Join host of the Three Castles Burning podcast Donal Fallon and traditional folk singer Macdara Yeates for a stroll through Dublin city, to experience the streets and songs that shaped the life and work of poet, playwright, novelist and singer Brendan Behan.

From the Lincoln’s Inn, where Brendan sang An Chúilfhionn to his new bride on their wedding day in 1955, to 1 Merrion Square, the home of Oscar Wilde, who inspired one of Behan’s finest poems ‘Oscar’, Yeates and Fallon invite audience to explore the many musical and literary landmarks that tell the story of one of Dublin’s literary greats.

Donal Fallon is a historian of Dublin with a particular interest in the social history of the city. A founder of the popular Come Here To Me! blog in 2009, since 2019 he has presented the Three Castles Burning podcast, exploring the many histories of the Irish capital. His previous publications include 14 Henrietta Street: From Tenement to Suburbia (2021) and he is former Historian-in-Residence to Dublin City Council.

Macdara Yeates is a traditional singer, musician and arts programmer from Dublin. Since 2018, Macdara has taken particular focus on the folk song tradition of his native north inner city Dublin, collaborating regularly with the Dublin Dockworkers’ Preservation Society and exploring the work of Seán O’Casey, Peadar Kearney and the Behan family. Yeates is also a founding member of traditional singing collective The Night Before Larry Got Stretched. In 2021, Macdara was awarded an artist residency at the Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris.

Presented in partnership with Three Castles Burning.