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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29. Tommy Keane: Uilleann Pipe Player

Includes: introductions; the list of great players Tommy has played with including Jacqueline McCarthy, Pádraic Keane, Siobhán Keane and Maisie-Kate Keane; getting the recording gig for Rum, Sodomy & ...

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28. Dr. Patrick Collins: Associate Professor In Economic Geography

Episode 28 is a ramble in the economic forests with Patrick Collins: Ireland being the richest member state of the Europe Union; tax avoidance; dodgy metrics; gross domestic product vs gross national ...

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27. Valentines & Ireland: Fr. Séan Mac Giollarnath feat. Irish With Mollie

Episode 27 opens with Mollie teaching us how to say "Happy Valentine's Day" in Gaelic. Then the conversation moves to Whitefriar Street Church where Fender Jackson chats with Fr. Séan Mac Giollarnath ...

14 Helmi 202446min

26. Danny O'Brien: Comedian

Episode 26 is a rather contrasting conversation with the mouth clown Danny O'Brien. All with music!Conversation includes: mouth clowning; Glendalough; Celtic Tiger; taking the career path to being a s...

13 Helmi 202459min

25. Ruairí McKiernan: Author, counsellor, campaigner

Episode 25 is a conversation with Ruairí McKiernan who has job titles being listed as a counsellor, campaigner, charity founder, keynote speaker, author, former member of the Council Of State, CEO and...

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24. Chinese New Year: Year Of The Dragon

Episode 24 has the most important guests yet who give their expertise on China. Included in the conversation: how to say Happy New Year in Chinese; the different Chinese tones; how to write them and h...

10 Helmi 202426min

23. Liam Ó Maonlaí: Hothouse Flowers

Episode 23. A zen-like conversation between Liam Ó Maonlaí and Fender Jackson which provides no beginning nor end. Bookended with live piano performances Liam shares his performing and recording insig...

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22. Bríd Rodgers: 1500th Anniversary Of St. Brigid

Episode 22 brings you a conversation wit Bríd Rodgers which was recorded on 1st February 2024: the 1500th anniversary of Saint Brigid. Brid Rodgers is a retired politician of John Hume’s Social Democr...

2 Helmi 202417min