Samhain and the Gates of Hell - PG
Speaker: John Ward In Dante’s Inferno, our hero passes through the Gates of Hell, which bear an inscription, the final line of which is the famous phrase "Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate", or ...
27 Okt 20136min
Irish pub banter
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...
23 Okt 201353s
Noine thurty foive on Orr-Tee-Eee Wan.
There’s a continuity presenter in Orr – Tee – Eee that really really gets up my goat. Yep, you know the one. Most major things on RTE One are at 9.35. For some reason, RTE have given the job of announ...
15 Okt 201326s
Saluting the great Charles Macklin
Charles Macklin’s long life bookended two pivotal points in Irish history. Born weeks after William of Orange's 1690 triumph by the banks of the Boyne, he died the year before the 1798 Rebellion, just...
13 Okt 201347s
Lughnasa
Amid the chatter and the buzz of the room, I discreetly asked my friend ‘any sign of him?’. ‘Nah, he’s not coming’ was the reply. The elusive Brian Friel was nowhere to be seen. The setting was the Ba...
11 Okt 201357s
Friday the 13th, omens and luck
Friday the 13th has elicited a lot of unnecessary fear over the years – it’s a day when we’re told to look out for omens of bad luck. Where did it all come from? To answer this, we have an extract fro...
13 Sep 20134min
Heaney, hope and history rhyming.
At the launch of the 'Atlas of Donegal' on Saturday, Martin McGuinness told the audience about the power of Heaney’s words literally bringing opposite sides together. He recalled giving Ian Paisley a ...
11 Sep 20133min
Metalman - Waterford's superhero brewer
Grainne from Metalman Brewing took time out from her busy schedule at the excellent Irish Craft Beer and Cider festival in the RDS on Sunday to big up the forthcoming Waterford Harvest festival. She a...
10 Sep 20136min
