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Let's sing to the Queen among the heather and listen to a story of Mental Health Awareness from Clare Cunningham on the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast.

Colm Broderick & Patrick Finley, The Flying Toads, The Chivalrous Crickets, Lunasa, Willos' & Massimo Giuntini, Achill Crossing, Outbound Traveler, The Breath, Clare Cunningham, Scythian, Wakefire, The Brazen Heads, Lissa Schneckenburger

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0:44 - Colm Broderick & Patrick Finley "Achonry Lasses/Crooked Road to Dublin" from unreleased

2:50 - WELCOME

5:16 - The Flying Toads "Mrs Galvin's" from Warts 'n All

9:41 - The Chivalrous Crickets "Queen Among the Heather" from Pavorreal Sessions

14:34 - Lunasa "Aoibhneas" from The Merry Sisters Of Fate

18:52 - Willos' & Massimo Giuntini "Road to Rome" from From Now On

24:01 - FEEDBACK

26:17 - Achill Crossing "The Galway Shawl" from The Rising of the Moon

32:02 - Outbound Traveler "Ring for a Lady" from Go On and Wander

34:56 - The Breath "Boat Song (Acoustic)" from Only Stories (Let the Cards Fall Revisited)

39:39 - A MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS

October 2 - 8 was Mental Health Awareness Week. I heard Clare Cunningham perform at the Middle Tennessee Highland Games & Celtic Festival. She shared her story of a song she wrote inspired to help others facing mental health issues.

43:10 - Clare Cunningham "I swear" from MERCY

47:08 - THANKS

48:26 - Scythian "Built These Walls" from Jump at the Sun

52:12 - Wakefire "Lannigan's Ball" from Meaning of Life

55:59 - The Brazen Heads "Sweet Whiskey" from Curse of the Hag

1:00:04 - CLOSING

1:00:37 - Lissa Schneckenburger "Feel Better" from Thunder in My Arms

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