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106. Terri Hooley: Good Vibrations - Part 2
The Ireland Podcast
09/19/24 • 46 min
Episode 104 is the concluding part of a conversation between Fender Jackson and Terri Hooley of Good Vibrations shop, label and film fame.
Conversation includes: grief; the fire in North Arcade; winning awards; the film ‘Good Vibrations’; Glen Patterson; Terri’s opinion of the movie; the ‘Alternative Belfast Walking Tour’; Bob Dylan; protesting; the John Lennon story; how the movie came into existence; the musical moving from Belfast to New York; Stuart Bailie; Trouble Songs: Music And Conflict In Northern Ireland; Seventy-Five Revolutions; Terri’s health; Shane MacGowan; bringing the Nipple Erectors over for their first Belfast gig; Doolin Book Festival; Cait O’Riordan; Terri’s charitable work; being in need; Tools For Solidarity as well as other topics.
We are very grateful to Terri for the generous time he gave for this interview.
Warning: This episode contains strong language and adult themes.
Face to face recording in Bangor at 2.38pm on Thursday 5th September.
Relevant Links
https://stuartbailie.bandcamp.com/merch/terri-hooley-seventy-five-revolutions
Episode 104. Terri Hooley: Good Vibrations - Part 1
Spotify playlist to accompany this episode
Additional Links
https://peopleskitchenbelfast.org
https://www.toolsforsolidarity.com
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66. Anna Falkenau: Traditional Musician & Researcher
The Ireland Podcast
06/03/24 • 72 min
Episode 66 is a conversation with musician and researcher, Anna Falkenau. Anna takes us through her personal journey from East Germany to the West of Ireland with a few musical performances along the way. The latter half of the interview focuses on her research into Traditional Irish Music - a must listen for anyone interested in the arc of the popularity of this jewell in Ireland’s crown.
Conversation includes: introductions; growing up in East Germany; classical vs. trad bowing technique; the subtle details of playing trad; Orkney Islands; Cathal McConnell; Nuala Kennedy; learning by ear; ‘The Way You Look Tonight’; Carnatic music; South Indian Classical Music; old-timey music; The Raineys; Anna’s studies of Irish traditional music; Tommy Nolan; the Irish music scene of the 1950s and 1960s; the different political and socio-economic developments of Ireland around the 1960s; the returning diaspora; the re-evaluation of traditional Irish music; music first appearing in bars; O’Connor’s Bar in Salthill; Music Revival; Galway; Pub Sessions; Dolores Keane; the Keanes; the Gavins; Stauntons; Dick Byrne; Fo’castle Folk Club; ‘Hardiman And Beyond’; Donal and Mae Staunton; Castle Hotel; An Taibhdhearc Theatre; Irish language; East Galway; Connemara; Traditional Irish music taking root; Mr and Mrs Larry Cullen; Doolin; Dublin Pipers Club; The Eagle Bar; Seán Ó Riada; Biochemistry Dept in University of Galway; Comhaltas; De Danann; Repertoire; Transmission; Prof Pádraig Ó Carra; Jackie Small; Celine Hession; the Cellar Bar; Mickey Finn; how the sessions have changed over the years; Toner Quinn; Bill Finn’s slow air; The Galway Advertiser and Ronnie O'Gorman; Ollie Jennings and other topics.
This episode is dedicated to the memory of Ronnie O'Gorman.
Relevant Links
https://music.apple.com/us/album/i-can-hear-you-calling/1271594435
https://music.apple.com/us/album/féileacán-na-saoirse/894281460
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/19hvHskQbScVfwjil91BPl?si=252bf194baf44eff
Additional Links
https://ardenpublishing.sumupstore.com/product/hardiman-and-beyond
University of Galway photo by Professor Chaosheng Zhang.
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64. Tony Scullion: All-Ireland Winning Legend - Part 2
The Ireland Podcast
05/30/24 • 58 min
Episode 64 of The Ireland Podcast concludes the movie treatment interview with Fender Jackson steering Tony Scullion through his journey to All-Ireland success playing for Derry in 1993.
Warning: Contains Spoilers!
Conversation includes county games; 1985 Ulster Final against Monaghan in the packed house in Clones; 1987 Ulster Final against Armagh and getting man of the match; the 1987 All Ireland Semi Final against Meath; 1991 against Down; 1992 against Donegal; 1992 National League; Tony’s relationship with Joe Brolly and Joe’s helpfulness; Enda Gormley; the relationship with the rest of the 1993; Colm McGurk; Tony walks us through his 1993 All Ireland Championship; breaking his ankle in his last National League game against Louth in 1993; marking Mickey Lindon against Down in Páirc Esler; Tony being substituted for the first time in his career; the Shepherd’s Crook; Tony being broken after the fans’ reactions; Eamon Coleman’s belief in Tony; Dr Ben Clancy and Sean Moran the physiotherapist; Derry v. Monaghan; Mickey Moran; Ulster Final against Donegal; Cathal Scullion breaking his leg in the minor match; studs vs. mouldies; the hunger of Derry against Donegal; the semi final against Dublin; Mickey Moran being 20 years ahead of his time and the speech he gave to the Derry team at half time; Siobhan back home in Derry; Tony being single minded during the game; Siobhan’s commitment to Tony during the training sessions; Seán McCague fetching Siobhan from the carpark; Derry City in the 1970’s; sharing a room with Brian McGilligan; watching bowls on the TV the night before the All Ireland Final; the bus journey from the hotel to Croke Park; hearing the minor game; coming out onto the Croke Park pitch; the beating Cork gave Mayo that year; Derry facing a massive Cork team; Tony Davis’ harsh call; Enda Gormley getting hit; John O’Driscoll; the party after the match; travelling back home to Derry; Charlene’s Christening; Fr. Leo Deery; the Sam Maguire Cup; the end of the film; what the GAA is about; Tony’s pep talk to the inmates, as well as other topics.
Relevant Links
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1fQCOrUqsSLSAYX7HZzqXA
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53. Pierce Turner: Singer Songwriter - Part 1
The Ireland Podcast
05/08/24 • 41 min
Episode 53 is a joyful chat with singer songwriter Pierce Turner who has written music for Christy Moore as well as having worked with the producer of The Band, John Simon.
Conversation includes: introductions; being in a duo with Larry Kirwan from Black 47 and moving to USA together; early years as ‘Turner and Kirwan from Wexford’; touring with UB40 as ‘The Major Thinkers’; Philip Glass producing Pierce’s first album; writing music for dance; the similarities between Irish and Indian music; Seán Ó Riada; John Simon producing Pierce’s third album; Pierce’s time with Beggars Banquet Records; becoming tired with working for an independent record label; the stratospheric rise of Ed Sheeran; Pierce not being U2; performing residencies with a string quartet and a drummer in Swift; understanding record deals; Pierce’s movie career; working with Trish McAdam and Sean Hughes on ‘Snakes and Ladders’; fond memories of Sean Hughes; Pierce’s version of ‘Dirty Old Town’ being used on HBO’s ‘The Wire’; Cillian Vallely from Lúnasa; The Galway Folk Festival; Pierce’s relationship with Christy Moore; working with Dónal Lunny; changing lyrics; Raglan Road as well as other topics.
Relevant Links
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTdD0ynsoaI
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43. Niall McGahon: Galway Golf Club GM
The Ireland Podcast
03/26/24 • 83 min
Episode 43 is a wide ranging interview with the General Manager of Galway Golf Club: Niall McGahon.
Discussion includes how Niall got the position, his mentor Michael Moss, peer assists, the club’s size, managing the wishes of 1400 adult members, Justin Rose, modernising a golf club with so much history, Niall's first gold club aged 4, Sammy Hempel, Alan Hunter, the mid-Atlantic accent, Ricky Elliott, the different stages of being a great golfer, the demands put upon elite golfers, Joe Lyons, Ronan Mullarney, Liam Nolan, how golf can be a lonely sport at the elite level, why does Ireland punch above its weight in some sports, the difference in Derry and Galway vernacular, encouraging kids in golf, Derry Seniors’ new management, how we learn as children, how we parent, the care the club has shown Niall, being a networker and unbeknownst to it, the passing of our parents, Billy Connell, Bernadette, the challenges, the achievements as well as other topics.
Relevant Links
Please note that this conversation originally was published on The Galway Podcast on 26th October 2023.
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8. Kinvara: Searching For The Ghost Of John Prine
The Ireland Podcast
11/14/23 • 67 min
First of a series of episodes tracing the connection between John Prine and Ireland. Here's some highlights from his wikipedia entry:
- Prine won four Grammy Awards out of 13 nominations, as well as a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
- In 1971, Prine was playing regularly at the Earl of Old Town. Steve Goodman, who was performing with Kris Kristofferson at another Chicago club, persuaded Kristofferson to go see Prine late one night. Kristofferson later recalled, "By the end of the first line we knew we were hearing something else. It must've been like stumbling onto Dylan when he first busted onto the Village scene."
- One admirer, Bob Dylan, once described his canon as 'pure Proustian existentialism' and 'Midwestern mind trips to the nth degree.'
- Johnny Cash, in his autobiography Cash, wrote, "I don't listen to music much at the farm, unless I'm going into songwriting mode and looking for inspiration. Then I'll put on something by the writers I've admired and used for years—Rodney Crowell, John Prine, Guy Clark, and the late Steve Goodman are my Big Four ..."
0:00:00 Intro
0:07:40 Arrival in Kinvara
0:12:00 Sextons Bar
0:16:00 Tim the Bar Manager, Connolly's Bar
0:21:12 Sarah the Proprietor of a Dog Business who sings with her husband late at night
0:23:00 Maeve the singer from Fling - check out Fling's album on Spotify
0:29:25 Julian the Marathon Runner
0:42:15 Mary Green
1:00:17 Seán Óg McKiernan in South Korea
1:02:22 Summer's End/Watching The Detectives Mash Up by Fender Jackson
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7. Bríd Rodgers: Retired Politician - Part 2
The Ireland Podcast
11/07/23 • 67 min
Second half of a conversation recorded on the afternoon of Saturday 21st October 2023.
03:10 Sunningdale
04:48 Sinn Fein and the IRA's opposition to Sunningdale
05:47 The Loyalist strikes
10:06 Paisley's Third Force
12:30 Getting used to the Troubles
17:10 Getting protection
19:31 Good Friday Agreement: Hume's "solo runs"
21:32 Bríd's annoyance at the Hume/Adams talks
22:13 The relationship between John Hume and Seamus Mallon
28:26 Bríd's role in the Good Friday Agreement
35:40 Blair and Clinton's intervention with David Trimble
37:02 The certainty of peace
40:00 Trimble the heroic leader
43:58 Sinn Fein wearing SDLP's clothes
44:17 What more could Bríd have done to make SDLP more relevant today?
45:47 Voting for Sinn Fein to keep them at the table
50:47 Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
58:17 Viewing the current political situation
1:01:07 Where does Bríd see NorthernIreland in 30 - 40 years time?
1:03:27 Doug Beattie and the UUP
1:04:46 Bríd's legacy
1:06:34 Bríd's tribute to all of the people who worked with the SDLP and stood by them over the years
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1. Introduction: The Ireland Podcast
The Ireland Podcast
10/02/23 • 12 min
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69. Dr. Josh Q. Newman - James Joyce Centre
The Ireland Podcast
06/10/24 • 64 min
Episode 69 marks the first of a series promoting the life and works of James Joyce with Fender Jackson interviewing Dr. Josh Q. Newman from the James Joyce Centre in Dublin.
Conversation includes: introductions; early attraction to Joyce’s work; Josh’s career path; the historiography of Joyce’s work including the nationalist movements at the time; Darina Gallagher; The Maginni Room and Denis J. Maginni; a history of the James Joyce Centre; Valentine Browne; the Georgian Preservation Society; finances; Senator David Norris; the types of visitors; Joyce in other languages; coming to Joyce from abroad after having lived in Ireland for a number of years; advice for people who have not yet got Joyce; the Joyce Project; Ulysses being an encyclopaedic novel; 1798 Rebellion; Joyce’s library; American academics and patrons; Richard Ellmann; Joyce and censorship in Ireland; Joyce’s employment abroad; patrons; Edith Rockefeller; Harriet Shaw Weaver; Margaret Anderson; Ezra Pound; royalties; the different publications of Ulysses; translations; Joyce’s health and his death; his wife Nora Barnacle and their children; Stephen Joyce; the James Joyce estate; Joyce’s style of writing and his impact on literature; neologisms; Joyce’s connection with cinema; The Third Man; Bloomsday; Mummers of Fingal; Happenings Ireland; Breathe and Bloom as well as other topics.
Relevant Links
https://www.bloomsdayfestival.ie/
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122. Breege Rowley: Cinema & Television Editor
The Ireland Podcast
11/13/24 • 64 min
Episode 122 is a conversation with Breege Rowley, a film editor who has spent the last eight years making her first documentary which charts the change of Ireland as seen through a small town in County Mayo: Swinford.
Conversation includes: Narrator Nora McBurney; Swinford; North Mayo; Croagh Patrick; Westport; the genesis of the idea; 40 years of Siamsa Sraide Festival; Lisheenabrone; 5 questions; the t(h)rasher; funding; the timeline; Maggie Basqual; Johnny & Mary Linskeys; Maura Sweeney; the American Wake; Michael Comer; Kilconduff Cemetery; emigration; Conor Walsh; O’Connor’s Hotel; Marie Holmes Walsh, Joe Mellett; Brabazons; Mary Harkin locations sound; Richard Kendrick Camera, Midfield; Meelick; Tom Hennigan, Hennigans Heritage Centre, Killasser; The Swinford Workhouse, The Famine; Black ’47; Hedge Schools; Lavins; British Pathé; Captain Boycott; Ciara Gallogly; Noelle Rowley; New Decade Production Exec. Producer, Galway Film Fleadh; New Decade; First Element; Kathryn Noone and Swinford Comhaltas; Alannah Thornburgh; Maggie Blanc; Mayo County Library in Castlebar; Francie McNichols's; Matt Molloy; Jack Walsh Drone operator. as well as other topics.
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How many episodes does The Ireland Podcast have?
The Ireland Podcast currently has 124 episodes available.
What topics does The Ireland Podcast cover?
The podcast is about Irish, Places & Travel, Society & Culture, Europe, Ireland, Country, Celtic and Podcasts.
What is the most popular episode on The Ireland Podcast?
The episode title '69. Dr. Josh Q. Newman - James Joyce Centre' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on The Ireland Podcast?
The average episode length on The Ireland Podcast is 56 minutes.
How often are episodes of The Ireland Podcast released?
Episodes of The Ireland Podcast are typically released every 2 days, 13 hours.
When was the first episode of The Ireland Podcast?
The first episode of The Ireland Podcast was released on Oct 2, 2023.
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