The Galway Podcast

11/04/2024

After much deliberation we have decided to place The Galway Podcast on hiatus until further notice and concentrate all of our resources on The Ireland Podcast. We thank you for your support and understanding.

Please feel free to subscribe to The Ireland Podcast which can be found at TheIrelandPodcast.com or on your favourite podcast player.

Sláinte,

The Salthill Media Team ☘

20/02/2024

Oranmore's Tommy Keane.

https://www.salthillmedia.com/theirelandpodcast/episode/9ed3bab4/29-tommy-keane-uilleann-pipe-player

Conversation with Tommy 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, So**my & The Lash; Phil Chevron; Elvis Costello; arrangements; Old Grey Whistle Test performance; vari-speeding; the three parts of the uilleann pipes; the chanter; the range of uilleann pipes vs bagpipes; overblowing; octave notes; three drones; three regulators; Dirty Old Town; breaking down the solo; the use of colour and vibrato; Paddy Moloney’s vibrato; Liam O’Flynn’s vibrato; who Tommy likes to listen to; different levels of familiarisation of Irish music; having pipes in different keys; Na Píobairí Uilleann; renewed popularity of the uilleann pipes; The Old Main Drag; ending of the Dirty Old Town solo; Blues; Henry Benagh’s fiddle part; Poguetry In Motion EP; Body Of An American; Planxty Noel Hill; playing live gigs with The Pogues; A Pair Of Brown Eyes; the overblow; tunes which are not pipe-friendly; recording environment for Rum, So**my & The Lash; Elvis Costello witnessing the uilleann pipes; Davy Spillane; Tommy Carney; starting out on the uilleann pipes; Colm Broderick & Liam O’Flynn’s pipes; Pádraic Keane; Páraic Mac Donnchadha, and other topics.

Performances
Dirty Old Town in D: 32:47
Dirty Old Town in C: 33:30
Old Main Drag: 46:09
Body Of An American: 52:31
Planxty Noel Hill: 54:04
A Pair Of Brown Eyes: 57:38
A Man You Don't Meet Every Day: 1:11:38

NB Tommy had a lingering cough from a recent cold for this recording. The coughs have all been reduced in the edit for your listening pleasure.

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15/02/2024

Anyone know John Lydon? Please share.

'Allo! 'Allo! 'Allo! John Lydon! We want to interview you. Please get in touch if you would like to impart some of your fine wisdom on The Ireland Podcast. May the road rise with you! Go raibh maith agat. TiP (Please share!)

01/02/2024

https://www.salthillmedia.com/theirelandpodcast/episode/93d00872/21-deirdre-brennan-looking-for-brigid-feat-irish-with-mollie

Episode 21 is the third in a series celebrating the 1500th anniversary of St. Brigid. Firstly we have Mollie (from ‘IrishWithMollie’) teaching us how to say Happy Saint Brigid’s Day in Gaelic followed by a conversation with photographer Deirdre Brennan. Deirdre photographed 60 women named Brigid around the island of Ireland and these images will be projected at Barnardo Square in Dublin from 1st to 5th February.

00:00:23 Irish With Mollie
00:07:31 Greetings with Deirdre Brennan
00:07:41 Looking For Brigid introduction
00:08:51 The call out and help from Keith Nolan
00:12:13 Discussing the project
00:20:13 My Bloody Sunday (project)
00:21:57 The Irish State Is 100 Years Old (project)
00:24:30 Bloody Sunday
Some of the Brigids
00:26:26 Bridget McDermott
00:27:40 Bridget Brownlow
00:28:32 Bridget Harper
00:30:05 Breege Corr
00:31:30 Bridget Connors
00:33:27 Brigid McDonnell
00:34:59 Travelling around Ireland
00:35:48 Funding
00:38:41 Bridie Gribben
00:39:27 Bríd Logue
00:41:20 Brigid Kavita,
00:43:10 Brigid Raven Smith,
00:44:25 Brigid Leahy
00:46:38 Bridie
00:47:38 Bridgeen Bustinza
00:48:48 Bonnie Brigid Cartin
00:49:23 Brigid
00:49:55 Bríd
00:50:36 Brigitte Bardot
00:52:07 Brigid the baby
00:53:21 Brigid Whinnery
00:55:01 Briege Morrison
00:55:56 Brigid Smyth
00:57:58 Mo Mowlem
01:00:30 How has Deirdre’s view of Brigid changed?
01:01:36 The three deaths
01:03:21 Talking Derry Girls Podcast
01:04:01 Plans for the future
01:05:38 James Joyce

Relevant Links
https://deirdrebrennan.com
https://www.irishwithmollie.com
https://dublin.ie/whats-on/listings/shine-on-brigit-at-barnardo-square

31/01/2024

https://www.salthillmedia.com/thegalwaypodcast/episode/a4c958e6/46-ruairi-lehmann-galway-city-council-tourism-officer
(Linktree in bio)

Episode 46 brings you an in depth conversation with the tourism officer of Galway City Council, Mr Ruairí Lehmann. Ruairi discusses the challenges and joys of his job, how popular Galway is as a tourist destination, how Galway County and Galway City work in tandem with each other, the importance of the tourists and students to the economy to Galway and the west of Ireland, development plans for the future, the different festivals - big and small, the tourism season of Galway, how Galway is a MedTech capital globally, balancing Galway's heritage with its developing future, public consultations, the challenges of opening a new business in Galway, what the council are doing with sustainability and green energy, short term lets and new legislation, the night time economy as well as other topics.

Relevant Links
https://www.galwaycity.ie

Photo by Professor Chaosheng Zhang
https://www.instagram.com/chaoshengzhang

Additional Links
https://atasteofgalway.com
https://www.wildlands.ie
https://gleg.ie
https://www.giaf.ie
https://tonnta.eu
https://www.instagram.com/ar_imeall
https://www.localenterprise.ie

24/01/2024

https://www.salthillmedia.com/thegalwaypodcast/episode/b1c2418b/45-katharine-mac-maghnuis-athenry-music-school

Episode 45 is a very in-depth conversation with Katharine Mac Mághnuis from the Athenry Music School where she discusses her background, the birth of Athenry Music School, the philosophy of Suzuki Education, the lessons available, her suggestions for how much practise a child should do, the school regulations, awards and partnerships, upcoming events as well as other topics. Photo by Brad Anderson.

Relevant Links:
https://athenrymusicschool.com

23/01/2024

https://www.salthillmedia.com/theirelandpodcast/episode/cd5079e2/18-patrick-maguire-freelance-animator

Episode 18 features freelance animator Patrick Maguire who is the artist behind various hilarious (semi?) viral videos online. Patrick also plays banjo, creates music and is an installation artist, as well as other things. On the internet he is mostly RareWitch but he is also Petal Reaction.

Patrick talks us through his inspiration and his work processes. Making the ordinary extraordinary Patrick drills into the mundane and adds humour to it making side-splitting art.

We have inserted in some of the audio from Patrick's animated videos. We have also bleeped out the swearing so you can still listen to it in front of anyone who may be offended. Patrick also treats us to live performances of three of his compositions. All in all this is an episode which had us creased up laughing. We trust that you will enjoy too. Special thanks to Patrick for letting us us the audio for his various artworks and to Dr. Ed Bennett the composer for alerting us to Patrick's artworks.