The Ireland Podcast

About the Podcast

The Ireland Podcast is a long-form interview series creating space for unhurried conversation about life on the island of Ireland and beyond.

The Conversations

Hosted by Fender Jackson and produced by Salthill Media, the podcast centres on listening rather than argument. Each episode features a single guest and allows time for reflection, context, and experience to emerge naturally. Guests include artists, musicians, writers, athletes, broadcasters, historians, and cultural figures whose work or perspective offers insight into place, memory, and lived experience.

There is no political or religious agenda. The podcast does not seek to persuade, promote, or argue a position. Instead, it exists as a space for careful dialogue, where complexity is allowed and difference is approached with curiosity rather than confrontation.

The Host

Fender Jackson grew up in Ulster and later lived in England and China before returning to Ireland and settling in Galway, where most episodes are now recorded. These experiences inform a listening-led, exploratory approach shaped by distance as well as proximity, and by an awareness of how place, movement, and memory intersect.

Approach

The Ireland Podcast approaches the island as a shared, lived place - shaped by multiple histories, traditions, communities, and viewpoints. In a post-conflict society, conversation itself has value. The podcast recognises the role that respectful dialogue, storytelling, and careful questioning can play in fostering empathy and understanding.

Over time, it becomes an informal record of conversations about the island and its many expressions, offered quietly and without prescription.

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125. Tom Giblin: A Musical Tribute

Episode 125 is a musical tribute to the esteemed musician Tom Giblin who passed on Saturday 19th October 2024. Tom was a regular fixture on the traditional Irish music circuit in Galway playing his ac...

22 Marras 20241h 9min

124. Andrea Iadarola: Book Of Kells - Part 3

Episode 124 is the third and final episode of the 2024 series celebrating the Book of Kells that was recorded on at Trinity College, Dublin on Tues 1st October 2024. Fender is given a personal tour en...

20 Marras 202457min

123. Scustin: Music Group

Episode 123 has the band Scustin in the studio having the craic and performing acoustic versions of their greatest hits of the future.Conversation includes: introductions; actual jobs; ‘I’ll Never Fly...

19 Marras 202438min

122. Breege Rowley: Cinema & Television Editor

Episode 122 is a conversation with Breege Rowley, a film editor who has spent the last eight years making her first documentary which charts the change of Ireland as seen through a small town in Count...

13 Marras 20241h 4min

121. Iain Carlisle: Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland

Episode 121 is a conversation between Fender Jackson and Chief Executive of the Grand Orange Lodge Of Ireland Iain Carlisle.Conversation includes: early life; Iain’s career path which led him to his c...

11 Marras 202454min

120. Caitlin Skahen & Co: Book Of Kells - Part 2

Episode 120 is a continuation of the celebration of the Book Of Kells as Fender Jackson talks with various staff and visitors. The main body of this episode is provided by Caitlin Skahen. Recorded in ...

29 Loka 202430min

119. Laura House: Ancestry, Genetic Genealogist - Part 2

Episode 119 is the second and final part of the conversation between Genetic Genealogist from Ancestry Laura House and Fender Jackson.Conversation includes: traits; ProGenealogy – Genealogical Service...

24 Loka 202441min

118. Gearoid McCarthy: Musician

Episode 118 has Fender Jackson in conversation with online music sensation Gearoid McCathy just before he took to the stage in Monroe’s on 11th October 2024.Conversation include: introductions; family...

21 Loka 202437min