Hi, welcome to String Revolution. I'm Léan, I live in Dublin with my husband and two little boys, and I am a dangerous stringy subversive.
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String Songs: Tuirne Mháire

I’ve been wanting to try out audio here at String Revolution for a while. Recently, I had a flash of what may be inspiration – and may equally be idiocy – and decided to combine two of my Grand Passions.

String (obviously). And singing.

Songs featuring the stringy arts.

About as obscure a little niche [...]

The Fibre of My Being

[Photo by the incomparable Niall Murphy.]

I sometimes wonder what it is about textiles that makes me swoon. (Swoon!)

When I was a child, summer after summer my medievalist academic parents took me and my siblings around the castles, museums, walled towns, and cathedrals of France, Italy, and surrounding countries. It was marvellous. I [...]

Welcome to the String Revolution

Last week I had a free “marketing checkup” with the fabulous Catherine Caine of Cash & Joy. (Get a checkup of your own by signing up for her excellent newsletter.)

Am I doing a good enough job, Catherine asked, of letting people know what this site is all about? For example, have I explained why [...]