Credit: Mícheál Ó Súílleabháin
Pádraig Ó Tuama is joined by Nóirín Ní Riain.
Nóirín is an Irish theologian and recording artist who has performed to audiences all over the world. She specialises in Irish traditional music and Gregorian chant, and has collaborated musically with the monks of Glenstal Abbey in Co. Limerick, where she lived for many years. Nóirín is the author of Theosony: Towards a Theology of Listening (Columba Books, 2011), and the autobiography Listen With the Ear of the Heart (Veritas, 2010). She was ordained as an interfaith minister in 2017, and now presides over ceremonies to mark births, marriages, separations, deaths, and other important milestones. Her book Sacred Rituals: A Simple Book of Everyday Prayer was published by Hachette Books Ireland in 2023.
Nóirín joins Pádraig to share some music and to talk about theology, listening, ritual, blessing, and her deep love of the Irish language. You can find a full transcript and discussion questions here.