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, “Herbs and Healing in Irish Folklore,” in the Department of Folklore & Ethnology, at University College, Cork.
Book:
Ireland’s Hidden Medicine – An exploration of Irish indigenous medicine from legend and myth to the present day. Aeon publications UK 2021
Book chapter:
Kingston, R. 2021. “Medicinas Traadicionais Europeias.” In Medicina integrative na prática Clínica. 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. Béascna, 2013. 8: p.89-102
- A Tale of Two Bonesetters. Béascna, 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. Béascna, 2011.
Academic conference papers:
- The Provenance of some Plant Knowledge Today ( Irish Conference of Medievalists. University College, Cork. 2019)
- Worldview and Healing (Queens University, 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 (RTÉ) expounding many different aspects of Irish folk custom. Shane is also a beekeeper and advocate of Irish vernacular craft.
