S2 #22 / David Keohan, Irish Stones of Strength

Today we welcome Indiana Stones himself, the one and only David
Keohan. Hailing from Ireland, David is a Stone lifter, a
kettlebell world champion, an artist and a musician. He’s been on
a mission to recover Ireland's lost stone lifting culture and has
done so through our literature and folklore. We spoke all about
his stone lifting journey from his lifting of the fianna stone in
Scotland which inspired his own search in Ireland. Culminating in
the rediscovery of the stone described by the famous Galway
writer Liam O'Flaherty in his short story ‘The Stone’. He has
rediscovered 30 testing stones, a remarkable act of reclamation
and celebration of this lost tradition. Through this act David
has created a remarkable and unique magical act of healing of the
multi-generational trauma of Ireland's colonisation. These great
testing stones, now rediscovered form a chain back into our
ancient past, before colonisation, before christianity and in
lifting these stones once more the chain is renewed, in a feat of
strength and deep ancestral healing. His work is a brilliant and
inspiring intersection of folklore, magic, mythology, and
strength. In the Plus show we get into ancestral work, and
animism. We talk about Peig Sayers and Ghosts leading us to tell
their stories. The death stone of Cú Chulainn, the Irish Hercules
and to close out the show I read Liam O'Flaherty’s short story
‘The Stone’. Show notes: David’s Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/_indiana_st... David’s YouTube
   / @davidindianakeohans3566  
Duchas.ie https://www.duchas.ie/en Liam O'Flaherty
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liam_O%... David’s article on the
Stone of Inishmore THE QUEST FOR THE STONE OF INISHMORE - Ireland
The Stone by Liam O’Flaherty
https://archive.org/.../shortstorieso... The Aran Islands
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aran_Islands The Aran Islands drone
footage
   • THE ARAN ISLANDS BY DRONE (IRELAND)- ...  
Caher Island https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caher_I... Pre famine
Irish tallest in Europe https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-s...
Peig Sayers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peig_Sa... Cú Chulainn
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%BA... Feature on my
grandfathers book https://roaringwaterjournal.com/2023/... My
grandfather's book https://www.abebooks.co.uk/book-searc... And
here's the photos of the Kusthi wrestlers I mentioned.
https://www.darraghmason.com/index/G0... Keep in touch?
https://linktr.ee/darraghmason Music by Obliqka
https://soundcloud.com/obliqka