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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Episoder(228)

36. Paul Charles: Agent & Writer - Part 2

Episode 36 includes Paul Charles' dealings with Christy Moore, Paul Brady, Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan.Conversation includes: the performing abilities and character of Christy Moore; Declan Sinnott...

12 Mar 202433min

35. Paul Charles: Agent & Writer - Part 1

Episode 35 is the first of three parts charting the meteoric rise of Paul Charles from a small village in Northern Ireland to being one of the biggest music agents on the planet.Conversation includes:...

11 Mar 202448min

34. Una O Boyle: Chess Woman Candidate Master

Episode 34 is an interview with Woman Candidate Master Úna O Boyle conducted by the most important interviewers yet to appear on The Ireland Podcast.Conversation includes: introductions; early years o...

8 Mar 20241h 7min

33. Aonghus O'Flaherty: Tig Choili, Galway

Episode 33 is a conversation with Aonghus O'Flaherty who is the son of Colie O'Flaherty and one of the key family members of a jewel in the musical crown of Galway: Tig Choili. This interview was reco...

4 Mar 202449min

32. Akira The Don: St. David's Day Special

Episode 32 is a celebration of St David’s Day through a conversation with Fender Jackson’s Welsh friend Akira The Don. Akira is a successful musical artist who has come up with his own genre which he ...

1 Mar 20241h 7min

31. Andy Irvine Bonus Extra: One Midsummer’s Day

Warning: This episode has strong language!Episode 31 is Andy singing a song called One Midsummer’s Day. The roots of this track actually lie in Arthur McBride and Andy explains all about it. This is a...

28 Feb 20247min

30. Andy Irvine: Irish Musician and Living Legend

Episode 30 is a chat with another living legend: Andy Irvine. Andy has played with Sweeney's Men, Planxty, Patrick Street, Mozaik, LAPD and Usher's Island. As a duo Andy has teamed up with Dónal Lunny...

26 Feb 20241h 4min

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 & ...

20 Feb 20241h 12min