# Performing Early Irish Poetry — Brigid's Day Bonus Episode

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Podcast: [The Medieval Irish History Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-medieval-irish-history-podcast-6716519)
Published: 2026-01-30T16:45:15+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/medievalirishhistory/episodes/Performing-Early-Irish-Poetry--Brigids-Day-Bonus-Episode-e3ecbpb
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## Resource

In addition to our regular episode (on St Brigid abroad with Prof. Jean-Michel Picard) we have a little extra treat! Starring Prof. David Stifter performing some gorgeous early Irish poetry praising St Brigit. Interpolated with the English translations recited by Dr Niamh Wycherley. Big thanks to Tiago Veloso Silva for editing and co-writing the intro. You can find our regular full length episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0Bl4kPloLBBPIZyteEjsBY?si=epXhUJXlRomyBe-xAItDyw Suggested reading: 'How Brigit continues to inspire poets, writers and artists' https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/research/spotlight-research/how-brigit-continues-inspire-poets-writers-and-artists The poetry has been edited and translated by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan (eds), Thesaurus palaeohibernicus, a collection of Old-Irish glosses, scholia, prose, and verse , ii (Cambridge, 1903), pp 325-349: https://archive.org/details/thesauruspalaeoh02stokuoft/page/324/mode/2up Bethu Brigte edited and translated by Donncha Ó hAodha (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1978) https://celt.ucc.ie/published/T201002/ Regular episodes every two weeks (on a Friday) Email: medievalirishhistory@gmail.com Producer: Tiago Veloso Silva Supported by the Dept of Early Irish, Maynooth University & Taighde Éireann/Research Ireland. Views expressed are the speakers' own. Logo design: Matheus de Paula Costa Music: Lexin_Music

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