Irish Stories

Episode 24 of By Our Own Hands

Aoife completes the tale of Oscar and Róisín. Dr. Foxlowe tells Aoife that he believes that she has broken the curse. He makes a surprising confession.  

The last of Aoife’s tales is her tale. The curse is broken by her own hands.

Episode 23 of By Our Own Hands

Mr. Adair makes a terrible confession. Adam Grierson’s fate is sealed and so is Francis Bradley’s….

Aoife begins the last of her tales; the tale of Oscar, Róisín, and their daughter.

Episode 22 of By Our Own Hands

The evictions take place and the people of the estate are devastated.

Mr. Grierson and the sheriff have an altercation. Mr. Adair begins to scheme once again.

Episode 21 of By Our Own Hands

Aoife reminisces about Mr. Adair’s betrayal of his remaining tenants. Mrs. Adair orders Aoife to leave. Aoife starts to form a plan.

The sheriff arrives and informs Mrs. O’Donnell that the tenants must leave.

Episode 20 of By Our Own Hands

Aoife realizes that Mr. Adair is likely worse than she initially believed him to be.

Aoife is given a dangerous task. She comes to a terrible conclusion.

Doctor Foxlowe does too.

Aoife reminisces about the first time Doctor Foxlowe spoke to her, when she was still in service at the castle. She realizes what role she must play.

Episode 19 of By Our Own Hands

The tale of Ruari and Niamh continues and so does the curse.  Glenosheen is irrevocably changed. 

Episode 18 of By Our Own Hands

Mother tells the next of Aoife’s tales, which are now Sean’s tales too. This is the tale of Ruari, Niamh and a glen of outlaws: the Glen of Oisin.

Episode 17 of By Our Own Hands

Aoife’s recalls how her mother learned that she was to be sent away to die.

Dr. Foxlow gives Aoife a tour of Mrs. Adair’s gardens. Aoife continues her tale.

Aoife gets a new companion. One of the Scots pays a terrible price.

Episode 16 of By Our Own Hands

Dugald Rankin shocks Aoife and Sean. Mr. Adair’s foolishness leads to tragedy. 

Aoife learns two secrets about Sean.

Episode 15 of By Our Own Hands

Aoife’s tale of Aodh and Ruairi is finished, but the curse is not yet broken. Dr. Foxlowe surprises Aoife. She is reminded of a painful memory. She continues her story.

Episode 14 of By Our Own Hands

The carelessness of the McDermott sisters has terrible consequences. Aoife’s mother surprises them all.

Aoife reconciles with her mother who begins a new tale.

Episode 13 of By Our Own Hands

Dr. Foxlowe learns the definition of “clandestine compensation”.

James Murray stirs up trouble and earns the enmity of his neighbors. Mr. Adair’s sheep begin to disappear.

Episode 12 of By Our Own Hands

Dr. Foxlowe visits again.

Aoife’s mother suffers a tragedy which Aoife must keep secret. But that does not stop her from shaming her mother. Aoife and Sean witness another secret, but Aoife accidentally tells Mr. Murray.

Episode 11 of By Our Own Hands

Aoife completes her tale of Diarmaid, Gráinne and their king, the one who was fire and forged in fire.

Episode 10 of By Our Own Hands

History and tradition haunt Derryveagh. Fears are set aside and then realized.

Aoife surprises Dr. Foxlowe when she tells him that she knows for certain that a tale passed down in his family is true. One of his family traditions and one of hers are entwined.

Episode 9 of By Our Own Hands

The Scotsmen arrive. The seeds of doubt are sown.

Episode 8 of By Our Own Hands

Aoife clarifies for Dr. Foxlowe who is Irish and who is not.

Aoife’s learns of her mother’s shame. Aoife and Sean share an unusual ritual.

Episode 7 of By Our Own Hands

Aoife continues the second of her father’s tales of her family’s curse, the curse of the exiled ones. Isabella’s terrible prophecy proves true……

Episode 6 of By Our Own Hands

Aoife and Sean settle into their new rooms. Aoife questions Sean about his family and learns a secret.

Dr. Foxlow questions Aoife about the “hungry grass”. She begins the next tale of her family’s curse, the curse of the restless soul…..

Episode 5 of By Our Own Hands

Aoife and her mother meet some of the servants at the Glebe House.  Reverend Maturin is displeased with a request from Mr. Adair.  Aoife cannot understand why he is so displeased, because the same request delights her.  Her mother must make a difficult choice.  

Episode 4 of By Our Own Hands

Young Aoife meets Mrs. Barry and learns that Mr. Adair is already struggling with his new tenants.  She learns just how much is as stake.  

The ghosts of the past haunt Aoife. 

Episode 3 of By Our Own Hands.

Dr. Foxlowe visits Aoife. He questions her about her family history. She tells him about her family’s curse and how they became the exiled ones.

She recalls her arrival at Derryveagh.   Aoife and her mother arrive shortly after her father’s death.  They settle into the Glebe House. 

Episode 2 of By Our Own Hands.

Aoife begins her account with her recollections of her early childhood at Bellegrove House, the seat of the Adair family. Her frightening recollections include her beloved, Sean.

Introduction and Episode 1 of By Our Own Hands.

In 1885, Aoife Dorian of Church Hill, Ireland is summoned to Glenveagh Castle. Despite her fears, she answers the call and is met by a charming English doctor, Dr. Foxlowe—not at all what she expects. She expects a vengeful Mrs. Adair to be waiting for her.

She learns that Dr. Foxlowe has been asked to stay on as the estate doctor and that Mrs. Adair has instructed him to speak with Aoife about the history of the region to better understand the people. Aoife cannot refuse.

This begins Aoife’s account of her childhood recollections which include the infamous Derryveagh evictions of 1861, unsolved murders, an illicit affair and an ancient family curse. She must remain on her guard as she tells her tale until she knows whether Dr. Foxlowe is her interrogator or something else, something else entirely…

Episode 16 of All Those Things Revealed.

Adam makes a terrible confession to Father Brady. 

Constanza suffers a devastating loss and Senán learns the truth.

Una returns before it is too late.

All those secret things have been revealed to Maureen and Micheál.  A stone wall is torn down. 

Episode 15 of All Those Things Revealed.

Fever strikes the boarding house in Ennis.  

Constanza marries Father Brady.

They return to Clonlara.

Episode 14 of All Those Things Revealed.

Constanza turns to Mr. Massey for help.  He asks Geoffrey, Bronagh and Constanza to travel to Ennis to inform Father Brady that Una has been driven out of the village. 

Adam reaches Ennis before them and brings terrible news.  

Senán behaves strangely in Ennis.  

Constanza learns that she is to marry.

Episode 13 of All Those Things Revealed.

It becomes clear that Eamon is ill.  A child dies of fever.  Father McMahon turns the terrified villagers against Una. 

Episode 12 of All Those Things Revealed.

The union of Father Brady and Una is celebrated with joy by the entire village until an unwelcome guest arrives and condemns the union and celebrations. 

The workers for the Public Works' scheme begin to arrive.  Geoffrey offers to take in one of the destitute workers, Eamon.  

Episode 11 of All Those Things Revealed.

Constanza defies Geoffrey and Bronagh again.  She is surprised by Senán.

Constanza and Senán witness a forbidden ceremony. 

Bronagh and Constanza receive an invitation that proves to be quite upsetting to Bronagh. 

Episode 10 of All Those Things Revealed.

Geoffrey and Bronagh are invited to Father Brady's.  

Mrs. Brady secretly visits Constanza.  Constanza learns of Adam. 

Episode 9 of All Those Things Revealed.

Una O'Dea's secret things are revealed. 

Episode 8 of All Those Things Revealed.

Constanza tearfully reveals all to Father Brady and Mrs. Brady.

She sees Una O’Dea, the Cailín an Tsagairt; Father Brady’s Priest Woman.

Constanza speaks with Mícheál and Maureen about secret things, hers and Mícheál's.....

Episode 7 of All Those Things Revealed.

Constanza and Bronagh make a secret trip to Mr. Massey’s estate.

Constanza defies Geoffrey and Bronagh. Constanza meets Father Henry Brady and his mother, Mrs. Brady.

Episode 6 of All Those Things Revealed.

Constanza, Bronagh and Geoffrey settle into their new home at Clonlara, County Clare on Mr. Massey’s estate.

Bronagh plans a secret outing.

Episode 5 of All Those Things Revealed. 

Constanza’s tragedy is made worse by Geoffrey and Bronogh. They bury her with shame. When she believes that her situation cannot possibly become worse, it does. Bronogh shares the secret letter with Geoffrey and a fateful decision is made.

Episode 4 of All Those Things Revealed. 

The trouble with Ben continues.  Constanza soon finds that she fears him. And then tragedy strikes. 

Episode 3 of All Those Things Revealed.

Ben, Constanza’s uncle, arrives after having been away from Ireland for many years. His arrival is a great surprise. Geoffrey insists that he stay with them. Ben agrees to work for Geoffrey. Geoffrey soon regrets his generosity.

Episode 2 of All Those Things Revealed.

Constanza’s mother trusts her with a secret. The secret is a letter that has arrived that could lead to their departure from Athlone for many, many months. Geoffrey tells her the story he once told Bronagh, the one that caused her to agree to marry him. The story involves the tradition of the Cailín an Tsagairt, the Priest Woman.

Episode 1 of All Those Things Revealed.

It is 1840 and Constanza Moloney of Clonlara, Ireland is facing a big decision. Her daughter Maureen and her betrothed, Mícheál, wish to marry even though they are each only seventeen years of age. Constanza realizes that there is much her daughter must learn before she marries Mícheál. She begins to tell her tale, a tale of secret things kept hidden away for years.

In 1822, Constanza is nearly sixteen. She lives with her father and mother in Athlone, in County Westmeath. Her mother, Bronagh, teases her with the promise of a story and she visits the jobsite of her father, Geoffrey, who is restoring a church in the heart of flood damaged Athlone.

Introduction to "All Those Things Revealed". 

In 1822, Ireland’s ancient traditions are under attack, including the most controversial one of all, that of the Priest Woman, or Cailín an Tsagairt.

Constanza Delamar lives in a part of Ireland where ancient traditions are viewed with nostalgia. A personal tragedy changes her life and she finds herself in a remote village where these traditions are still a way of life.

When a parish priest suddenly arrives to challenge the village's traditional priest and condemn his Priest Woman; the village is turned against itself. Constanza suddenly finds herself confronting and then defending this most controversial of traditions.

The mounting tensions in the village culminate in a devastating event with long-term consequences for all those involved.

An Introduction to Irish Stories.