Season 6 Episode 13
(Episode 103)
Sculptor Aidan Harte joins podcast host Mark Norman to discuss the figure of the Pooka in Irish folklore, as well as the recent controversy surrounding the design for a statue of the beast which he was commissioned to produce for the town of Ennistymon.
This episode also features musician Enda Haran performing his protest song about the Ennistymon Pooka.
Click here to visit Aidan's homepage and here for Enda Haran Music.
The Folklore Podcast is part of The Folklore Network, which aims to protect and preserve our folklore for future generations. To help support what we do, please consider a small donation via our website or joining our Patreon page.
(Episode 103)
Sculptor Aidan Harte joins podcast host Mark Norman to discuss the figure of the Pooka in Irish folklore, as well as the recent controversy surrounding the design for a statue of the beast which he was commissioned to produce for the town of Ennistymon.
This episode also features musician Enda Haran performing his protest song about the Ennistymon Pooka.
Click here to visit Aidan's homepage and here for Enda Haran Music.
The Folklore Podcast is part of The Folklore Network, which aims to protect and preserve our folklore for future generations. To help support what we do, please consider a small donation via our website or joining our Patreon page.
Guest Biography
Aidan Harte is a Dublin-based sculptor. He works in bronze. His pieces can be distinguished by their dark patination as well as subject matter: Harte freely draws inspiration from Classical and Celtic mythology. He enjoys bringing disreputable characters like the Minotaur and the Pooka roaring back to life.
His modelling skill was acquired studying classical sculpture and anatomy at the Florence Academy of Art.
Prior to that, he worked in the Oscar-nominated Cartoon Saloon, creating and directing Skunk Fu for CBBC and Cartoon Network which was nominated for a BAFTA and won an IFTA in 2008. His first novel, Irenicon, was published by Jo Fletcher Books, Hachette in 2012 and shortlisted for the David Gemmell award for Best Debut. His last, Spira Mirabilis, was published in the USA in 2016.
Aidan Harte is a Dublin-based sculptor. He works in bronze. His pieces can be distinguished by their dark patination as well as subject matter: Harte freely draws inspiration from Classical and Celtic mythology. He enjoys bringing disreputable characters like the Minotaur and the Pooka roaring back to life.
His modelling skill was acquired studying classical sculpture and anatomy at the Florence Academy of Art.
Prior to that, he worked in the Oscar-nominated Cartoon Saloon, creating and directing Skunk Fu for CBBC and Cartoon Network which was nominated for a BAFTA and won an IFTA in 2008. His first novel, Irenicon, was published by Jo Fletcher Books, Hachette in 2012 and shortlisted for the David Gemmell award for Best Debut. His last, Spira Mirabilis, was published in the USA in 2016.