This Is Cork Podcast

Follow @ThisIsCork on twitter / instagram or @thisiscorkonline on Facebook /Please like, subscribe, share, tell your friends or enemiesContact thisiscork@gmail.com with any tips/suggestions/etcThings MentionedBord Coillte / Cork School Of Music /Cyprus Avenue / The Good Room / Hill Festival Watergrasshill / Hysterical Histories / Love The Lee / MUT / Perked Up / Ronan Hession /Save Cork City /Triskel Christchurch /West Cork Literary Festival /What's Left Of The WestPlayedThe Altered Hours / John Blek /Martin Leahy /Michael Grace / Pontious Pilate & Naildrivers /SomeRiseSomeFallFollow @ThisIsCork on twitter / instagram or @thisiscorkonline on Facebook /Please like, subscribe, share, tell your friends or enemiesContact thisiscork@gmail.com with any tips/suggestions/etc

a bit o'support at www.patreon.com/ThisIsCork is fine by me... an interview with Michelle Healy, who is running for 2020 Irish Seanad -> www.MichelleHealy.ie ... brought to you by @thisiscork

Brought to you by @ThisIsCork - a chat with Chris Aherne, principally about a new Record Label formed by Cork School Of Music, but also the local and international music industry infrastucture and how it can be taught.

Brought to you by @ThisIsCork - a chat with Cormac McCarthy ahead of this weekend's 'Right Here Right Now' festival. If you like this you might like the previous one with Pat Carey & Brian Hassett.

Brought to you by @ThisIsCork - a chat with Pat Carey (Cork Opera House) and Brian Hassett (Coughlans Live) ahead of this weekend's 'Right Here Right Now' festival. If you like this you might like the next one with Cormac McCarthy...

Brought to you by @ThisIsCork - a chat with Caoilian Sherlock, 1/2 of this year's Quarter Block Party, we go through it's development & it's programme - www.quarterblockparty.com

Brought to you by @ThisIsCork - 2 different takes on the January Blues in Cork - firstly a chat with Pat Fitz of the Cork January Blues Festival, and then a brief explanation by Diarmuid O'Sullivan about his January Blues art classes.

Brought to you by @ThisIsCork - a chat with Chris Heinhold from Tabletop Cafe on Castle Street. We chatted and he picked out 12 different boardgames as ideal Christmas presents. We try to cover a wide range, from games for families (that take a short amount of time, with very little reading ability needed) all the way to the the long form strategy games.

// The games featured include... Blockbuster - Big Potato Games// Dobble: Harry Potter - Zygomatic Games // Hey That’s My Fish - Fantasy Flight Games // Kingdomino Duel - Coiled Spring Games // Letter Jame - Czech Games Edition Games // Pengoloo - Blue Orange Games // Qwirkle Cubes - Mindwave Games // Rhino Hero - Haba Games // Scythe - Stonemaier Games // Ticket To Ride: Nordic Countries - Days Of Wonder Games // Tiki Topple - Gamewright Games // Undaunted: Normandy - Osprey Games //

 As ever - please play boardgames sensibly // - support your local independent boardgame retailer(s) // - if you like this podcast, please like/share/subscribe/tell everyone
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 Produced & Presented by @ronanfromcork

Brought to you by @ThisIsCork - a chat with Michael from Vibes & Scribes. We chatted and he suggested 12 different books, we try to cover a wide range, from the littlest of readers to the experienced ones, and all sorts of topics... // The Golden Cage - Anna Castagnoli & Carll Cneut // Dog Man Fetch 22 - Dav Pilkey // The Book Of Dust - Philip Pullman // The Incredible Ecosystems Of Planet Earth - Rachel Ignotofsky // Deathless Girls - Kiran Millwood Hargrave // Boulevard Wren & Other Stories - Blindboy Boatclub // Just Kids - Patti Smith // Climate Justice - Mary Robinson // Cork Harbour - Cal McCarthy // The Lost Words: Spell Songs // How Will Santa Find Us? - Shane O’Brien & Stephen Rogers // Terry Pratchett’s Discworld Imaginarium //

As ever - please read sensibly // - support your local independent book shop(s) // - if you like this podcast, please like/share/subscribe/tell everyone
... Podcast produced & presented by @RonanFromCork

Brought to you by @ThisIsCork and recorded live in Bradleys on North Main Street, I met with Daniel Cronin, who works in Cask, he is currently in the final 3 for the Bacardi Legacy competition with an accessible cocktail he’s created called Hito.
.. We had a chat about different alcoholic drinks that he suggests for the 12 gifts of Christmas (we also cover a few non-alcoholic options). Companies mentioned include White Hag / Left Handed Brewing / Blacks Of Kinsale / Baltika / Brooklyn Lager / Teelings / Bacardi / Glendalough Gin / Bertha’s Revenge / Ketelone / Kalak / Kilahora

... As ever - please drink sensibly // - support your local independent off-license(s) // - if you like this podcast, please like/share/subscribe/tell everyone
. Podcast produced & presented by @RonanFromCork

Brought to you by @ThisIsCork - an interview with Sean De Faoite - who describes himself as a "live music enthusiast & merch collector, blogger of those passions combined at www.themerchperch.net" - as we talk about his personal gig challenge for 2019... Podcast produced & presented by @RonanFromCork

Brought to you by @ThisIsCork - a series of interviews with as many interviews as we can manage of the candidates running in the 2019 Cork North Central by-election... Interview number 3 of this series is with Colm Burke of the Fine Gael... Podcast produced & presented by @RonanFromCork

Brought to you by @ThisIsCork - a series of interviews with as many interviews as we can manage of the candidates running in the 2019 Cork North Central by-election... Interview number 2 of this series is with Padraig O'Sullivan of the Fianna Fáil... Podcast produced & presented by @RonanFromCork

Brought to you by @ThisIsCork - a series of interviews with as many interviews as we can manage of the candidates running in the 2019 Cork North Central by-election... Interview number 1 of this series is with Sinead Halpin of the Social Democrats... Podcast produced and presented by Ronan Leonard @ronanfromcork

Brought to you by @ThisIsCork - an interview with Christopher O'Leary of Cork Comedy Cavern who are based in Coughlans on Douglas. Recorded just before the doors opened at one of their gigs at their 2nd Birthday Festival, he talks about why he formed the club, how it's going and where it's going...Podcast produced and presented by Ronan Leonard @ronanfromcork

Brought to you by @ThisIsCork - Recorded in The Long Valley, an interview with Timmy Creed, who wrote and performs 'Spliced' an autobiographical theatrical piece about his complex relationship with Hurling & The GAA; he loves it, he hates it, he learns it, he leaves, he comes back... www.spliced.ie for more information... Podcast produced and presented by Ronan Leonard @ronanfromcork

Recorded over a coffee in Crawford & Co on Anglesea Street, Ronan spoke with Cormac McCarthy, piano player/teacher and conductor of the Cork School Of Music Big Band who will be playing at midday on Saturday of the Cork Jazz Festival. We spoke about how the Big Band works; the family concert on earlier that morning; Cormac's own gig schedule and his own tip for the festival! ..................................... go to www.cit.events.ie or www.guinnessjazzfestival.com for more information ..................................... Podcast produced and presented by Ronan Leonard

Recorded over a coffee in Crawford & Co on Anglesea Street, Ronan spoke with Paul Dunlea - covering topics like the jazz concert programme in The Green Room of The Cork Opera House which he curated, his own personal gig schedule for the weekend and the trail in general. ..................................... go to www.pauldunlea.com www.corkoperahouse.com or www.guinnessjazzfestival.com for more information ..................................... Podcast produced and presented by Ronan Leonard

Recorded in situ at Spare Room (Former Permanent TSB) on North Main Street, Ronan spoke with Eve Olney and Kate O'Shea, who are two of the people at the fore of this ambitious use/reuse of space for Arts*Architecture*Activism purposes - go visit if you can [it closes on Friday 4 Oct] ..................................... ..................................... go to www.facebook.com/spareroomproject or www.spareroomproject.ie for more information ..................................... Podcast produced and presented by Ronan Leonard

Recorded mostly live in The Bridge Bar, this podcast centres around Culture Night 2019, the panel is made up of Danielle O’Toole from Nano Nagle Place and Mick Hannigan from Indie Cork….….….…. They discuss their own organisation's participation in Culture Night, and also what they thinks of it as Culture fans. 

Some of the things mentioned include Eoin O’Sullivan, Cork County Council, Cork City Council, Kevin Barry, Nano Nagle Place, Pat Shortt, The Wine Tour of Cork….….….…. 


Culture Night Cork takes place on Friday 20 September - go to www.culturenightcork.ie for more details….….….…. podcast produced and presented by Ronan Leonard

This Is Cork Conversations #2 - Sinead Dunphy, Guinness Cork Jazz Festival Recorded in The Bridge, Bridge Street with two pints of Guinness on the table, I have 35 minute conversation with Sinead Dunphy head of her first year as Director of the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival... 

Some of the things covered include … how she proposed the job itself… // …the elements she has added to the festival - such as the Dia De Los Muertos Parade and Paul Dunlea, the artist in residence of this year’s Festival… // … the concerts she would go to if she had the time over the weekend … // developing new audiences for the festival… // … the Fringe and Trail elements of the festival // ... it 
ends with me meandering about something Brian Deady told me

A chat with Eileen O'Shea and Caoilian Sherlock on the subject of Culture Night, what it represents, and a few tips. The joy of roaming the city with so much on. Minor sound level issues, apologies.

What’s got 10 songs, 9 birthdays, 5 facts, 6 events & 2 jokes? This Is Cork Show #10 - Thursday 31 May 2018 “A Voice Of Cork - recorded live” 
Music & Events - mostly Cork related - & Facts - worldwide!
 Produced & Hosted by Ronan Leonard [@ronanfromcork on social media] ————————————————————— 
Like, Review, Subscribe, Share!!!…. ————————————————————— Bands Played… Anna Mitchell - Dog Track // Bob Dylan - Rainy Day Woman #12 & 35 // FishGoDeep - Layback //
Gorillaz - Dirty Harry // Led Zeppelin - Rock n’Roll // Saint Caoilian - I’ll Be A Fool For You // Twitch Jnr - Old Big Moon - Live // Two Time Polka - Brown Envelope // Wesley Willis - Rock n’Roll McDonalds //
 Young Wonder - Pure Shores

**************************************** Birthdays, Facts Peoples & Things mentioned… Ballinascarthy Big Ben Brown Sauce Clint Eastwood Cobh Colin Farrell The Crane Lane Dali Darryl ‘DMC’ McDaniels 
Flying Chairs The Friary Intermission John Bonham Junkyard Duo Jus Me Led Zeppelin 
Madison Square Garden Martin Hannett
 McDonalds Moby Dick Model T-Ford Niall Cuddy 
Peter Yarrow
 Petronius Maximus
 PolskaEire Right Here Right Now Slidin' PK & Alessio Caletti Soul In The City
 The Sixth Sense 
Titanic Walt Wiltman

This Is Cork Show #9 - Wednesday 30 May 2018 “A Voice Of Cork”
 [@ThisIsCork on social media] *Recorded live* 
Music, Events - mostly Cork related - & Facts
 Produced & Hosted by Ronan Leonard [@ronanfromcork on social media] Like, Review, Subscribe, Share!!!… 
**************************************** **************************************** Acts Played… Arm The Elderly - Catwalk Revolution //
 Bjork - Venus As A Boy // Karen Casey - Who Put The Blood // 
Laurie Shaw - Countries //
Liz Butt - Set Me Free //
Pavement - Shady Lane // Pontious Pilate & The Naildrivers - Manifesto //
Richmond Fontaine - Post To Wire //
 Rumblefish Inc - Real Life //
Shirley Collins - A Blacksmith Courted Me // The Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again // Birthdays, Facts, Peoples & Things mentioned… 
Airbus
 // Colm Meaney // 
Cork Music Co-Op
 // El Dorado // 
European Space Agency // Fair Plé // Howard Hughes // 
Ian Walsh // Indy 500 // Joan Of Arc
 // Mel Blanc // 
Rage Against The Machine
 // The Royal Tenenbaums //
Spanish Armada
 // Spike Milligan // 
Star Trek // Stephen Malkmus // Tiananmen Square
 // Teenage Mutant Turtles // 
Tom Morello // Willy Vlautin // 
Events mentioned… 
*] The Ballad Of Shirley Collins - Triskel Arts Centre - Thursday 31 May - €9
https://triskelartscentre.ie/events/123/the-ballad-of-shirley-collins/ *] Fair Plé - Live At Saint Lukes - Saturday June 16 - 7.30pm - €20
https://uticket.ie/event/fair-ple-live-at-st-lukes

 *] Laurie Shaw & Phil Hope - The Roundy - Friday 1 June https://www.facebook.com/events/966712710156362/

 *] Lean On Pete - Triskel Arts Centre - Wednesday 30 May - 3.45/8.30pm - €9
https://triskelartscentre.ie/events/121/lean-on-pete/

This Is Cork Show #8 - Tuesday 29 May 2018 “A Voice Of Cork”
 Episode 8 of the This Is Cork Show [@ThisIsCork on social media] *Recorded live* 
Music, Events - mostly Cork related - & Facts
 Produced & Hosted by Ronan Leonard [@ronanfromcork on social media] Like, Review, Subscribe, Share!!!… 
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Bands Played… Elaine Malone - You Marvin Gaye - Aint’ No
 High Enough Marilyn Monroe - Happy Birthday Mr President Mick Flannery - Rosaleen Moody Roots - Industrial Scene My Evil Ex - A Little Bit Of Poison Oasis - Half The World Away
 Rory Gallagher - A Million Miles Away The Shed - Little Wonder Sylvia - Pillow Talk 
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Events mentioned… 
*] Bright Club - Roundy - Wednesday 30 May - 8.30 pm - €5 https://www.facebook.com/events/2169053189990774/

 *] Cork Comedy Cavern - Coughlans - Tuesday 29 May - 8.30pm - Free
https://www.facebook.com/events/980513595438705/ 
*] Funny Fridays - City Limits - Fridays - €15 https://www.facebook.com/City-Limits-Comedy-Club-214174342009422/ *] Cork Loves Music @ Right Here Right Now - Sunday 3 June - Free https://www.facebook.com/events/374858886357442/
 *] Digital Scavenger Hunt - Fitzgerald Park - Tuesdays - Free
https://www.facebook.com/events/183402765816875/ *] Falling Stars Of Comedy - Coughlans - Friday 1 June - €8/€10 https://www.facebook.com/events/544731629263078/ 
*] Open Lines - The Friary - Thursdays - Free
https://www.facebook.com/events/342404796238493/
 *] Sarah Millican - Cork Opera House - Wed 12 Sept -
https://www.corkoperahouse.ie/event/sarah-millican-control-enthusiast/2018-09-12/ **************************************** Birthdays, Facts Peoples & Things mentioned… A Million Miles Away Bob Hope
City Limits
 Coca Cola
 Comedy Cavern Coughlans Edmund Hilary 
Glasgow Short Film Fest Jennifer Reeder JFK John H Balsley John Desmond 
Mount Everest Noel Gallagher
 National Women’s Council of Ireland.
 Pluto Sarah Millican Stepladders
 Tabletop Cafe Tenzin Norgay