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Listeners Name Top 25 Irish Songs

Date: Mar 13, 23
As a BBC Radio presenter with a keen interest in Irish country, showband and traditional music, H...

The Story of Makem and Clancy

Date: Mar 7, 23
Eugene Dunphy tells the story of two gallant Irish troubadours.   In January 1956 a twenty...

When Maxi met Patrick Duffy

Date: Mar 7, 23
Patrick Duffy, the star of TV classics such as Dallas and The Man From Atlantis visited Ireland r...

March 8th, 1966 – The Day They Blew Up Nelson’s Pillar

Date: Mar 7, 23
By Thomas Myler It was a Tuesday in Dublin like any other Tuesday in Dublin. I parked my car as ...

Songs for Saint Patrick

Date: Mar 7, 23
By Sheila O'Kelly   There are songs written in honour of Saint Patrick, Patron Saint of Ir...

De Valera’s ‘Comely Maidens’ Speech of 1943

Date: Mar 7, 23
By Maolsheachlann O Ceallaigh   On St. Patrick’s Day 1943, the Taoiseach Éamon de Valera m...

The Life and Career of Lana Turner

Date: Feb 28, 23
Tom McParland looks at the turbulent life – on and off screen – of Hollywood actress Lana Turner,...

Maxi chats to author, Niamh McAnally

Date: Feb 28, 23
“My Dad, the actor Ray McAnally, when we were talking about making choices, taught me that the wo...

Irish Myths & Legends – ‘Flight of the Tuatha Dé Dannan’

Date: Feb 28, 23
A series by Gemma Grant ‘What we have, we hold’ could be attributed to the various races that ca...

Remembering Dermot Morgan

Date: Feb 28, 23
Sheila O’Kelly remembers the late DERMOT MORGAN comedian, actor and satirist, on the 25th anniver...