Irish Voices Conversations with the Irish Diaspora

In today's podcast, Donagh McKeown talks to members of #artforpeace Artforpeace is a key part of both world@peace and the inaugural programme schools@peace, recognising the central place that art has had in humanity’s journey from Monet to Van Gogh Art like music gives children and adults a ‘safe space’ to explore their innermost thoughts, feelings, hopes, fears and dreams.  The Artforpeace project launches on the island of Ireland giving children the opportunity through art to commemorate and celebrate 25 years since the Good Friday Agreement was signed, after decades of violence. Initially entries will be online. Our aim is for the artwork to be published in a commemorative book which will be presented to Heads of State, Government and other key figures Internationally. It is the intention that the project will roll out globally in future

I'm Donagh McKeown. Welcome to the Irish Voices podcast, where we hear the stories of the Irish Diaspora, that "scattering" of the Irish across the globe. Emer Martin, originally from Dublin, now lives in Palo Alto, in the heart of Silicon Valley, California. Among many things, she is a mother, a teacher and a writer. We hear her story as she travels to Paris, Rome, Greece, Israel and Egypt before settling on the USA's West Coast Irish Voices is brought to you by Donagh McKeown, veteran Irish broadcaster. You can hear his Irish Voices radio show on www.globalirishradio.com on Saturdays from 10pm BST, with repeats throughout the week If you would like to support Irish Voices, you can now become a patron at www.patreon.com/irishvoices or perhaps you can share a coffee with us via www.buymeacoffee.com/irishvoices  All donations gratefully accepted Our website is www.donaghmckeown.com/irish-voices #irishdancing #irishculture #irishdiaspora #irishvoices21

I'm Donagh McKeown. Welcome to the Irish Voices podcast, where we hear the stories of the Irish Diaspora, that "scattering" of the Irish across the globe. Eamonn Flynn is a full time musician, gigging and playing session musician at that. In a previous life he was part of the band (off screen) for the 1991 movie The Commitments. He once performed for Pope John Paul 2!!!  Irish Voices is brought to you by Donagh McKeown, veteran Irish broadcaster. You can hear his Irish Voices radio show on www.globalirishradio.com on Saturdays from 10pm BST, with repeats throughout the week If you would like to support Irish Voices, you can share a coffee with us via www.buymeacoffee.com/irishvoices  All donations gratefully accepted Our website is www.donaghmckeown.com/irish-voices #irishdancing #irishculture #irishdiaspora #irishvoices21

I'm Donagh McKeown. Welcome to the Irish Voices podcast, where we hear the stories of the Irish Diaspora, that "scattering" of the Irish across the globe. Niall O"Leary is a world respected Irish Dancing Champion and Teacher, who today lives in New York, working also as an architect. He was born in Dublin Irish Voices is brought to you by Donagh McKeown, veteran Irish broadcaster. You can hear his Irish Voices radio show on www.globalirishradio.com on Saturdays from 10pm BST, with repeats throughout the week If you would like to support Irish Voices, you can share a coffee with us via www.buymeacoffee.com/irishvoices  All donations gratefully accepted Our website is www.donaghmckeown.com/irish-voices #irishdancing #irishculture #irishdiaspora #irishvoices21 

I'm Donagh McKeown. Welcome to the Irish Voices podcast, where we hear the stories of the Irish Diaspora, that "scattering" of the Irish across the globe. Cormac Gannon has been part of that Diaspora since the mid 1980s when he moved from rural Co mayo, to England, before traveling the world, ending up in California since 1991 Irish Voices is brought to you by Donagh McKeown, veteran Irish broadcaster. You can hear his Irish Voices radio show on www.globalirishradio.com on Saturdays from 10pm BST, with repeats throughout the week If you would like to support Irish Voices, you can share a coffee with us via www.buymeacoffee.com/irishvoices  All donations gratefully accepted Our website is www.donaghmckeown.com/irish-voices

I'm Donagh McKeown. Welcome to the Irish Voices podcast, where we hear the stories of the Irish Diaspora, that "scattering" of the irish across the globe. Raymond Sexton has been part of that Diaspora since the mid 1980s when he moved for the first of two times. He lives, for the second time in the city of Melbourne. We hear his story, of his early days in Limerick, Galway and Dublin, his first sojurn and then return to Ireland, and about his latest adventure Irish Voices is brought to you by Donagh McKeown, veteran irish broadcaster. You can hear his Irish Voices radio show on www.globalirishradio.com on Saturdays from 10pm BST, with repeats throughout the week If you would like to support Irish Voices, you can share a coffee with us via www.buymeacoffee.com/irishvoices  All donations gratefully accepted Our website is www.donaghmckeown.com/irish-voices 

The Fair of Muff has been around for over 4 centuries, where the world and his wife come to look at the horses, meet a few old friends, chew the cudd and share the craic, maybe share a bottle or two of the black stuff.It's a day of great variety where old traditions run riot. One big fan is writer Shane Connaughton, who seems to have penned the perfect poem for the perfect occasion. It runs, like a river, through this walk through the fair. Muff is held at the foot of Loughinleagh, between Kingscourt and Bailieboro in South East Cavan, since the early 1600s. Donagh Mckeown is your guide through one fair day in 2007 Irish Voices Conversations with the Irish Disapora Irish Voices on Facebook Irish Voices on Twitter

Here's another Irish Voices, Conversations with the Irish Diaspora podcast from early 2020. Our guest on the program was Daragh Carville, writer of plays, movie and TV screenplays. Armagh born, he now lives in Lancaster, Lancashire. Daragh has written successful plays, a number of film screenplays including Middleton and is enjoying wide attention with critical acclaim for the ITV series The Bay, the second series being aired in early 2021