New series Faoi Bhláth to celebrate Ireland’s rich biodiversity
Incredible gift of flowers is explored in new series starting on Valentine’s Day on RTÉ One
Faoi Bhláth celebrate Ireland’s rich biodiversity
Presenter Aedín Ní Thiarnaigh uncovers rich array of wild flowers and learns their uses in cookery, medicine and craft
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A fascinating new series starting tonight on RTÉ One will see presenter Aedín Ní Thiarnaigh travel the parks, lakes, bog and mountains of Ireland to uncover our rich array of wild flowers and learn about the folklore associated with them and their uses in cookery, medicine and craft.
In each episode in this brand new 13 part series which airs on Monday evenings at 7.30pm on RTÉ One, Aedin looks at a different habitat, including hedgerows, mountains, lakesides, bogs and meadows, and talks about some of the flowers in season as she visits. In addition to imparting the folklore and superstitions attached to each flower from our past she also seeks out information about the uses that these flowers had in the past and how some of those uses and this knowledge exist today.
Her journey takes her from the lakes of Lough Corrib and brings her as far as the wilds of Joyce Country on the Galway Mayo border and into the beautiful Dingle Peninsula and beyond.
Aedín Ní Thiarnaigh is a freelance journalist and presenter from Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford who has worked with TG4, RTÉ, BBC Gaeilge and Nós.ie. and more recently presenting Faoi Bhláth, an Abú Media Production. She is the founder and curator of the popular @BláthannaFiáine account on Instagram which shares photos and folklore of Irish wildflowers, focusing especially on the Irish language etymology associated with them. Her snappy reels sharing fun facts about native flowers have garnered her over 5,500 followers.
Aedín says: ‘Presenting Faoi Bhláth is my dream job. It’s given me the chance to travel to some of the most breathtaking places in Ireland and to get to know to some of the most interesting people I’ve ever met about the topics I love the most; our native wildflowers and their folklore.’
Faoi Bhlath airs on Monday nights at 7.30pm from tonight, 14 February, on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player.
Overview as gaeilge
Sraith doiciméide a dhéanann ceiliúradh ar an nádúr fhiáin dúchasach thart timpeall orainn agus é faoi bhláth . Féachann an sraith ar ghnáthóg difriúil i gcóir gach clár agus Insíonn sé dúinn faoin mbéaloideas a bhaineann leis na bláthanana fádó , na seantraidisiúin a bhain leo, a dtábhacht don timpeallacht agus don bhithéagsúlacht agus na husáidí eile atá acu , le bia a dhéanamh nó leigheas agus agus go leor eile.
Curtha I láthair ag Aedín Ní Thiarnaigh
FAOI BHLÁTH EPISODE One
Sa chlár seo, déanfar iniuchádh ar chuid luachmhar d’oidhreacht chultúrtha agus nádúrtha na hÉireann – na fálta sceach. Tá na fálta sceach níos tábhachtaí sa lá atá inniu ann agus mar a bhí riamh, agus iad ina líonraí nádúrtha don fhiadhúlra. Sa chlár seo, fiosróidh Aedín Ní Thiarnaigh ról na bhfálta sceach i ndúlra na hÉireann agus foghlaimeoidh sí faoi na bláthanna agus plandaí fiáine a bhfásann iontu.
Tá na plandaí sna fálta sceach ar na plandaí ab ansa le muintir na hÉireann, stair agus seanchas ag baint le gach ceann acu; an draighean, an dris, an sceach gheal, an fheirdhris agus an tsailchuach.
Labhraíonn Aedín leis an luibheolaí Amanda Browne faoi thábhacht na bhfálta sceach agus faoina dtionchar ar staid bhithéagsúlacht na tíre.
In dhiadh sin téann sí chun buaileadh leis an dochtúir teaghlaigh Dr Frieda Ní Chatháin a bhfuil gáirdín fisic aici i gContae Luimnigh agus taispeánann sí an bealach le cógas casachta a dhéanamh as an sailchuach.