Dr Rosari Kingston
Biography
Rosarie Kingston PhD practises as a medical herbalist in an integrative medical practice in West Cork, Ireland, and also lectures on the topic, 鈥淗erbs and Healing in Irish Folklore,鈥� in the Department of Folklore & Ethnology, at 福利1000在线 College, Cork.
Book:
Ireland鈥檚 Hidden Medicine 鈥� An exploration of Irish indigenous medicine from legend and myth to the present day. Aeon publications UK 2021
Book chapter:
Kingston, R. 2021. 鈥淢edicinas Traadicionais Europeias.鈥� In Medicina integrative na pr谩tica Cl铆nica. Edited by Ciro blujus dos Santos Rohde, Mirella Martins de Castro Mariani, Ricardo Ghelman. 1st edition., Manole (publisher). P. 86. ISBN 9786555763508
Publications:
Peer reviewed publications:
- Folk Medicine and its Second Life. Estudios Irlandeses, 2017. 12(2): p. 91 -106
- The Evil Eye and Biomediicne. 叠茅补蝉肠苍补,&苍产蝉辫;2013. 8: p.89-102
- A Tale of Two Bonesetters. 叠茅补蝉肠苍补, 2013. 8: p. 89-102.
- A brief examination of the therapeutic properties of some of the herbs mentioned in the National Folklore Schools Collection (NFCS), Co. Clare. 叠茅补蝉肠苍补, 2011.
Academic conference papers:
- The Provenance of some Plant Knowledge Today ( Irish Conference of Medievalists. 福利1000在线 College, Cork. 2019)
- Worldview and Healing (Queens 福利1000在线, Belfast, 2016)
Conference papers concerned with continuous professional development (CPD):
- A Herbalist's approach to cardiovascular insufficiency and diabetes. (CPP. October 2021)
- Culture and its Impact on Clinical Practice (Herbfeast, Co. Mayo, 2019),
- The Irish Healing Tradition, (Botanica conference, Trinity College, Dublin, 2014)
- Canadian Herb Conference. International panel. (November 2021
- Canadian Herb Conference. Culture and its integration into Clinical Practice (November 2021)
Shane Lehane
Shane Lehane is a part-time lecturer in the Department of Folklore and Ethnology, UCC where his chief interest is in custom, tradition, and belief. He has additional research interests in material culture, folklife, vernacular traditions and food and as a PhD candidate his thesis deals with the nature of material culture and time. He worked for many years as a demonstrator in the Department of Celtic Civilisation, UCC.
In folklore, he has been the main motivator and contact for overseas students through the years, overseeing the Early Start Programme and the FL2111 Aspects of Irish Folklore.
Shane is Course Director of Cultural and Heritage Studies in CSN, College of Further Education, Cork. He has lectured in archaeology, folklore, history, and the arts for over 30 years and has developed a programme of studies that facilitates both young and mature students to progress to Arts and Humanities programmes at 3rd level.
Shane has appeared on many television and radio programmes exploring many different aspects of Irish folk tradition. He is a regular and very popular contributor on the Today Show (RT脡) expounding many different aspects of Irish folk custom. Shane is also a beekeeper and advocate of Irish vernacular craft.
