from authors around the world.This week, I have two stories and three poems for everyoneMy first fiction story is from a new writer I found. Then, another episode of The gravediggers of Orpheus. The three poems I bring are written to make one think. The last two are about the war in Palestine and are a bit...
2024-09-2723 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryTwo Stories and Three very Special PoemsCead FáilteWelcome back to another episode of Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, returning again this week with more stories and poems from authors around the world. This week, I have two stories and three poems for everyone My first fiction story is from a new writer I found. Then, another episode of The gravediggers of Orpheus. The three poems I bring are written to make one think. The last two are about the war in Palestine and are a bit...
2024-09-2723 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryCrann na beatha Stories and PoetryCead FáilteWelcome back to another episode of Crann na beatha Short Stories and PoetryI am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, returning again this week with more stories and poems from authors around the world.This week, I have three stories for everyoneWe continue with part 2 of that Bulgarian tale about a girl and dragons. Then, another episode of The gravediggers of Orpheus, and a scary techno thriller called The Suff, which apparently is a urban legend on Substack these days with other writers posting stories about this...
2024-09-2028 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryThree different Genre Stories-Dragons, a Space Opera and a Scary Sci-Fi TaleCead FáilteWelcome back to another episode of Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, returning again this week with more stories and poems from authors around the world. This week, I have three stories for everyone We continue with part 2 of that Bulgarian tale about a girl and dragons. Then, another episode of The gravediggers of Orpheus, and a scary techno thriller called The Suff, which apparently is a urban legend on Substack these days with other writers posting stories about this...
2024-09-2028 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryCrann na beatha Stories and PoetryCead FáilteWelcome back to another episode of Crann na beatha Short Stories and PoetryI am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, returning again this week with more stories and poems from authors around the world.This week, I have three stories and two poems.My first story is part 1 of a Bulgarian tale about a young girl and dragons. I will read part 2 next week. My second story is a take from old Scottish Gael stories about Brownies. Then the third is from Africa. A story about a parr...
2024-09-1330 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryThree Stories and Two PoemsCead FáilteWelcome back to another episode of Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, returning again this week with more stories and poems from authors around the world. This week, I have three stories and two poems. My first story is part 1 of a Bulgarian tale about a young girl and dragons. I will read part 2 next week. My second story is a take from old Scottish Gael stories about Brownies. Then the third is from Africa. A story about a parr...
2024-09-1330 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryCrann na beatha Stories and PoetryCead FáilteWelcome back to another episode of Crann na beatha Short Stories and PoetryI am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, returning again this week with more stories and poems from authors around the world.Today, I have four stories and a poem for everyone.I will start off with a short western, then a futuristic story, a sad romantic story, the last story is the first chapter about a young adult getting a start on a new life, and lastly, a poem that will resonate with a lot...
2024-09-0733 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryFour Stories and a PoemCead FáilteWelcome back to another episode of Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, returning again this week with more stories and poems from authors around the world. Today, I have four stories and a poem for everyone. I will start off with a short western, then a futuristic story, a sad romantic story, the last story is the first chapter about a young adult getting a start on a new life, and lastly, a poem that will resonate with a lot...
2024-09-0633 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryCrann na beatha Stories and PoetryCead FáilteWelcome back to another episode of Crann na beatha Short Stories and PoetryI am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, returning again this week with more stories and poems from authors around the world.I have three more stories this week for this half hour show.I am beginning with the continuation of the serialized space operas from my Substack writers, The Guardians, and The Gravediggers of Orpheus. The third story is a fable from Africa. A wonderful story about a hippo published by a Medium writer....
2024-08-3034 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryTwo Science Fiction Stories and an African FableCead FáilteWelcome back to another episode of Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, returning again this week with more stories and poems from authors around the world. I have three more stories this week for this half hour show. I am beginning with the continuation of the serialized space operas from my Substack writers, The Guardians, and The Gravediggers of Orpheus. The third story is a fable from Africa. A wonderful story about a hippo published by a Medium writer.
2024-08-3034 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryCrann na beatha Stories and PoetryCead FáilteWelcome to another episode of Crann na beatha Short Stories and PoetryI am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, returning again this week with more stories and poems from authors around the world.I have three stories and two poems this week.First up are the continuation of two space operas from Substack writers that I began a couple of weeks ago. The third is also a futuristic space story from a Medium writer and two poems. One about about gardens from a new writer and an poem...
2024-08-2434 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryThree Science Fiction stories and Two Beautiful Poems Cead FáilteWelcome back to another episode of Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, returning again this week with more stories and poems from authors around the world. I have three stories and two poems this week. First up are the continuation of two space operas from Substack writers that I began a couple of weeks ago. The third is also a futuristic space story from a Medium writer and two poems about gardens and time. So gather round once...
2024-08-2334 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryCrann na beatha Stories and PoetryCead FáilteWelcome back to another episode of Crann na beatha Short Stories and PoetryI am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, returning again this week with more stories and poems from authors around the world.I have three stories and a poem for you this week. The second story is a bit lengthy but worth your patience. First up is a short romantic horror story about the effects of utter loneliness. The second is a fictional coming of age story, the third is a dystopian story of a faile...
2024-08-1636 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryThree Stories and Poem Dedicated to Gaza and the PalestiniansCead FáilteWelcome back to another episode of Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, returning again this week with more stories and poems from authors around the world. I have three stories and a poem for you this week. The second story is a bit lengthy but worth your patience. First up is a short romantic horror story about the effects of utter loneliness. The second is a fictional coming of age story, the third is a dystopian story of a fail...
2024-08-1636 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryCrann na beatha Stories and PoetryCead FáilteA thousand welcomes to Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry for August 9th, 2024I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, back again this week with more stories and poems from authors around the world.I have just have two short stories for you this week. Only two because they are a bit longer than the ones I normally read and I am still working to keep this podcast around the half hour range.First is a wonderful young adult story about a young man’s struggle with t...
2024-08-1037 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryTwo Stories - A Young Adult Dragon Story and a Scary StoryCead FáilteA thousand welcomes to Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry for August 9th, 2024 I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, back again this week with more stories and poems from authors around the world. I have just have two short stories for you this week. Only two because they are a bit longer than the ones I normally read and I am still working to keep this podcast around the half hour range. First is a wonderful young adult story about a young man's struggle with taki...
2024-08-1037 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryCrann na beatha Stories and PoetryCead FáilteA thousand welcomes to Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry for August 2nd, 2024I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, back again this week with more stories and poems from authors around the world.I have three stories and two poems for you this week. I am starting a new fantasy series, along with the science fiction series I started a couple of weeks ago. Both are from Substack writers. I will be bringing more stories from Substack writers going forward as I find them. I also have a sh...
2024-08-0333 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryThree Stories and Two PoemsCead FáilteA thousand welcomes to Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry for August 2nd, 2024 I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, back again this week with more stories and poems from authors around the world. I have three stories and two poems for you this week. I am starting a new fantasy series, along with the science fiction series I started a couple of weeks ago. Both are from Substack writers. I will be bringing more stories from Substack writers going forward as I find them. I also have a sh...
2024-08-0233 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryCrann na beatha Stories and PoetryCead FáilteA thousand welcomes to Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry for July 26th, 2024I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, back again this week with more stories and poems from authors around the world.I have three short stories and three poems for you. To start, I have found some short stories about dragons that I will be reading in the next couple of weeks, starting today. I have a different kind of ghost story and I am starting a new serialized space story from a writer on Subs...
2024-07-2621 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryThree Stories and Three PoemsCead FáilteA thousand welcomes to Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry for July 26th, 2024 I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, back again this week with more stories and poems from authors around the world. I have three short stories and three poems for you. To start, I have found some short stories about dragons that I will be reading in the next couple of weeks, starting today. I have a different kind of ghost story and I am starting a new serialized space story from a writer on Subs...
2024-07-2621 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryFour Stories and a PoemCead FáilteA thousand welcomes to Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry for July 19th, 2024 I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, back again this week with more stories and poems from authors around the world. I just have four short stories and one poem for you. I have the last chapter of From Beyond the Water Wall, a short horror story, two science fiction shorts and a poem about a star. So gather round once more and let me read them to you under the shade of the...
2024-07-1930 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryCrann na beatha Stories and PoetryCead FáilteA thousand welcomes to Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry for July 12th, 2024I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, back again this week with more stories and poems from online authors.I just have four short stories and five poems this week. We have chapter twenty four of the ongoing story From Beyond the Water Wall, a short story about bureaucracy in the animal kingdom, another short addition to the elementals, a very short story about two human predators, and Zen poems to help ease the stress of e...
2024-07-1325 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryFour Short Stories and Five PoemsCead FáilteA thousand welcomes to Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry for July 12th, 2024I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, back again this week with more stories and poems from online authors.I just have four short stories and five poems this week. We have chapter twenty four of the ongoing story From Beyond the Water Wall, a short story about bureaucracy in the animal kingdom, another short addition to the elementals, a very short story about two human predators, and Zen poems to help ease the stress of e...
2024-07-1325 min
The Village Oak TreeMy Viewpoint on Critical Race TheoryI wanted to get ahead of my upcoming interview today to talk about CRT and my thoughts on all of this business of perceived racial superiority and white European exceptionalism. There is no such thing other than in certain people's fevered minds. My guest has a choice word for those who try to promote CRT in public which I won't repeat here. Wait for the interview coming up this Wednesday.Listen to my thoughts on all of this and let me know what you think on social media. Search out Terrance Ó Domhnaill@todomhnaill on Instagram o...
2024-07-0713 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryCrann na beatha Stories and PoetryCead FáilteA thousand welcomes to Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry for July 5th, 2024I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, back again this week with more stories and poems from online authors.I just have three short stories this week. I have chapter twenty three of the ongoing story From Beyond the Water Wall, a short story of medieval revenge from a Substack writer, and a story about desperation and the fulfillment of a dream, sort of.So gather round once more and let me read them...
2024-07-0635 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryThree Short Stories from both Medium.com and Substack WritersCead FáilteA thousand welcomes to Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry for July 5th, 2024 I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, back again this week with more stories and poems from online authors. I just have three short stories this week. We have chapter twenty three of the ongoing story From Beyond the Water Wall, a short story of medieval revenge from a Substack writer, and a story about desperation and the fulfillment of a dream, sort of. So gather round once more and let me read them...
2024-07-0535 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryCrann na beatha Stories and PoetryCead FáilteA thousand welcomes to Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry for June 28th, 2024I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, back again this week with more stories and poems from online authors.I just have two short stories and two poems this week. We have chapter twenty two of the ongoing story From Beyond the Water Wall, and part three of the young adult story about Renae and the pixie. Then I have two wonderful poems that might make you think a little about life.So gath...
2024-06-2926 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryTwo Stories and Two PoemsCead FáilteA thousand welcomes to Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry for June 28th, 2024 I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, back again this week with more stories and poems from online authors. I just have two short stories and two poems this week. We have chapter twenty two of the ongoing story From Beyond the Water Wall, and part three of the young adult story about Renae and the pixie. Then I have two wonderful poems that might make you think a little about life. So gath...
2024-06-2826 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryCrann na beatha Stories and Poetry NewsletterCead FáilteA thousand welcomes to Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry for June 21st, 2024I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, back again this week with more stories and poems from online authors.I just have four short stories this week. We have chapter twenty one of the ongoing story From Beyond the Water Wall, a short science fiction story by a Substack writer, a science fiction horror story and part two of the young adult story about Renae and the pixie.So gather round once more and...
2024-06-2230 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryFour Science Fiction StoriesI am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, back again this week with more stories and poems from online authors. I just have four short stories this week. We have chapter twenty one of the ongoing story From Beyond the Water Wall, a short science fiction story by a Substack writer, a science fiction horror story and part two of the young adult story about Renae and the pixie. So gather round once more and let me read them to you under the shade of the crann na beatha, the tree of life.
2024-06-2130 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryCrann na beatha Stories and Poetry NewsletterCead FáilteA thousand welcomes to Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry for June 14th, 2024I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, back again this week with more stories and poems from online writers.I have three stories and three poems this week. We have chapter twenty of the ongoing story From Beyond the Water Wall, a short science fiction story, a children’s story, and poetry for the soul.So gather round once more and let me read them to you under the shade of the crann na bea...
2024-06-1527 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryThree Stories and Three PoemsCead FáilteA thousand welcomes to Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry for June 14th, 2024I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, with more stories and poems from online writers.I have three stories and three poems this week. We have chapter twenty of the ongoing story From Beyond the Water Wall, a short science fiction story, a children's story, and poetry for the soul.So gather round once more and let me read them to you under the shade of the crann na beatha, the tree of life...
2024-06-1427 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryCrann na beatha Stories and Poetry NewsletterCead FáilteA thousand welcomes to Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry for June 7th, 2024I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, with more stories and poems from online writers.I have two stories and one poem this week. We have chapter nineteen of the ongoing story From Beyond the Water Wall, a second revision of Alice in wonderland and the Hundred Aker Wood with Winnie the Pooh and a poem to close things up. The Pooh Bear in Wonderland story is read by the authors once again so I hope...
2024-06-0737 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryTwo Stories and a PoemCead FáilteA thousand welcomes to Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry for June 7th, 2024I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, with more stories and poems from online writers.I have two stories and one poems this week. We have chapter nineteen of the ongoing story From Beyond the Water Wall, a second revision of Alice in wonderland and the 110 Aker Wood with Winnie the Pooh and poem to close things up. The Pooh Bear in Wonderland is read by the authors once again so I hope you enjoy it.
2024-06-0737 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryCrann na beatha Stories and Poetry NewsletterCead FáilteA thousand welcomes to Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry for May 31st, 2024I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, with more stories and poems from online writers.I have four short stories this week, no poems, sorry. The first is chapter eighteen of the ongoing story From Beyond the Water Wall, and three other stories, one of which is from a Substack writer. All but one are science fiction and the first two are rated PG-13, so parents, be mindful if you let your children listen to this...
2024-06-0131 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryFour Stories, Three of them Science FictionI am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, with more stories and poems from online writers. I have four short stories this week, no poems, sorry. The first is chapter eighteen of the ongoing story From Beyond the Water Wall, and three other stories, one of which is from a Substack writer. All but one are science fiction and the first two are rated PG-13, so parents, be mindful if you let your children listen to this podcast. So gather round once more and let me read them to you under the shade of the cra...
2024-06-0131 min
The Village Oak TreeThe Fate of the American Empire is at StakeCéad Fáilte A thousand welcomes to The Village Oak Tree for May 29th, 2024. I am your host, Terrance Ó Domhnaill, and I extend my gratitude to everyone tuning in once again. I anticipated another interview for this week, but my guests, who requested to appear on the show, are taking their time to schedule a date and time. So, until they join us (hopefully next week), I'll present another commentary on the United States' empire and its gradual decline into history's dust. This week's commentary follows the U.S. Memorial Day holiday, where we honor all veterans who sac...
2024-05-2938 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryThree Stories and Two PoemsI am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, with more stories and poems from online writers. I have three stories and two poems this week. The first is chapter seventeen of the ongoing story From Beyond the Water Wall, two science fiction short stories, and two poems about life. So gather round once more and let me read them to you under the shade of the crann na beatha, the tree of life. Warning: The first story is rated PG due to suggestive content and mild violence
2024-05-2426 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryThree Stories and One PoemI am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your village scéalaí, with more stories and poems from Medium writers. I have three stories and one poem this week. The first is chapter sixteen of the ongoing story From Beyond the Water Wall, the second part of that wolf puppy and his savior, an LGBTQ science fiction story and a poem from an Asian writer about vanities and war. So gather round once more and let me read them to you under the shade of the crann na beatha, the tree of life.
2024-05-1732 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetrySome Different stories and Poems this WeekCead Fáilte romhat! is é do bheathaA thousand welcomes to Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry for May 10th, 2024 I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, the village seanchaí, with more stories and poems from Medium writers. I have four stories and two poems this week. The first is chapter fifteen of the ongoing story From Beyond the Water Wall, a story about American civil war veterans that will shake you up at the end, a wonderful story about a wolf puppy and his savior. This story comes in two parts. I will read the...
2024-05-1130 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryA Special Treat with a reading from One of the AuthorsI am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your Irish scéalaí with more stories and poems from Medium writers. I have three stories and one poem this week. The first is chapter fourteen of the ongoing story From Beyond the Water Wall, then, another short, real short, continuation of The Elementals and different take on a children's story, read by the authors. Lastly, a poem about the climate and preserving the natural world. She has a book out called The Honey in the Bones by Golden Dragonfly Press 2022. So gather round once more and let me read them to...
2024-05-0332 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryCrann na beatha Stories and Poetry NewsletterCead FáilteA thousand welcomes to Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry for April 26th, 2024I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your Irish scéalaí with more stories and poems from Medium writers.I have three stories and two poems this week. The first is chapter thirteen of the ongoing story From Beyond the Water Wall, then, another short, real short, continuation of The Elementals and a mythical story about a cursed god and a child. Two poems, one about gardens and one from someone who rarely writes poetry but his older one is v...
2024-04-2730 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryThree Stories and Two PoemsCead Fáilte romhat! is é do bheathaA thousand welcomes to Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry for April 26th, 2024 I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your Irish scéalaí with more stories and poems from Medium writers. I have three stories and two poems this week. The first is chapter thirteen of the ongoing story From Beyond the Water Wall, then, another short, real short, continuation of The Elementals and a mythical story about a cursed god and a child. Two poems, one about gardens and one from someone who rarely writes poetry but h...
2024-04-2630 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryFour Stories and Four PoemsI am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your Irish scéalaí with more stories and poems from Medium writers. I have four stories and four poems this week. The first is chapter twelve of the ongoing story From Beyond the Water Wall, then, a three short stories, two from the same writer, some beautiful poems, one with a bit of the Gael in it that I will do my best to read with my American accent, and another wonderful meditative poem by David B to close things out. So gather round once more and let me bring these sto...
2024-04-2022 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryMore of Beyond the Water Wall and MoreI am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your Irish scéalaí with more stories and poems from Medium writers. I have two stories and three poems this week. The first is chapter eleven of the ongoing story From Beyond the Water Wall, then, a somewhat lengthy story of a dystopian future western United States, a poem about the ocean in the Pacific northwest, a short poem about spring sunsets and another wonderful meditative poem by David B to round things out.So gather round once again and let me bring these stories and poems to life for you.
2024-04-1226 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryCrann na beatha Stories and Poetry NewsletterCead FáilteA thousand welcomes to Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry for April 5th, 2024I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your Irish scéalaí with more stories and poems again.I only have two stories and a poem this week. The first is chapter ten of the ongoing story From Beyond the Water Wall by Don Woodby, then, a rather lengthy third chapter about our intrepid magician, Adelaide from Rachel Anderson Lee, and another wonderful poem by David B.So gather round and let me read to you for a bit...
2024-04-0639 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryCrann na beatha Stories and Poetry NewsletterCead Fáilte romhat! is é do bheathaA thousand welcomes to Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry for March 29th, 2024I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your Irish scéalaí with more stories and poems from Medium writers.Again this week, I have five short stories and a poem. The first is chapter nine of the ongoing story From Beyond the Water Wall, then, a David Pahor story of escape, a children’s ghost story, an Irish folklore story, a science fiction version of dangerous curiosity, and another wonderful poem by David B., who is rapi...
2024-03-3037 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryCrann na beatha Stories and Poetry NewsletterCead Fáilte romhat! is é do bheathaA thousand welcomes to Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry for March 22nd, 2024I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your Irish scéalaí with more stories and poems from Medium writers.This week, I have five short stories and a poem. The first is chapter eight of the ongoing story From Beyond the Water Wall, chapter seventeen, the last chapter of the Sanctuary story, part two of a science fiction story I read last week from H.R. Parker, a new science fiction story from David Pahor, an ol...
2024-03-2336 min
The Village Oak TreePoverty and MAGA are Coming for youA thousand Welcomes to The Village Oak Tree for March 20th, 2024 My name is Terrance Ó Domhnaill, and I am returning again to your village this week with more observations of our chaotic world.Today, I want to talk about poverty in the U.S. and how it continues to get worse by the month for a lot of people now. I also talk about the MAGA situation and how that will affect the country and the world if they take power in 2025. So bring a wrap or a coat and sit under the v...
2024-03-2027 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryCrann na beatha Stories and Poetry NewsletterCead Fáilte romhat! is é do bheathaWelcome once again to Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry for March 8th, 2024I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your Irish scéalaí and I am back again to read you more stories and poems from Medium writers.This week, I have four stories, and two poems for everyone. The first is the sixth chapter of the ongoing story From Beyond the Water Wall, A fictional bull fighting story, a science fiction story about time travel, chapter fifteen of the Sanctuary story and two poems that will make...
2024-03-0934 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryCrann na beatha Stories and Poetry NewsletterCead Fáilte romhat! is é do bheathaWelcome once again to Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry for March 1st, 2024I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your Irish scéalaí and I am back again to read you more stories and poems from Medium writers.This week, I have three stories, and two poems for everyone. The first is the fifth chapter of the ongoing story From Beyond the Water Wall, A cute alien story, two poems that will make you think about life a little, a fictional dystopian future story that reminds me a lit...
2024-03-0230 min
The Village Oak TreeAmerican ImperialismCéad Fáilte romhat! is é do bheathaWelcome to The Village Oak Tree for Feb. 28th, 2024 My name is Terrance Ó Domhnaill, and I am returning again to your village this week with another controversial topic. Today, I talk about American imperialism and how that makes the U.S. look to the rest of the world. If you are a first time viewer or listener, I have created a short Public Service Announcement for veterans to be aired mid-way in the show.
2024-02-2827 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryCrann na beatha Stories and Poetry NewsletterWelcome once again.I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your Irish scéalaí. I am glad you have decided to take a little time out in your busy day to listen to some more stories and poems from Medium.com writers.This week, I have several great readings for you. Three poems, a sonnet, a couple of real short stories, the third chapter from the science fiction serial story we started from Don Woodby, and Robert G. Longpré’s twelfth chapter from Sanctuary. All with appropriate sound effects to try and make us feel like we are there...
2024-02-1626 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryCrann na beatha Stories and Poetry NewsletterCead Fáilte romhat! is é do bheathaWelcome to Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry for Feb. 9th, 2024I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your Irish scéalaí. Welcome once again. Take a little time out in your busy day to listen to some more stories and poems from Medium.com writers.I have a one of my own seasonal poems and three story chapters for you this week. The second chapter from the science fiction serial story we started last week, a new story with more to come in the following weeks, and Rober...
2024-02-0932 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryA Seasonal Poem and Three Chapters from Short StoriesI am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your Irish scéalaí. Welcome once again. Take a little time out in your busy day to listen to some more stories and poems from Medium.com writers. I have a one of my own seasonal poems and three story chapters for you this week. The second chapter from the science fiction serial story we started last week, a new story with more to come in the following weeks, and Robert G. Longpré's eleventh chapter from Sanctuary. So come in, sit down for a bit and listen to what I found f...
2024-02-0932 min
The Village Oak TreeRape CultureMy name is Terrance Ó Domhnaill, and I am back again to your village with more news from the outside world. Come sit with me around the fireplace once again as I bring you something a wee bit controversial today. It is a dark, cold depressing day outside where I am and maybe a fitting day for today's subject.It started out when I read a couple of upsetting news articles about the statistics of rape in the United States and I broadened it out to a world-wide atrocity with more articles from around the world.S...
2024-02-0130 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryThree Short Stories and a PoemFáilte romhat! is é do bheathaWelcome to Crann na beatha Short Stories and Poetry for Jan. 12th, 2024 I am Terrance Ó Domhnaill, your Irish scéalaí. Come in, sit down for a wee bit so I can read a couple of stories and poems for you again this week. I have three short stories and a poem for you this week. The poem is about children and how they grow up so fast, there is one fantasy story, another about relationships and dating, and Robert G. Longpré's seventh chapte...
2024-01-1249 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryCrann Bethadh Weekly PodcastU.S. military failed to detect prior Chinese incursions, general says in The Washington Post by Alex Morton, Dan Lamothe, and Ellen NakashimaTeachers are leaving, forcing this school to cancel classes. Lowering professional qualifications does not fix shortage, educators say in CNN by Rene MarshIn deep-red corner of Arizona, threat of losing water starts to outweigh fear of regulation in CNN by Ella NilsenCrann Bethadh websiteFacebook pageTwitter account Crann Bethadh@CrannBethadh4The Milk Run in Amazon by Terrance Mac Earlyn O’Domhnaill...
2023-02-1034 min
Crann na beatha Stories and PoetryCrann Bethadh Weekly PodcastU.S. military failed to detect prior Chinese incursions, general says in The Washington Post by Alex Morton, Dan Lamothe, and Ellen NakashimaTeachers are leaving, forcing this school to cancel classes. Lowering professional qualifications does not fix shortage, educators say in CNN by Rene MarshIn deep-red corner of Arizona, threat of losing water starts to outweigh fear of regulation in CNN by Ella NilsenCrann Bethadh websiteFacebook pageTwitter account Crann Bethadh@CrannBethadh4The Milk Run in Amazon by Terrance Mac Earlyn O’Domhnaill...
2023-02-1034 min