Podcasts about Inishowen

On Business Matters this week, Chris Ashmore looks at Inishowen Boating which runs charter boats for sightseeing and angling excursions off the coastline of the Inishowen peninsula. Given the spectacular scenery it is little wonder that there are many rave reviews of some of the trips and many a memory to treasure has been created. […] The post Business Matters, EP 244: Inishowen Boating – trips including Ireland’s most northerly island, Inishtrahull appeared first on Highland Radio - Latest Donegal News and Sport.

Jack Murray, Sinn Féin councillor, Mayor of Inishowen

Join me for My Ardara Distillery Chat with James Doherty. James and Moira O'Doherty founded Sliabh Liag Distillers and began releasing their Silkie range of sourced smoky whiskeys, just as the covid lockdown hit, as well as An Dúlamán Irish Maritime gins. James and Moira returned to Ireland from their last pit-stop in Hong Kong, to pick up James's family legacy of distilling 'Inishowen' style or smoky whiskeys again, in his family's native Donegal. Inishowen whiskey was once a by-word for smoky whiskeys, throughout the British Empire and the world. Their 'recently' commissioned Ardara Distillery is sight to behold, resonating with Islay's distillery's style and I had a fantastic return visit with Jim to see the operation in full swing. This episode of the podcast is sponsored by: www.boanndistillery.ie www.killowendistillery.com  Don't forget to sign up to my Patreon channel for early access episodes and more, for a few euros a month and help me deliver the best podcasts to you. https://www.patreon.com/whiskeychatspodcast I really hope you enjoy listening in to our chat. Laurie

This week's Youngstock podcast features none other than Tullamore farm manager Shaun Diver, who chats to Martin Merrick about his life before Tullamore and what has changed on the farms since 2018.Compared to dairy farms, there are only a handful of beef or sheep farms throughout Ireland that have a full-time farm manager who is responsible for the day to day running of a mixed enterprise. Cue Shaun Diver, an Inishowen native who took on the responsibility of running the Tullamore Farm at just 22 years of age in the middle of spring 2018, and who has been at the helm of the ship since.I talk to Shaun on what lead him to Tullamore; his home farm, his education after school and his stint of four years working on a large-scale beef, sheep and tillage farm in Tipperary that equipped him with the skills and autonomy to step in to Tullamore Farm and turn it in to the efficient farming system it is today. We also talk about changes to the farming system, with the addition of Easycare ewes to the sheep flock and the switch to 100% with more sexed semen used due to heat detection collars in the suckler herd. Shaun's two loyal assistants, farm dogs Niko and Bella, also feature, without whom the running of the farm would not be possible, and we also chat about what is to come up in the Tullamore Farm's new video series, which will feature a monthly video on topical matters and real-life farming issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week’s Business Matters, Chris Ashmore speaks to Inishowen based Edelle Harrigan Edgar of I Am Self Care. Her award winning aromatherapy business has made great strides since she started it in 2001, and she is hoping to expand in the years ahead. In the second part of the programme, Chris finds out more … Business Matters – EP 229: I Am Self aromatherapy – plus STEM subjects showcase Read More » The post Business Matters – EP 229: I Am Self aromatherapy – plus STEM subjects showcase appeared first on Highland Radio - Latest Donegal News and Sport.

In the last programme in the Business Matters series for 2024, Chris Ashmore takes a look at a rapidly expanding and highly successful Inishowen based marine engineering company, Seabound Engineering. The company specialises in the building of aluminium vessels and its order book is full for the next three years. With quite a few projects … Business Matters – EP 224: Seabound Engineering making waves Read More » The post Business Matters – EP 224: Seabound Engineering making waves appeared first on Highland Radio - Latest Donegal News and Sport.

In this week's programme, Chris Ashmore speaks with Donegal's first woman professional golfer, Gemma McClenaghan (nee Hegarty)  from Shrove in Inishowen. A graduate of the famous uUniversity of St. Andrew's in Scotland back in the late 90s, she went back to third level education in 2019 and undertook a Professional Golfers Association training course through the … Business Matters – Ep 223: Donegal’s first woman golf professional, plus ISME’s calls for change Read More » The post Business Matters – Ep 223: Donegal’s first woman golf professional, plus ISME’s calls for change appeared first on Highland Radio - Latest Donegal News and Sport.

On Business Matters this week, Chris Ashmore finds out more about the wind energy sector, and especially off-shore developments. He’s been speaking with Dave Linehan, Head of Policy and Research at Wind Energy Ireland. He has also been speaking with Ron Kerrigan General Manager of the Ballyliffin Lodge and Spa Hotel about a major €1 … Business Matters, Ep 219 – Wind Energy potential, Ballyliffin hotel in line for award, and Inishowen Innovation Read More » The post Business Matters, Ep 219 – Wind Energy potential, Ballyliffin hotel in line for award, and Inishowen Innovation appeared first on Highland Radio - Latest Donegal News and Sport.

Shane Ó Curraighín, North West Correspondent, tells us about a public meeting held in Donegal regarding a proposed iron battery-storage project.

On this week's Business Matters, Chris Ashmore is joined by the owner of Inis Communications, Trish Hegarty. Trish worked as a journalist with the Irish Times, RTÉ and BBC Radio Foyle before setting up her PR, social media, and digital content agency in 2004. In this episode, we'll hear about how her Inishowen-based PR agency … Business Matters, Ep 212: PR agency Inis Communications continues to evolve after 20 years in business Read More » The post Business Matters, Ep 212: PR agency Inis Communications continues to evolve after 20 years in business appeared first on Highland Radio - Latest Donegal News and Sport.

Note: This interview was broadcast on KUT-FM, an NPR station based in Austin, Texas. In 1861 in Clonmany, on the Inishowen peninsula in the far north of County Donegal Ireland, Charles McGlinchy was born.  His was a windblown, rough world, wracked with beauty and hardship. A weaver by trade, and a bachelor, in his old age he realized he was the last of the McGlinchys, the last of his name. Night after night, he told his tale to an old neighbor, the schoolmaster Patrick Kavanagh, who wrote it all down. Patrick's son Desmond found these copybooks after his father's death, and offered them to Brian Friel, the renowned Irish playwright, who then edited the manuscript into a book called The Last of the Name. This same book is what Desmond Kenny, of Kenny's Bookshop in Galway, chose to discuss in our interview. When asked to pick a piece of writing that's had a tremendous impact on him, he wandered the rich shelves of the shop, musing over all the books he's known and loved, until he lighted upon this one, and knew it was the right choice. We spoke after hours in the family run book shop, which recently celebrated its 70th anniversary. Click here: to listen to this ThoughtCast interview (18 minutes).

Paying a welcome return visit to the podcast, spirit artist Sandy Ingham brings us up to date as she chats to host Rob Goodwin about her mediumship and shares some incredible happenings in her private life that have far reaching implications for us all. With guidence from the spirit world, Sandy recently discovered and visited the Beyond Light Therapy centre at Inishowen, in Ireland. This is Europe's largest facility hosting 48 units, delivering the undeniable science-proven synergy of Bio-Photonic Light and Bio-Active Scalar Energy—a boundless life force. Inspired by Nikola Tesla and Dr Sandra Rose Michael, their revolutionary technology using scalar wave technology invites exploration in their unique sanctuary. Helping to unlock hidden potential and the potential to undergo profound, healthy transformations, the centre had a life changing effect on the spirit medium.https://www.sandyingham.co.uk/https://beyondlighttherapy.com/Mail: contact@beyondlighttherapy.comwww.whitefeatherspirit.com

John Doherty, Project Manager, and Henry O'Donnell, former Project Manager, joined Mark Gibson, Head of the Teagasc Outreach & Innovation Department, on the latest podcast version of the Signpost Series, to discuss the Inishowen Uplands EIP: A whole farm approach to sustainable farming. A questions and answers session took place at the end of the webinar which was facilitated by Teagasc's Catherine Keena. To register for future webinars visit:https://www.teagasc.ie/corporate-events/sustainable-agriculture-webinars/                        For more podcasts from the Signpost Series go to: https://www.teagasc.ie/signpostpodcast/ 

This morning's reflection comes from Sean Beattie, who lives in the village of Culdaff, in the Inishowen peninsula in north Donegal.

In this episode of Business Matters, Chris Ashmore, speaks with Ciaran McKenna, who is the owner of two family run Londis stores in Inishowen, one in Buncrana, where he also has a Circle K filling station, and the other in Drung, Quigley's Point, where they manage the fuel for Inishowen Co-op A native of Monaghan, … Business Matters, Ep 194: Ciaran McKenna of McKenna Londis, Buncrana and Drung Read More » The post Business Matters, Ep 194: Ciaran McKenna of McKenna Londis, Buncrana and Drung appeared first on Highland Radio - Latest Donegal News and Sport.

In a rugged corner of Northern Ireland, the hills of Inishowen whisper tales of rebellion and moonlit mischief. We'll meet Patrick, a humble tailor thrust into a high-stakes game of cat and mouse with excise officers. Then learn about the defiant distillers of Inishowen use any means at their disposal to preserve their livelihood. Join me on a journey back to the 19th century, where secret stills and hidden valleys echo with the spirit of rebellion. And after a day off on my own historic journey around Ireland, I set out for Baoilleach Distillery in Donegal. I'll meet with Michael O'Boyle, the proprietor and see first hand, his commitment to using local grains and peat, along with his unique approach to distilling. Welcome back to the countinued journey through Ireland's storied whiskey past, present, and future.

On this week's Youngstock Podcast, Stephen Robb talks to John Hegarty, Area Manager with Yara International about his career so far which has taken him from Inishowen, to family farming in France, to working on the 37,000ac Dyson Farming business in the UK and back to Inishowen.

On this week's Business Matters, Chris Ashmore talks to Inishowen entrepreneur and farmer Neil Crossan whose ‘Living Green' business won the overall Donegal and Best-Established Enterprise Awards at the Donegal Enterprise Awards held earlier this month. Established in 2003, Living Green is the largest producer of worms in Ireland and the UK, distributing live worms … Business Matters: Ep 174, Neil Crossan – Living Green Read More » The post Business Matters: Ep 174, Neil Crossan – Living Green appeared first on Highland Radio - Latest Donegal News and Sport.

The ILFD podcast is back! In case you missed it, this year's Booker Prize winner is Irish author Paul Lynch — we thought there would be no better time to listen back to his 2013 visit to the festival. ___ Dublin Writers Festival brings together two emerging Irish novelists whose distinctive prose style and strong sense of place has marked them out as writers to watch. 'John the Revelator', Peter Murphy's “remarkable debut” (The Observer) about the frustrations of a provincial adolescence, was met with instant acclaim and shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award and the Kerry Group Fiction Award. A musician and long-time contributor to Hot Press, Murphy's prose is celebrated for its lyricism and rhythmic power, and it's fitting that the idea for his new novel came from an interview with the Manic Street Preachers. 'Shall We Gather at the River' introduces Enoch O'Reilly, an Elvis impersonator and ‘radiovangelist' in Murn, Co. Wexford, a small town threatened by a great flood. Mixing dark themes with surprising comic turns, 'Shall We Gather at the River' is a compelling follow-up from an extraordinary talent. Film critic Paul Lynch's debut novel 'Red Sky in Morning' has created quite a stir in the publishing world. Inspired by a horrific incident in Philadelphia in 1832 in which 57 Irish railroad workers were killed, the novel tells the story of Coll Coyle, who flees his home in Inishowen, Donegal after killing a man, and is pursued all the way to America, where a greater tragedy awaits. Written in a taut, lyrical prose reminiscent of Cormac McCarthy and set against the epic backdrops of Donegal and Pennsylvania, 'Red Sky in Morning' marks the emergence of an exciting new talent. ___ International Literature Festival Dublin is a Dublin City Council Initiative kindly supported by the Arts Council. Find out more at ilfdublin.com

The funeral's have taken place today of both Allana Harkin and Thomas Gallagher, two Inishowen teenagers both just 18 years old, that were tragically killed in a single-vehicle car crash in the early hours of Monday morning. Fr. James McGonagle, retired Parish Priest in Culdaff.

When a publicly funded programme was set up in 2017, there were just 150 breeding pairs of curlews left. Now there are pockets of hope, and Hannah Quinn-Mulligan went to a farm in Inishowen, co Donegal where curlews are faring well.

Ella is in Donegal to hear from farmers at an IFA meeting McCandless dairy farm in Inishowen where Derogation was foremost on the minds of the attendees.

We get the latest on the tragedies that occurred in Mayo and Donegal over the weekend. Speaking to Pat this morning was Oisin McGovern – Reporter with The Mayo News and also Damien Dowds Editor of the Inishowen independent, Buncranna.

ON this week's podcast, Southern Star editor Siobhán Cronin is joined by journalist & author Kathy Donaghy to talk about depression, miscarriage and how swimming has helped heal her. Donaghy's book, Finding My Wild: How a Move to the Edge Brought Me Home, tells her story of moving home from Dublin to the Inishowen peninsula with her young family.It is ode to the extraordinary healing powers of immersing yourself in the natural world, especially the sea, and she joins the podcast to talk about why she made the move.This is the second episode in our latest series focusing on sea swimming. Listen back to the first episode with total immersion swim coach Melissa Duncan here.Swimming became a lifeline for many during the pandemic, and so many have kept it going, which has left Ireland with a really strong and wonderful community.Over the next few months, we will feature interviews with prominent figures in the swimming scene, from both West Cork and beyond.This episode was produced and presented by Siobhán Cronin, with editing by Dylan Mangan.***Thanks for listening to The Southern Star's In The News Podcast. Please be sure to like, share and subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts.Listen to our previous episodes by clicking here.For stories like this and more, pick up a copy of this week's Southern Star or subscribe online via www.southernstar.ie/epaper. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Southern Star editor Siobhán Cronin is joined by journalist & author Kathy Donaghy to talk about depression, miscarriage and how swimming has helped heal her. Donaghy's book, Finding My Wild: How a Move to the Edge Brought Me Home, tells her story of moving home from Dublin to the Inishowen peninsula with her young family.It is ode to the extraordinary healing powers of immersing yourself in the natural world, especially the sea, and she joins the podcast to talk about why she made the move.This is the second episode in our latest series focusing on sea swimming. Listen back to the first episode with total immersion swim coach Melissa Duncan here.Swimming became a lifeline for many during the pandemic, and so many have kept it going, which has left Ireland with a really strong and wonderful community.This episode was produced and presented by Siobhán Cronin, with editing by Dylan Mangan.***Thanks for listening to The Southern Star's In The News Podcast. Please be sure to like, share and subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts.Listen to our previous episodes by clicking here.For stories like this and more, pick up a copy of this week's Southern Star or subscribe online via www.southernstar.ie/epaper. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Last Thursday saw the launch of the Inishowen Sustainable Energy Community’s strategic plan in the Ballyliffin Lodge Hotel. Business Matters presenter, Ciaran O’Donnell, travelled to the launch and spoke to a number of people who are involved in the plan aimed at creating a decarbonised and more sustainable Inishowen. These included the joint CEO of … Business Matters Ep 143 – Paul McGonigle, Andrew Ward & Claire Irwin Read More » The post Business Matters Ep 143 – Paul McGonigle, Andrew Ward & Claire Irwin appeared first on Highland Radio - Latest Donegal News and Sport.

Danti Dan play by Livin Dred - Inishowen Traditional Orchestra & Choir - Gina Lollabrigida RIP - Doolin Hedge School

In this episode, WestBIC's Alison McGonagle meets Kevin Sexton, the Head of Innovation at the Alpha Innovation Centre to discuss all things enterprise in Donegal and the Northwest of Ireland. The innovation advocates talk about converting problems into opportunities, scaling startups and the importance of failing fast.   Kevin shares his experience from across Europe and brings home the 4 phases of innovation to Inishowen, Co. Donegal. Kevin speaks about improving, adapting and developing as all being key elements of the innovation process. The Donegal natives highlight the range of supports, initiatives and opportunities for collaboration across the northwest and speak about the state of innovation in the region, the ecosystem and the start-up landscape.   Kevin speaks about The Alpha Innovation Centre, which is going to be a central space in Letterkenny where magic happens, where people can come out of their own biases and beliefs and collaborate locally with global ambition. The centre will provide a state-of-the-art innovative workspace for new start-ups and existing businesses with the aim of building a dynamic innovative ecosystem where both new and existing businesses will have the opportunity to operate their day-to-day business activities, network, and collaborate.   If you are interested in business opportunities, starting a business in a rural area or engaging in initiatives across the Northwest, this episode is for you!   Read more here: https://donegal.ie/propertysolutions/alpha-innovation-centre-letterkenny You can contact Kevin at kevinsexton@alphainnovation.eu    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our reporter Fiachra Ó Cionnaith talks to Tony Doherty from Inishowen in Co Donegal, whose 89-year-old father Henry is among those affected and we hear from Sage Advocacy's North West Regional Co-ordinator Ann Griffin.

Born in County Tyrone, Mary McKenna, MBE, has always been drawn to the North West of Ireland. Shortly after being born her family emigrated to Yorkshire where she was brought up. Many “happy school holidays” were spent with their grandmother in Inishowen and a strong connection to Donegal was built. Mary tells us about her career, AwakenHub and the potential being realised by the enterprise within the North West. Now residing in the fishing village of Greencastle, Mary calls the North West her base; “After years of city life in London, it really does feel like heaven.” Starting her professional career as a corporate accountant, Mary left her role to start Derry-based Learning Pool, with her business partner back in 2006. The Learning Pool platform brings online learning to organisations in a collaborative way, with 5.1 million active learners worldwide. “The North West is a great place to start and grow your business”, comments Mary. “The talent coming from our universities (ATU Donegal & Ulster University, Magee) on both sides of the border, the proximity to the EU and UK market, the start-up supports available from both governments, the excellent real estate and the high quality of life that we all enjoy, are the region's key selling points and why I loved scaling my business from here.” Setting up a tech business in the North West is actually very easy according to Mary. “The FDIs are still present but they're less dominant today. Now, the local tech scene is younger, more female, less formal, more global, well-educated, informed and definitely ambitious. A lot of newer founders have lived away from Ireland for a while but are electing to return home, settle down and build a business here.” Since selling her Learning Pool stake in 2014, Mary has focused her career as an angel investor and innovation expert. In 2020, Mary co-founded AwakenHub, along with 4 other women, Clare McGee, Mary Carty, Sinead Crowley and Denise McQuaid. AwakenHub is a community for Irish female founders and it provides a learning and mentoring environment for women who are starting businesses that they intend to scale from day 1. The motivation to create the social enterprise came from the goal of “making strong and successful female role models much more visible to younger females.” Mary explains “Since we started almost 2 years ago 2,000 women have engaged with us and attended our online monthly events. We're currently running Ireland's only cross-border accelerator, SheGenerate, for a cohort of 56 women. We're also about to launch our AwakenAngels investment community for angel investors interested in backing Irish female founders.” These programmes help the All-Ireland network to nurture and develop female founders to help accelerate their business to the next level. The group has recently appointed Mary Ann Pierce as their new Global Diaspora Ambassador, helping to strengthen ties between the social enterprise and diaspora, as well as attracting inward investment into the female founders. Scanning through Mary's LinkedIn, one can see she juggles her work at AwakenHub with many other roles. In 2018, she became an Expert Advisor to the EU Commission on MedTech, EdTech, Pharma, ICT and Advanced Computing. She also enjoys her role as a mentor with the University of Oxford, entrepreneur in residence with Catalyst and non-executive directorship with the Millennium Forum and Mind of My Own, to mention a few! “Only about half of what I do is listed on LinkedIn. I love everything that I'm involved in these days and that makes it less like work and more like fun. Keeping a lot of plates spinning is certainly a challenge but I'm a people person and I love the variety that my wide range of business interests brings me.” Joking at her busy lifestyle, Mary says “years ago when people asked me where my office was, I used to point at my handbag and that hasn't changed!” Her hectic lifestyle and wealth of experience make her the perfect ambassador for entrepr...

Gareth McCausland grew up in the midst of “The Troubles” on Shankill Road, didn't pick up a golf club until he was 15 and now finds himself in quite an alternative world on the Inishowen peninsula at Ballyliffin.  I hope you enjoy this episodes, leave a review if you do!  Please share the show with your family and friends. For more golf content check out www.PaddyTalksGolf.com

Jack B Yeats exhibition costs, the price of electricity and the glory of sheepdogs - from Inishowen to London Bridge.

jQuery(document).ready(function(){ cab.clickify(); }); Original Podcast with clickable words https://tinyurl.com/ydnpymom Highest Covid-19 case rate in Inishowen. An ráta is airde cásanna covid 19 in Inis Eoghain. The Carndonagh local electoral area in north Inishowen still has the highest rate of Covid 19 cases in the State according to the latest figures published today. I dtoghlimistéir áítiuil Charn Domhnach i dtuaisceart Inis Eoghain atá an ráta is airde de chásanna Covid 19 sa Stát go fóill de réir na bhfigiúirí is deireanaí atá foilsithe inniu. The rate is 2,693.9 cases per 100,000 population, compared to the national average of 526.4. 2,693.9 cás in aghaidh gach 100,000 duine den daonra é an ráta,i gcomparáid leis an meánráta náisiúnta 526.4. In the fortnight to Monday, August 23, 457 cases of coronavirus were confirmed in the area. Sa choicís go dtí an Luan an 23 Lúnasa, 457 cás den choróinvíreas a deimhniodh sa cheantar. The Buncrana Electoral Area in south Inishowen is the fourth highest caseload in the state with a rate of 1,511 cases per 100,000 population. Toghlimistéir Bhun Chranncha i ndeisceart Inis Eoghan é an ceathrú áit is airde cásanna sa stát agus ráta 1,511 cás sa 100,000 duine ansiúd. That was 338 cases in that two - week period. B'shin 338 cás sa tréimhse coicíse sin. In addition, the number of Covid-19 cases has risen in six out of seven Donegal local constituencies in the fortnight up to midnight on Monday 23 August. Ina theannta sin, tá ardú ar líon na gcásanna covid 19 i sé cinn as seacht gcinn de thoghcheantair áitiúla Dhún na nGall sa choicís suas go meánoíche ar an Luan an 23 Lúnasa. Meanwhile, 19 patients with Covid-19 were in Letterkenny Hospital at 8pm last night, the fifth highest number, according to the latest figures from the Health Services Executive. Idir an dá linn, bhí 19 n-othar le Covid- 19 in Otharlann Leitir Ceanainn ag a 8 a chlog aréir, an chúigiú líon is airde, de réir na bhfigiúirí is deireanaí ó Fheidhmeannacht na Seirbhísí Sláinte. Twenty - four cases of the virus have been confirmed in hospital for twenty - four hours. Deimhníodh 8 gcás den víreas san otharlann le ceithre huaire fichead. One patient is currently in the intensive care unit of Letterkenny Hospital due to the coronary virus. Othar amháin atá in aonad dianchúram Otharlann Leitir Ceanainn faoi láthair de bharr an choróinvíris.

Fr Brian Brady, in Clonmany in Inishowen in Donegal, tells us how his parishioners can get their ashes for this Ash Wednesday.

Inishowen resident  Jim Doherty discusses the impact of a hard Brexit on border communities, businesses, and people who travel across the border each day for work. Jim lives in Donegal but works as an  Associate Lecturer in Creative Media & Journalism at North West Regional College in Derry. He explains how due to a probable […]

Author and host Matt Coyle of Crime Corner welcome author Andrea Carter to the studio.   Andrea Carter grew up in Laois and studied law at Trinity College Dublin, before moving to the Inishowen peninsula in Co. Donegal where she ran the most northerly solicitors’ practice in the country. In 2006 she returned to Dublin to work as a barrister before turning to write crime novels.     She is the author of the Inishowen Mysteries, most recently Murder at Greysbridge and The Body Falls. Her books are published by Little, Brown in the UK, Goldmann Verlag in Germany, Oceanview in the US and will shortly be adapted for television. Filming is due to begin in Donegal next summer.  The Sunday Times has said ‘Carter excels in re-creating the cloistered, gossipy confines of a small Irish village…the Inishowen community where everybody knows everybody else’s business is a fine stand-in for the mannered drawing room society of a Christie mystery.’  Learn more at https://andreacarterbooks.com/ Matt Coyle is the award-winning author of the Rick Cahill P.I. Series, The next installment, BLIND VIGIL is available for pre-order now at https://amzn.to/3eoluCF.  Learn more about Matt at https://mattcoylebooks.com/ @copyrighted        

Off we pop to the county home of the oldest brewery in Ireland up until recently, and we delve into the resurgence in shebeens around Ireland. (SIRI, what's a tenuous link?) Chief writer of the Irish Times’ An Irishman’s Diary Frank McNally joins us to discuss illicit drinking dens from Cape Town to Inishowen. Also, Andrea is obsessed with Kilkenny’s witchy history (festive), Una’s impression of Stephen Donnelly wins an Oscar, and Fine Gael are obsessed with themselves.

Henry O'Donnell project manager of the Inishowen Upland European Innovation Partnership joins Catherine Egan on this week's Beef Edge podcast to give an overview of the project and explains how it aims to improve the economic sustainability of farming High Nature Value (HNV) land in Inishowen. This is done through the implementation of a range of innovative measures which also deliver on environmental sustainability by increasing biodiversity, improving water quality and combating climate change. To achieve these goals, the project will pursue the following specific objectives: - Provide a best practice management template to increase farm profitability - Demonstrate that by adopting a whole farm approach that addresses both the economic and environmental aspects of mountain upland and improved lowland on the farm that will lead better long-term outcomes There are a number of innovative measures undertaken by the participants in the project and for further information go to: https://www.inishoweneip.com/ For more episodes and information covered on the Beef Edge, visit the show page at: teagasc.ie/thebeefedge

Travel Expert Stephanie Abrams takes radio audience traveling by river boat cruise in Europe and to Ireland to golf in Co. Dublin and travel through "Amazing Grace Country" in Buncranna to Fort Dunree and more in Inishowen, Co. donegal. Guests Include: Hour 1: Marilyn Conroy-Executive Vice President-Riviera River Cruises Hour 2: Dympna Condra, Tourism Officer, County Monaghan, Ireland Hour 3: Darren McCreesh, Manager, Patrick Kavanagh Centre, County Monaghan, Ireland

Derek is joined by Killian McLaughlin, who’s added two pairs of European Crane to the Wild Ireland Reserve in Inishowen.

The first episode of our weekly Tradfest podcast, presented by Kieran Hanrahan and Ruth Smith and pulsing out from Temple Bar, the heart from Dublin in Ireland to the world every Monday. This show aims to bring you a fresh flavour of Ireland every week as we share our passion for music with you. We focus on Trad, Folk and what we call Trad Without Frontiers as we bring you exclusive live recordings and interviews recorded at our Tradfest festival and also global gig news and new releases. This first show features live music and interviews with harper Seána Davey, Dubliner's legend John Sheahan with his musical cohort Michael Howard's reworking of W.B. Yeats as you've never heard him before, the amazing voices of The Henry Girls from Inishowen in Donegal and our host Kieran Hanhrahan's brother and best man, otherwise known as Mike Hanrahan and Tommy Hayes from Stockton's Wing who combine their life-long love of music and food. All of these acts and many many more play Tradfest in Temple Bar, Dublin and beyond from Jan 23rd to 27th. Tickets and info from Tradfest.ieA bumper first show to kick us off! Get in touch on Twitter @TempleBarTrad Tradfest is produced by @DonalScannell for @BornOptimisticWe'd love to hear from you.Please send us gig info you'd like us to share and new releases you'd like us to feature on the show.

Hear possibly the finest description you'll ever savour of the night sky as read by Mary Murphy. The setting is Shroove just north of Greencastle on the Inishowen peninsula in north Donegal, Ireland. The mysterious fireball described at the end is believed to be an early eye-witness account of the Rockytown Light which we have covered in more detail, but with perhaps less eloquence here: - https://audioboom.com/posts/2335837-the-rockytown-light Audio: Mary Murphy, 2009 Text: John Ward Inishowen, Rockytown Light, Star Wars, Donegal, Wild Atlantic Way

Inishowen Sports Review of the Year 2016 by Inishowen Independent

Inishowen sport podcast 17 November; soccer, boxing, Gaelic football and rugby by Inishowen Independent

In this episode we discuss the gold mining industry in Ireland, with a specific focus on Inishowen, where exploration licenses have been issued for. This leads to a broader consideration of the industry across the island and its environmental impact. Interviewees for this episode are: Toni Devine, an Inishowen resident and anti-mine campaigner; John Teeling, chair person of Connemara mining, who hold exploration licenses for Inishowen; and Ian Lumley, a member of conservation advocacy group An Taisce.

This is a great overview on what an Irish Rambling House was about from Inishowenians Tony McLaughlin and J.P. Bradley. Known as a Ceilidhing House having Big Nights up in Inishowen, other parts of Ireland would have had Oíche Airnéals or Scoraíochts - whatever way you call it, they were houses in rural Ireland that became the entertainment centres of the locality for that night with stories, music and maybe some newspaper reading, card playing or dancing taking place. In 2021, we've rebooted the rambling house concept for the lockdown - go to http://www.ramblinghouse.ie to see how you can organise your own rambling house storytelling evening with ease for free. #Donegal #Inishowen #RamblingHouse #storytelling #Ireland

The tale of the burglar boy in print will seem far from amusing, being a short piece about larceny and a death threat no less. In the mouth of a master storyteller, it transcends into a hilarious, salutary tale to bring the house down. The late Bertie Bryce from Inch Island in Inishowen told stories for nine decades and it shows. His timing, his intonation and his verbal dexterity all made him the outstanding storyteller of his area. I heard this story told in many settings, with differing crowds and the result was always the same - Bertie stole the show every time.

Mary Murphy tells us the placename in English, Sean McMahon tells us how it is pronounced in Irish, then Mary tells us what that Irish wording means thus giving the etymology of the place. Starting with Inishowen, we finish the piece with Urris as it was the place Brian Friel had in mind for his 1981 masterpiece, Translations, which dealt with Britain's attempts to remove the Irish placenames and replace them with new English versions.

Shrine Seventeen: the lost souls.  Location:  55.197781, -7.553101 Fort Dunree and its surroundings are possibly the richest site from which to reflect on several momentous events in not just local history, but in our national heritage. Hear more in this audio piece from racontour founder, John Ward. Certain landscapes, such as the Boyne valley or Kinsale harbour, have borne witness to seminal dates in Irish history. Lough Swilly, whose name appropriately derives from the Gaelic for eyes, "suile" on account of St. Colmcille slaughtering a beast with many eyes on its shores, must rank highly amongst such sites. It is said that when the human memory has been outlived, the landscape remembers; peering across Lough Swilly from Dunree Head, feeling the Atlantic breeze upon one's face, take a few minutes to sense the redolence of momentous events that helped shape Ireland's destiny. To the left of the lough beyond Fahan lies the ancient seat of the high kings of Ireland at Grianan of Aileach.  On the right of the lough is the port of Rathmullan, where the old Gaelic order came to an end with the Flight of the Earls on the 14th September 1607. In the garrison town of Buncrana, the Irish patriot Wolfe Tone's crusade for Irish freedom came to an end on November 3rd 1798 after his boat The Hoche foundered and he was arrested. On the 18th September 1914, the inhabitants along the shore awoke to find the lough filled with warships, becoming the main base of the British fleet under Admiral Jellicoe in World War One. Finally, consider the very soil of Dunree itself and neighbouring Leenan fort, the last parcels of land to be handed back by the British to the Irish on the 3rd October 1938.  Consider the thousands of souls that have passed between Dunree and Saldanha Head across the lough: the forlorn hopes of Wolfe Tone before being apprehended; the despondency of the chieftains fleeing these shores, never to return; the imminent death of 274 people on the H.M.S. Saldanha on the 4th December 1811; the relief of an incoming British battleship at escaping the German mines or the gratitude of the wary traveller such as John Newton arriving on the 8th April 1748 from a tempest, immortalised in his song, Amazing Grace. Download the GPS tour that goes with this at: http://donegalapp.com/tours/donegals-hallowed-sites/  #Donegal, #Inishowen, #HeritageWeek, #FortDunree,

Located just off Burt church on the way to the village of Burt, Slob Road is indeed a place. Sean wrote impeccable sentences, but he certainly was game for reading out some of my more unusual sights of Inishowen - here's one such example where he is working with slight material, but still manages to add a flourish to it. 

In our audio piece, Sean reminds us of this desolate location's pivotal role in the build up to World War II. Along with Fort Dunree, this was the last parcel of land to be handed back by the British to Eire (as it was then) on the 3rd October, 1938. #Inishowen

J.P. Bradley from Inishowen has a great gravelly voice that is perfect for telling a funny story.

Inishowen fiddle maestro, Dinny 'White Harra' McLaughlin, hosted the Rambling House radio series on the 1st October 2009. Here our director, Seoirse O'Dochartaigh, asks Dinny how exactly certain homes in Ireland became known as rambling houses to their local community. As always, Dinny gave a comprehensive and colourful response, including the less than exotic honeymoon destination for a newly married couple he knew well!

Sean McMahon welcomes you all to the peninsula of Inishowen right at the northern tip of Donegal.

Listen to a fascinating account from Reverend Sir Henry Montgomery of what life was like in 19th century Inishowen, County Donegal, Ireland.

Shrine 21: when Inishowen became Paris.  Location: 55.037622, -7.302966 Pedants out there may note we're into another jurisdiction, but as we are five fields from Donegal and in light of the fact that the concept being honoured - human endeavour and bravery - is far bigger than a border, we'll let it stand.  On the morning of May 20, 1932 the flight pioneer set off from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland with the intention of flying to Paris in her single engine Lockheed Vega 5b to emulate Charles Lindbergh's solo flight. After a flight lasting 14 hours, 56 minutes during which she contended with strong northerly winds, icy conditions and mechanical problems.  To cap all this, petrol had started to trickle down her neck so Earhart made an emergency landing in a pasture at Ballyarnett near the banks of Lough Foyle, a far cry from her intended landing site of gay Paris. In a masterly stroke of understated smalltalk, a farm hand who'd witnessed the landing asked, "Have you flown far?" Amelia replied crisply "From America". The site now is the home of a small museum, the Amelia Earhart Centre, but it's now shut (and it looked it when last checked) so read up on this fascinating woman before making the pilgrimage here. Earhart was to be declared dead in absentia on the 5th of January 1937 after another courageous flight ended in mystery when it disappeared without trace. Narrator: the late Sean McMahon tells us of of not one, but three sets of aerial visitors to Derry from 1931 to 1941, two benign, one murderous!

30th October 2013: Five years ago this very evening, I was lucky enough to meet Bertie Brice in his house in Inch Island, Inishowen, County Donegal. Dermot McLaughlin (pictured above in glasses with Bertie) brought me along to the immaculately-kept house that widower Bertie lived in. From the off, weird and wonderful stories flowed from Bertie. For the week that is in it, I am playing a sample of some of the scarier stories he told us – tales of poltergeists, fairies, phantasms, levitations and witchcraft no less. Beat that for a Hallowe'en ghostfest! I sadly learned of Bertie's death earlier this week from his good friend, Dermot. I hope when you listen to his tales, you'll appreciate the wonderful talent that he had and maybe agree the preservation of these tales will in some small way ensure his massive contribution to storytelling as an art form lives on. His turn of phrase, his innate timing, his devilish sense of humour, his mischief – it is all there to behold. I'd just met the man and there he was telling me these great stories like I was an old friend. I had to keep my laughing down to a Muttley-like wheeze, but Dermot is the perfect foil for Bertie's banter. I remember that night like it was yesterday and find it hard that the great storyteller is gone and that five years passed in the blink of an eye. #Donegal #Inishowen #Inch #Bertie Brice #storytelling #Ireland #ghost stories #fairies #Halloween

A lot has been written about the Irish pub, but there is no substitute for a visit to one. The sights, the smells and especially the sounds have to be witnessed first hand. Here's a brief recording of some characters in a rural pub in north Donegal where a controversial assertion is thrown to the mob with cacophonous results. Recorded at about 5.30pm on a wet Tuesday, it's a colourful expletive-heavy slice of good healthy debate that I reckon deserved a round of applause at the end! #Donegal, #Inishowen, #Irish pub, #pub #drink #pub talk, #Ireland

In a year when Derry-Londonderry takes centre stage as the UK City of Culture, Helen Mark steps out into the city's back garden to explore the hidden gems of the Inishowen Peninsula. Located at the northernmost tip of Ireland where it meets with the Atlantic Ocean, and with Lough Foyle to the east and Lough Swilly to the west, Inishowen is rich in history, heritage and landscape, with more than its fair share of undiscovered delights. Helen Mark begins her journey at the Glenevin Waterfall with American, Doris Russo. Now in her 90s, Doris first visited Donegal almost 20 years ago when she fell in love with the area and bought Glen House with its adjoining land and beautiful, yet inaccessible, waterfall. Helen hears how Doris took it upon herself to clear the brambles and undergrowth that blocked the route to the waterfall and so began a project that would take years to reach fruition with the help of the local community and volunteers. There are very few people in the area now without a friend or relative who has been involved in the Glenevin Waterfall including farmer, Michael Devlin, who tells Helen of his own experiences of the waterfall as a child. At the northern tip of Inishowen Helen meets writer, Cary Meehan, to visit the atmospheric Bocan Stone Circle at Malin Head. Cary has made a promise with herself to visit a sacred place every week and feels that these are places that give people a divine connection that there really are no words for. Heading back along the shores of Lough Foyle, Helen stops off for a kayak trip out on the waters with Adrian Harkin before making her way back to the border. Before she leaves Inishowen, Helen makes one last stop to meet Dessie McCallion who takes Helen to one of his favourite hidden gems, a woodland near the village of Muff where he walks and feeds the red squirrels who call the woodland home. Presenter: Helen Mark Producer: Helen Chetwynd.

From 2012 in Newtowncunningham, hear Seoirse O'Dochartaigh and Sean Beattie tell us a bit more about this most mysterious of Irish icons. Seoirse recites the ballad 'St. Patrick was a gentleman' followed by a discussion with Sean on St. Patrick's connections with the Inishowen peninsula. Recorded in All Saints church in Newtowncunningham on the eve of St. Patrick's Day, it's lovely to find someone with material beyond the myth and to hear a few facts about the great man! St. Patrick, Donegal N1407/22

Dinny 'White Harra' McLoughlin is a legendary fiddle player, teacher and composer living just outside of Buncrana who would be regarded as the doyen of the Inishowen fiddle tradition, a style that is fundamentally different from that played in the rest of Donegal. We were welcomed into his house in Shandrim to hear some of his own compositions, his musings and anecdotes in what was a famous 'Big Night' for Inishowen. Sit back and relax as you hear White Harra in flow and enjoy your very own Big Night wherever you may be. http://www.ramblinghouse.ie

Dinny 'White Harra' McLoughlin is a legendary fiddle player, teacher and composer living just outside of Buncrana who would be regarded as the doyen of the Inishowen fiddle tradition, a style that is fundamentally different from that played in the rest of Donegal. We were welcomed into his house in Shandrim to hear some of his own compositions, his musings and anecdotes in what was a famous 'Big Night' for Inishowen. Sit back and relax as you hear White Harra in flow and enjoy your very own Big Night wherever you may be. http://www.ramblinghouse.ie

Inishowen is nearly completely surrounded by water from the Swilly to the Fough and we felt that its maritime heritage deserved capturing for posterity in what is the area's leading fishing port. The Cairn theatre overlooking Greencastle was the location for the penultimate episode of Rambling House in Inishowen. The group gathered with locals to discuss everything from folklore to fishing quotas, boat building to borders, Spanish fleets to German u-boats. http://www.ramblinghouse.ie

Inishowen is nearly completely surrounded by water from the Swilly to the Fough and we felt that its maritime heritage deserved capturing for posterity in what is the area's leading fishing port. The Cairn theatre overlooking Greencastle was the location for the penultimate episode of Rambling House in Inishowen. The group gathered with locals to discuss everything from folklore to fishing quotas, boat building to borders, Spanish fleets to German u-boats. http://www.ramblinghouse.ie

Dan's Cottage in Urrismanagh in Inishowen was the setting for our programme on the subject of the Cratur. This region was famously known as The Poitín Republic due to the abundance and quality of the brew in the area. The Rambling House team were joined by some knowledgeable locals to produce a very entertaining and informative radio programme. Sit back with a glass of your favourite tipple - maybe even a drop of the Cratur and enjoy the craic at Dan's Cottage. http://www.ramblinghouse.ie

Dan's Cottage in Urrismanagh in Inishowen was the setting for our programme on the subject of the Cratur. This region was famously known as The Poitín Republic due to the abundance and quality of the brew in the area. The Rambling House team were joined by some knowledgeable locals to produce a very entertaining and informative radio programme. Sit back with a glass of your favourite tipple - maybe even a drop of the Cratur and enjoy the craic at Dan's Cottage. http://www.ramblinghouse.ie

Malin Head has seen its fair share of Mother Nature at her best – and at her worst. None worse perhaps than the Winter of 1947, when the headland was closed off for six weeks due to heavy snow. Far from foundering, the locals survived by helping each other and using their knowledge of the land and the sea around them to survive the ordeal. We used that incident to kick start our radio series, Rambling House, on how exactly folk lived off the land in Inishowen in days gone by. http://www.ramblinghouse.ie

Malin Head has seen its fair share of Mother Nature at her best – and at her worst. None worse perhaps than the Winter of 1947, when the headland was closed off for six weeks due to heavy snow. Far from foundering, the locals survived by helping each other and using their knowledge of the land and the sea around them to survive the ordeal. We used that incident to kick start our radio series, Rambling House, on how exactly folk lived off the land in Inishowen in days gone by. http://www.ramblinghouse.ie

Inishowen's eminent historian and editor, Sean Beattie, was recently awarded an honorary M.A. in history from the National University of Ireland, Galway along with the historian, Helen Meehan. Here, Donegal Historical Society member, Seumas Gildea, explains what makes Sean a cut above even the boffins of Oxford!

"The Fall 2009 Sidney Harman Writer-in-Residence at Baruch College features Joseph O'Connor, the author of six novels: Cowboys and Indians, Desperadoes, The Salesman, Inishowen, Star of the Sea, and Redemption Falls; four collections of non-fiction, and an award-winning stage play, Red Roses and Petrol. Roslyn Bernstein, Director of the Sidney Harman Writer-in-Residence Program, introduces the event. James McCarthy, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, makes the welcoming remarks. Mary McGlynn, Professor of English specializing in British, Irish, and Anglophone postcolonial literatures of the twentieth century, introduces the speaker. The event takes place on October 20, 2009, at the Newman Conference Center, Baruch College, co-sponsored by Poets & Writers."

"The Fall 2009 Sidney Harman Writer-in-Residence at Baruch College features Joseph O'Connor, the author of six novels: Cowboys and Indians, Desperadoes, The Salesman, Inishowen, Star of the Sea, and Redemption Falls; four collections of non-fiction, and an award-winning stage play, Red Roses and Petrol. Roslyn Bernstein, Director of the Sidney Harman Writer-in-Residence Program, introduces the event. James McCarthy, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, makes the welcoming remarks. Mary McGlynn, Professor of English specializing in British, Irish, and Anglophone postcolonial literatures of the twentieth century, introduces the speaker. The event takes place on October 20, 2009, at the Newman Conference Center, Baruch College, co-sponsored by Poets & Writers."

"The Fall 2009 Sidney Harman Writer-in-Residence at Baruch College features Joseph O’Connor, the author of six novels: Cowboys and Indians, Desperadoes, The Salesman, Inishowen, Star of the Sea, and Redemption Falls; four collections of non-fiction, and an award-winning stage play, Red Roses and Petrol. Roslyn Bernstein, Director of the Sidney Harman Writer-in-Residence Program, introduces the event. James McCarthy, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, makes the welcoming remarks. Mary McGlynn, Professor of English specializing in British, Irish, and Anglophone postcolonial literatures of the twentieth century, introduces the speaker. The event takes place on October 20, 2009, at the Newman Conference Center, Baruch College, co-sponsored by Poets & Writers."

"The Fall 2009 Sidney Harman Writer-in-Residence at Baruch College features Joseph O’Connor, the author of six novels: Cowboys and Indians, Desperadoes, The Salesman, Inishowen, Star of the Sea, and Redemption Falls; four collections of non-fiction, and an award-winning stage play, Red Roses and Petrol. Roslyn Bernstein, Director of the Sidney Harman Writer-in-Residence Program, introduces the event. James McCarthy, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, makes the welcoming remarks. Mary McGlynn, Professor of English specializing in British, Irish, and Anglophone postcolonial literatures of the twentieth century, introduces the speaker. The event takes place on October 20, 2009, at the Newman Conference Center, Baruch College, co-sponsored by Poets & Writers."

On This Weeks Garden Radio: I speak with Donal of Harry’s Restaurant as he and the team prepare for this years Inish Food Festival taking place from 18-20th May. A skills sharing & tasting w/e centred on Irish food & drink’s heritage & future. This, top garden man Donal Carey, walled gardens and their restoration and so much more…. Further on the blog post: http://blog.doneganlandscaping.com/2012/05/18/the-sodshow-meets-inish-food/

The textile manufacturer Fruit of the Loom were the focus of employment in Inishowen and when they left they created an employment blackspot at a time when Irish employment was at its peak. (First Broadcast 2009)

We visit the Inishowen Peninsula in County Donegal, make Irish brown bread and Liam sings the Wild Rover. THIS EPISODE IS iTUNES ENHANCED. AN MP3-ONLY VERSION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.IRISHFIRESIDE.COM