{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 92: An Irish Stew","description":""dreaming of the bright green fields" [CROO]\r\n \r\nMid March means it's time for the wearing of the green, as St. Patrick's Day approaches. Accordingly, we grab our shillelaghs and affect a brogue as we discuss some of the Irish connections in the Sherlock Holmes stories.\r\n \r\nWhile there are many Irish references, both subtle and overt, we concentrate primarily on two of the stories where the Irish connection is a central plot point. And interestingly enough, both involved some sort of Irish secret society and the need to go undercover.\r\n \r\nWe also include a bit of history of some musical instruments, discuss a handful of news items that have come to our attention, and welcome Al Gregory, BSI ("The Grimpen Postmaster") to the show as a contestant on Mental Exaltations. We of course wrap things up with another Editor's Gas-Lamp, this time "The Fortunate Ones" from Vol. 2, No. 3 of The Baker Street Journal (OS).\r\n \r\n\r\nEaster is later this month, and we've got another Easter egg for you.\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\nOur special thanks go out to Mary Miller and Christian Mongaard for their Patreon support! Won't you join them?\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\nSponsors\r\nThis episode includes our two longtime sponsors and a special sponsor who is supporting us for the first half of this year: \r\n\r\nThe Wessex Press, featuring A Curious Collection of Dates, \r\nThe Baker Street Journal, where you should get your annual subscription in now to secure all four issues plus the Christmas Annual. \r\nAnd Paula Berinstein's Amanda Lester, Detective series for young adults and the John H. Watson Society Manuscript Series.\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\nWould you care to become a sponsor? You can find more information here.\r\n \r\n\r\nLinks:\r\n\r\nThe Morris Museum's Murtogh D. Guinness collection of mechanical musical instruments and automata\r\nJoe Rinaud's American Photoplayer\r\nThe story behind the missing footage of The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes\r\nApply for a Jan Stauber Grant from the Beacon Society\r\nMusic: Irish Washerwoman - medley of jigs from the UCSB Cylinder Audio Archive\r\nThe I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere Patreon page\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n\r\n\r\nMany more links, articles and images are available in our Flipboard and Scoop.it sites at ihose.co\/flipsherlock and ihose.co\/scoopsherlock, as well as on the The Sherlock Holmes Community on Google+ (now over 3,500 members), as well as through our accounts on Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr.\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\nPlease subscribe to us on iTunes, Soundcloud, Stitcher or Spreaker and be kind enough to leave a rating or review for the show. And please tell a friend about us, in any fashion you feel comfortable.\r\n \r\nYour thoughts on the show? Leave a comment below, send us an email (comment AT ihearofsherlock DOT com), call us at (774) 221-READ (7323).\r\n\r\n","author_name":"I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere","author_url":"http:\/\/www.ihearofsherlock.com\/","html":"