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Bernadette Morris at Folk Alliance International

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2025 13:12


Bernadette Morris is not only an extremely talented singer, performer, fiddle player and entertainer, she is also an exceptional songwriter.

Ron Sexsmith at Folk Alliance International

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2025 28:46


Ron has toured Ireland a number of times to sell out houses and talks about his Irish experiences

Ireland Canada Chamber of Commerce Edmonton

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2025 9:12


Drew Mills Director of “Crossing Over”

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2025 11:52


Drew Mills Director of “Crossing Over”

Ed Schroeter: "Crossing Over"

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2025 22:15


Crossing Over is the thrilling sequel to Tide of Hope and a compelling story being staged this month, just in time for the Bicentennial of the Peter Robinson Irish Emigration.

Brendan Moher - Nine Ships 1825

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2025 21:11


The Peter Robinson Emigration of 1825 was a landmark initiative that brought nearly 2,000 Irish settlers to Canada, laying the foundation for what would become Nogojiwanong-Peterborough.

Ottawa Rose Applicants 2025

Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2025 59:50


Meet the Ottawa Rose Applicant 2025. Julia Barnwell, Dessa Hayes, Orla Roisin Mahon, Molly McGuire, Samara O'Gorman, Kathleen Pauluk, Aidan Russell, Colleen Shirley, Skye Laura Smith.

The Designation of The Irish Village Ottawa

Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2025 18:08


Shauna Bradley; Mark Sutcliff; Stephanie Plante; Tim Tierney; David Connolly; Tom O'Neill

Cheryl Prashker - Artistic Director Goderich Celtic Roots Festival at 33

Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2025 11:43


The Goderich Celtic Roots Festival is an annual celebration of the music, craft, and culture of the seven Celtic nations, immigrants of which form a strong historic background to Huron County.

Tara Byrne: Arts Programme Manager & Bealtaine Festival Artistic Director

Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2025 14:43


Bealtaine is Ireland's national festival which celebrates the arts and creativity as we age. The festival is run by Age & Opportunity, the leading national development organisation working to enable the best possible quality of life for us all as we age.

David Howley at Folk Alliance International 2025 Montreal

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2025 25:40


David Howley at Folk Alliance International 2025 Montreal

Culture Ireland at Folk Alliance International

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2025 13:43


Sharon Barry of Culture Ireland at Folk Alliance International 2025 in Montreal

Tom Moran is a Big Fat Filthy Disgusting Liar

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2025 16:31


Tom Moran is a Big Fat Filthy Disgusting Liar

Tulua @ Folk Alliance International

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2025 10:50


Cian O Grady, Kayleigh & Caoimhe Moran: Diurmuid Murphy - Tulua.

Eoin O Dubhghaill - Story of a Day

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2025 12:35


Story of a Day – Scéal Lae is a live performance commissioned by Branar and performed by ConTempo Quartet in a collaboration between Branar and Galway Music Residency.

Polar Bear & Penguin

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2025 10:31


Paul Curley

If the Walls Could Talk - The Dreaded Workhouse

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2025 16:55


Michelle O'Mahony - If the Walls Could Talk - The Dreaded Workhouse - - the origin of the Workhouse System under the Poor Law Act of 1838 - to the role of these institutions during the Great Irish Famine

Martha Knight & Joy Nesbitt - The King of All Birds

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2025 15:26


The King of All Birds is a fresh and playful performance that takes us on a journey through our shared fascination with the skies—how we dreamed of flying, weaved folklore about it, and eventually found a way to rise above the clouds.

Nesting by Roisín O'Donnell, an award-winning Irish author

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2025 19:02


On a bright spring afternoon in Dublin, Ciara Fay makes a split-second decision that will change everything. Grabbing an armful of clothes from the washing line, Ciara straps her two young daughters into her car and drives away.

Rot: historian Padraic X. Scanlan offers the definitive account of the Great Famine.

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2025 19:37


Padraic Scanlan: Uncovering the disaster's roots in Britain's deep imperial faith in markets, commerce, and capitalism, Rot reshapes our understanding of the Great Famine and its tragic legacy.

Remembering John Prine

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2025 3:33


Fiona Prine: Remembering John Prine Fiona Whelan Prine remembers John who died of COVID 5 years ago. John had a special place in his heart for Ireland and had a house in Kinvara.

Swing Bout @IFFO

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2025 10:42


Maurice O'Carroll, Sinead O'Riordan

“Fidil Ghorm,” directed by Anne McCabe

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2025 9:51


10-year-old Molly is on a heartfelt mission to bring her father out of a coma. Believing that mastering the fiddle and winning the All Ireland Competition might wake him, she's determined to follow in his musical footsteps.

Eva Birthistle, Director Kathleen Is Here

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2025 16:28


After her mother's death, Kathleen leaves foster care and returns to her hometown. Although she inherits a house, finds a job, and a friend, she feels empty. Seeking a mother figure, she embarks on a destructive path as her past haunts her future.

Twist - Colum McCann

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2025 18:09


Anthony Fennell, an Irish journalist and playwright, is assigned to cover the underwater cables that carry the world's information. The sum of human existence—words, images, transactions, memes, voices, viruses—travels through the tiny fiber-optic tubes.

Quebec & Ontario Tour, April 2025

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2025 6:18


Irish fiddle virtuoso Manus McGuire is set to embark on a special tour across Quebec and Ontario this April, joined by three outstanding musicians: Kate Bevan-Baker (fiddle & vocals), Michel Bordeleau (guitar, percussion & vocals) and André Marchand (guit

The Trial of Thomas D'Arcy McGee

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2025 13:14


Tommy Fegan: we delve into the life and legacy of Thomas D'Arcy McGee, a man who straddled two worlds and left an indelible mark on Irish and Canadian history.

Indigenous Aid During Irish Famine - 2:

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2025 29:37


Claudette Commanda, Jason King, Mark Mc Gowan, John Concannon

Indigenous Aid During Irish Famine

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2025 13:59


Dr Jason King is Academic Coordinator of the National Famine Museum. Honouring Indigenous Aid pays tribute to the Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee, and Wyandotte-Huron First Nations in Canada West (now Ontario) that contributed to Irish Famine relief in 1847.

The Sorrow and the Loss - Martin Dillon

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2025 42:34


Martin Dillon shines a light on the impact of the Troubles on the lives of women, amplifying voices that have been muted and marginalised by the din of history.

Padraig Jack @ Folk Alliance International

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2025 18:21


Rugadh Padraig Jack O'Flaithearta isteach i clann ceolmhar in Árainn. Mac an amhránaí Barry Ronan agus nia an file Mary O'Malley, tá sé bródúil go mbíonn sé ag scríobh ceol i mBearla agus Gaeilge ar an giotár agus an piano.

Finding Molly Johnson Mark McGowan traces what happened to 1,700 orphaned children.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2025 25:13


More than 1.5 million people left Ireland, many ending up in Canada. Among the most vulnerable were nearly 1,700 orphaned children.

Irish Flag Raising Ceremony Ottawa

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2025 7:42


Irish Government Minister, Timmy Dooley raised the Irish Flag at Ottawa City Hall on March 17th

Tommy Fegan & Tom Mulligan: Traditional Irish Music Joke Book

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2025 22:44


Compiled by Tommy Fegan, inspired by the shenanigans of Tom Mulligan's Cobblestone's Pub Dublin. From the heart of Dublin's traditional music scene comes a collection that'll have you laughing faster than The Dublin Reel!

The Irish Within Us

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2025 14:46


Carole A Logan: Three cousins mysteriously return to their ancestral village in Northern Ireland. There's mischief, secrets, predictions, and maybe fairies … if you believe in fairies.

Escaping the Famine: Exploring Irish Settlements in Canada

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2025 20:58


Using published and online primary sources, Melanie uncovers the story of the migration of the Irish to Canada before and during The Great Famine.

KW Real Irl Festival

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2025 6:48


Sue Nally from Kitchener/Waterloo on the happenings surrounding the St Patrick's Festival.

St Patrick's Festivities Ottawa 2025

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2025 10:47


Tom O'Neill: Irish Society of the National Capital Region outlined events scheduled to celebrate St Patrick around the area.

Mrs Robinson Documentary

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2025 12:18


Aoife Kelleher & Patrick Murray

Cures of Ireland

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2025 23:34


Cecily Gilligan beautifully chronicles her research in Ireland of traditional cures. Most of her work was in the North West area of Sligo/Leitrim.

Riverdance celebrates 30 with Canadian Tour

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2025 5:34


Padraic Moyles talks about the Canadian tour.

Rose of Tralee - Ottawa 2025

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2025 12:47


Sarah Griffin puts out a call for 2025 Applicants to represent Ottawa in Tralee in August 2025.

Hermitage Green's Canadian Tour 2025

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2025 5:32


Barry Murphy of Irish acoustic folk-rock band, Hermitage Green at the Vogue Theatre.

Comedian Amy Walsh on Van CelticFest2025

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2025 11:53


Amy Walsh will host an Irish comedy show headlined by Aaron McCann.

The Secret of Kells: The Graphic Novel

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2025 12:47


This bewitching origin story of the legendary Book of Kells features two additional stories written and illustrated by Tomm Moore.

The Untold Story of the O'Sullivan Beare

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2025 25:04


Michael Hall is the author of The Untold Story of the O'Sullivan Beare, a book about the history of the O'Sullivan Beare family in the 16th and 17th centuries.

The Ghosts of Rome with Joseph O'Connor

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2025 30:56


In the final months of World War II, a clandestine group known as The Choir smuggles thousands of escapees out of Nazi-occupied Rome via a secret route known as the Rome Escape Line. When an unidentified airman falls from the sky,

Irish Film Festival Ottawa Preview

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2025 11:24


Patrick Murray gives a preview of the plans for the upcoming 10th Anniversary Irish Film Festival Ottawa

Wicklow History -Des Kiely

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2025 20:27


Des Kiely is by profession a graphic designer living in Wexford, Ireland. However his passions include history and music

Picnic on Craggy Island - Lissa Evans

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2025 22:38


Picnic on Craggy Island is a hugely affectionate and anecdotal account of what lay behind some of those moments of comic genius – so pull on your kagoule, spread out your blanket, unwrap the sandwiches (they're all egg) and enjoy the picnic…

James Joyce Reading Series - A Little Cloud

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2025 9:01


Niamh O'Brien: Public Relations Officer, HJOyce Association Of Ottawa on the upcoming reading series.

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