Segment 1- Mindie Welcome to Episode 17 of the Thin Places Travel Podcast. This episode features Brittany France – an area with one of the largest collections of pre-Christian monuments in Europe. And these monuments are the run of the mill d

Achill Island History and Things to Do with Patricia Byrne

Aug 28th, 2018 54m 16s

Segment 1- Mindie This episode is focused on the largest of Ireland’s islands – Achill Island. It lies of the coast of County Mayo, and can be accessed by a bridge. It’s an island of stories, of sorrow, of powerful women, and it has some of t

Accessing the Celtic Otherworld with Dolores Whelan

Aug 18th, 2018 50m 49s

Segment 1- Introduction Dolores has always been a teacher and educator. And she’s one of the most educated people I’ve ever met. At one time she was a biochemistry lecturer holding a Master of Science degree from Trinity College Dublin. Now s

New Ancient Henge Discovered in Boyne Valley

Aug 9th, 2018 26m 50s

Segment 1- Mindie Welcome to Episode 14 of the Thin Places Travel podcast. This episode is a follow up to episode 13 where I interviewed Irish ancient monument expert, Anthony Murphy. Anthony is a husband and father of five who currently works

Mythical Ireland-Boyne Valley Discussion

Aug 9th, 2018 43m 42s

Welcome to Episode 13 of the Thin Places Travel Podcast. In this episode I interviewed Anthony Murphy, a historian and journalist and a remarkable photographer who lives in Drogheda, one of Ireland most ancient towns. Most of Drogheda is in Cou

Kinsale - Barry Moloney and Ardmore

Jul 14th, 2018 42m 33s

Segment 1- Mindie Kinsale – County Cork – off the coast of southern Ireland Kinsale isn’t a thin place… sometimes you need to relax and rejuvenate and have fun. Most lovers of thin places and liminal spaces also love history and stories of

012 Kinsale Walks and Ghost Tour

Jul 14th, 2018 42m 33s

Carrowkeel Megalithic Complex

Apr 28th, 2018 51m

Segment 1- Mindie Martin Byrne lives in Cliffony in north County Sligo, but he spent many years living at Carrowkeel, close to the shores of Lough Arrow. Carrowkeel is a 5000 year old megalithic complex of ancient buildings that served as to

010 Awaken the Land - with Mary Reynolds

Apr 21st, 2018 59m 26s

Segment 1- Mindie I am so delighted to have Mary Reynolds on the podcast today. Mary is quite an extraordinary person. She’s a garden designer, a philosopher – a writer. She is the youngest woman to win a Gold Medal for garden design at the

Mysteries of the Burren

Apr 14th, 2018 44m 9s

The burren – County Clare The Burren in west County Clare is our featured destination in this podcast. Entire books are written about this 200 acres of rocky limestone that borders the Atlantic Ocean. It’s a landscape of myths and legends an

Fairy Forts and Raths

Apr 7th, 2018 49m 24s

Today we’re talking about Fairies. There are many concepts about fairies. My only association with the word fairy was the Tinkerbelle sort in Peter Pan. Sort of a Fairy Godmother. The tooth fairy. A good little angel. Fairies that I heard about

Aran Islands and Places of Ressurrection

Mar 31st, 2018 59m 1s

I met Dara Molloy over 20 years ago when we were both at a Céile Dé conference in County Wicklow. I met many great thinkers and spiritual leaders at that conference – many of whom are friends today. That conference gave me a proper introduction

Joanie Madden and the Portuma Workhouse Center

Mar 17th, 2018 48m 19s

Welcome to episode 6 of the Thin Places Travel Podcast. Today we have Irish American musician, Joanie Madden from the band, Cherish the Ladies as a guest. And we'll be featuring the Irish Workhouse Centre in Portumna, County Galway as a thin pl

Dingle

Mar 9th, 2018 1h

Segment 1- Mindie Dingle has all of the elements people want to experience on an Ireland tour – pristine beaches, rolling hills with 40 shades of green, wild landscapes with cliffs and crashing waves, ancient historic monuments, vibrant tow

Burial Grounds, Death and the Ancients

Feb 20th, 2018 36m 26s

Segment 1- Mindie – BURIAL GROUNDS – DEATH AND THE ANCIENTS Death is the ultimate connection to the landscape. Experiencing of Death and birth. Both are beginnings and ends of life cycles It seems the ancient people of Western Europe may have

Rathcroghan and the People of the Mounds

Feb 9th, 2018 39m 47s

SEGMENT 1- Mindie on Rathcroghan Rathcroghan is a complex of 240 archaeological sites that includes 60 national monuments that are spread out in tract of land that is about 4 square miles. The sites range from Neolithic (5-7000 BC) to Medieva

Tuning in to Thin Places with Annie Conboy - Tullyhogue, Co. Tyrone

Feb 8th, 2018 44m 45s

SEGMENT 1 – MINDIE BURGOYNE In this podcast, we’re going to talk about the energetic pull of the earth and how people have felt that pull over the ages. If there’s one phrase I hear repeatedly from people who read my posts or come on our tours

What Are Thin Places? with Ruth O'Hagan

Feb 7th, 2018 59m 12s

In this episode, Thin Places Podcast host, Mindie Burgoyne explores several questions concerning how we define “thin” places or mystical places. The basic definition she ascribes is, “thin places are places where the veil between this world and

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