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The Story of Annie Moore and Ellis Island

Date: Jan 4, 22
130 years ago, 15-year-old Irish girl Annie Moore stepped on to Ellis Island and into the U.S. hi...

New Series – The Magic of Musicals

Date: Jan 4, 22
Liam Nolan begins a new series charting the stories of the world’s most loved musicals. The Magic...

Jimmy O’Dea on the BBC

Date: Jan 4, 22
In December 1943, Jimmy O’Dea’s Irish Half Hour was the second most listened to programme on BBC ...

An 1850 Sea Tragedy in Kilkee

Date: Jan 4, 22
Denis O’Shaughnessy tells the story of the loss of almost 100 lives aboard the barque Edmund in K...

1922 – a year of conflict and chaos in Ireland

Date: Dec 29, 21
While the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty brought a renewed hope across the country during the ...

Dan Conway’s Corner – The Raw Talent of Lee Elder

Date: Dec 29, 21
From Dan Conway's Corner   When Lee Elder passed away in November at the age of 87, it all...

Ballad Sheet – Banks of My Own Lovely Lee

Date: Dec 29, 21
From Eugene Dunphy's Ballad Sheet Series   Some say the words of ‘The Banks of My Own Love...

Christ the Redeemer – the largest Art-Deco statue in the world

Date: Dec 29, 21
By Peter Smith It is perhaps appropriate that a country which claims to have the world’s highest...

Just A Memory – Christmas in the Countryside

Date: Dec 21, 21
By Collette Bonnar   When I was growing up in the 1960s the preparation for Christmas was ...

Silent Night – an endearing hymn of peace

Date: Dec 21, 21
SILENT NIGHT: A hymn that has become an endearing symbol of peace, writes BERNADETTE LOWRY  ...