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If you've ever walked the grounds of Arlington National Cemetery, you've heard the voices of the past. Even if you haven't, you can still hear them in podcast form. A history podcast about Arlington National Cemetery and the stories of those buried there, with new episodes available first thing every Monday morning.
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MMA podcast looking back at forgotten gems from the UFC and beyond. Irish MMA writer @TheJivemaster in Dublin, Ireland and comedian @Jasonbcomedy in Austin, Texas.
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This show is (mostly) a bi-weekly podcast that explores the likely repertoire of eighteenth and early nineteenth century bagpipers, using historic music collections (written for bagpipes or not), performed on Uilleann pipes, Highland pipes and whistles. Every episodes notes include links to the historic sheet music when available. For information about my Albums Oyster Wives Rant, and Pay the Pipemaker go here: https://www.wetootwaag.com/albums For information about Jeremy and the instrument ...
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Support us on www.patreon.com/newsburp The Irish Comedy News Podcast that takes all the weird, wonderful and confusing news from the internet and burps its essence in your general direction.
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Ahead of the GAZE International LGBTQIA Film Festival, Gemma Creagh talks to Festival Director Greg Thorpe and Dominic Savage, Director of Close To You, starring co-writer and producer Elliot Page, which closes this year’s festival. Close To YouElliot Page gives a delicate but defiantly star turn in his first feature role as a trans man since comin…
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In a recent episode I interviewed author Dan Lawton about his book focusing on the fallout from the murder of dept Governor, Albert Miles, of the infamous Maze Prison in November 1978 in which an innocent man was convicted. Alan Miles witnessed his father’s brutal murder as a young man at the hands of the IRA but almost immediately got to a place i…
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James Oswald: Over the Hills and Far Away William Vickers: Galloway Tom, Nancy Dawson, Shilanagary O’Farrell: Galloway Tom A Trip to the Laundry David Young: Tibby Fowler, Corby Reel, O’er Bogie Patrick MacDonald: Oscar’s Ghost, Hibernean Muse: High Road to Dublin Smollett Holden: Paddy the Piper James Oswald: Larry Grogan Patrick Hutchinson: Sheel…
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In partnership with Screen Ireland, we are delighted to present Screen Sessions – a series of in-depth conversations on craft between emerging and established talent from the Irish Screen industries. In this episode, Nora Twomey and Jessica Patterson shine a light on the animation industry and paths into it, and discuss their respective careers and…
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Jonathan Trigg’s book “Death In The Fields” examines, in great detail, the infamous East-Tyrone IRA and how this rural group complied some of the republican’s biggest wins and conversely, their most devastating losses. We examine the early days of the unit and how they were formed, the autonomy they enjoyed, the Jim Lynagh “A-Team” era and their de…
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Covering the importance of a sound mix as well as the unruly nature of photogenic sheep, in this podcast, Gemma Creagh chats with Cara Holmes, Director of ‘Notes from Sheepland’.Orla Barry is a self-confessed ovine addict. She is a decade in sheep, she’s still wondering what possessed her to start but yet she wouldn’t want to be anywhere else. Orla…
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William Matchett is an ex-RUC officer who spent years working in the secretive and murky world of informants and agents during his time in Special Branch while “the troubles” raged on. William shares with us his motivations for joining the RUC during such dangerous times, the techniques they utilized to recruit informants, death threats he’s receiv…
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Tunes: Rod Nevin: Maids in the Morning Benjamin Elzerman: Dance to Your Daddy Robin Kingsbury: Song Preston Wilde: Mazurka on Flemish Pipes in G Robert Edwards: Añada Pa Gael, Mill Mill O Andrew O’Sullivan: Rothiemurchus Rant, Devil in the Kitchen, Editor’s Favourite , Ruidhleadh na Coilich Dubha (The Black Grouse Reel), Cuir sa chiste mhòir mi (Pu…
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This year the Country of Focus at the Galway Film Fleadh is Palestine. In this podcast in partnership with the Galway Film Fleadh, Gemma Creagh talks to Inas Halabi, Director of 'We No Longer Prefer Mountains'. which is screening at this year’s festival (9-14 July 2024). We No Longer Prefer Mountains begins with an ascent of Mount Carmel upon which…
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I'd love to hear your thoughts - send me a text here After losing a leg, two fingers, and the site in one eye, Ken Otagaki tries to return to his life before the war, hopes that his girlfriend will still be there for him, and tries to figure out how to support himself despite his severe injuries. This week's Ghosts of Arlington is Army Corporal Dr.…
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Delving into the complexities of the creative process, in this podcast, Gemma Creagh chats with Michael Kinirons, Writer/Director & Alicia Ní Ghráinne, Producer of 'The Sparrow' as it hits the big screen nationwide. .Wild teen Kevin Coyle grapples with guilt over a deadly secret. As his world unravels and consequences mount, Kevin is pushed to conf…
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**Sorry for the late upload my good people.. feel free to follow on YouTube where I'm a bit more on top of things** Fr Sean McManus hails from Co. Fermanagh but was sent, by his superiors in the Catholic, to America early in his career where he continued his fight for Irish freedom. Fr McManus’ tells us about his early life, his older brother who w…
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I'd love to hear your thoughts - send me a text here Ken Otagaki grew up poor on a sugar cane plantation on Hawaii's Big Island, but after seeing how oppressed his father was by the overseers, he vowed that he would make his own way in the world and, despite cultural and familial expectations, he would not follow in his father's footsteps. In his e…
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Tunes: March of King Laois, The Dawning of the Day, O'Er the Water to Charlie, Ae Fond Kiss, Lads of Alnwick, Ye Banks and Braes, The Eagle Whistle, Improvisation, Johnny Cope, John Bell: Wet Weary Jeremy Kingsbury (Maybe?): Generous Fox Here are some ways you can support the show: You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://…
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In this podcast in partnership with the Galway Film Fleadh, Gemma Creagh talks to Steven McKenna, Writer & Director and Jaro Waldeck DOP of Dreamtown, which is screening at this year's festival (9-14 July 2024).An aging rocker who never realised his dreams is forced to come to terms with his failures as he tries to start a relationship with his est…
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In partnership with Screen Ireland, we are delighted to launch our inaugural Screen Sessions - a series of in-depth conversations on craft between emerging and established talent from the Irish Screen industries. Our first podcast of the series will tackle the art of writing for the screen. It's been 20 years since the iconic Adam and Paul took the…
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I'd love to hear your thoughts - send me a text here We recently lost another pioneer of the space race so the episode begins with a eulogy for astronaut Bill Anders, who took one of the most famous photographs in history, and ends with the life of Isaac Akinawa, arguably the most respected medic in the 100th Infantry Battalion. This week's Ghosts …
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Mick Hawkes is an ex-SAS soldier and 14th intel company (the Det.) operator who worked against the IRA and Loyalist paramilitaries in Northern Ireland as part of his military career. Mick tells us about the daily ins and outs of carrying out surveillance on dangerous insurgents, the differences between republican and loyalist paramilitaries, how he…
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Tunes: Sutherland: Boys on The Mall, Chappell: Poor Robin's Maggot O'Farrell: Merry old Woman James Goodman: Lord Mayo Here are some ways you can support the show: You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag You can also take a minute to leave a review of the podcast if you listen on Itunes! Tell yo…
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In this podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Marian Quinn, Writer/Director of Twig. Twig, a powerful retelling of the Greek tragedy Antigone, is set in Dublin’s inner city where an ancient city wall cordons off a neighbourhood which is rife with drugs. When the local crime lord, Leon (O’Byrne) vows to let her brother Paulie’s body rot in the street, Twig…
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In this podcast, Gemma Creagh talks to Virpi Suutari, Director of Once Upon A Time In A Forest, which is screening at Docs Ireland (18 – 23 June 2024).A modern fairy tale in the enchanting embrace of the Finnish forest makes its Irish premiere.We witness young people seamlessly woven into the fabric of nature, swimming in crystalline lakes and reve…
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I'd love to hear your thoughts - send me a text here Young Oak Park was likely the first (maybe the second) Korean American officer in the US Army and was assigned to the 100th Infantry Battalion in World War II, mainly because the army didn't know where else to put a non-Japanese Asian officer. He distinguished himself with the 100th and when war …
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