{"id":789,"date":"2022-08-11T14:17:47","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T13:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/heritage\/?p=789"},"modified":"2026-02-26T15:53:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T15:53:19","slug":"episode-2-folk-art-and-historic-headstones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/heritage\/2022\/08\/11\/episode-2-folk-art-and-historic-headstones\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 2 &#8211; Folk Art and Historic Headstones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Folk Art and Historic Headstones<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shirley Clerkin is in Donagh Old Graveyard with sculptor Marc Kelly and local historian Paddy McQuaid where they discuss the style and symbolism of the memorials in the graveyards in Monaghan from the seventeenth century onwards.\u00a0 They look at cherubs, skulls and crossed bones and decipher their meanings and how the folk art traditions took hold in the county.<\/p>\n<p>Music \u2013\u00a0<em>Landmark<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>The Seed in March<\/em>\u00a0by Michael Gallen<\/p>\n<p>Recording and editing \u2013 Noel Murphy.<\/p>\n<p>Funding \u2013 Podcast is funded by the Heritage Council and Monaghan County Council.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-789-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/heritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/08\/Headstones%20Programme.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/heritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/08\/Headstones%20Programme.mp3\">https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/heritage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/08\/Headstones%20Programme.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Folk Art and Historic Headstones Shirley Clerkin is in Donagh Old Graveyard with sculptor Marc Kelly and local historian Paddy McQuaid where they discuss the style and symbolism of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Episode 2 - Folk Art and Historic Headstones - Heritage<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/heritage\/2022\/08\/11\/episode-2-folk-art-and-historic-headstones\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Episode 2 - Folk Art and Historic Headstones - Heritage\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Folk Art and Historic Headstones Shirley Clerkin is in Donagh Old Graveyard with sculptor Marc Kelly and local historian Paddy McQuaid where they discuss the style and symbolism of the [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/monaghan.ie\/heritage\/2022\/08\/11\/episode-2-folk-art-and-historic-headstones\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Heritage\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-08-11T13:17:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-26T15:53:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"niamhmurray\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"niamhmurray\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/monaghan.ie\\\/heritage\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/11\\\/episode-2-folk-art-and-historic-headstones\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/monaghan.ie\\\/heritage\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/11\\\/episode-2-folk-art-and-historic-headstones\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"niamhmurray\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/monaghan.ie\\\/heritage\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d3d54d769b3e6770988280355a8454df\"},\"headline\":\"Episode 2 &#8211; 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