Irish Stew Podcast

The protocol was three minutes. Micheál Martin, now Taoiseach, stayed ten, after Stephen Cotter of CIE Tours handed him a photo of his father he had never seen. New on Irish Stew. Photo: CIE Tours www.irishstewpodcast.com/stephen-cott... #GlobalIrishNation #IrishPodcast #SpéirGhorm

"Irish can open a lot of doors." MacDara Ó Conaola, sean-nós singer from Inis Oírr, on why the language is worth it. @macdaramusic.bsky.social @tg4.bsky.social bit.ly/48gbFDi #GlobalIrishNation #IrishPodcast #Gaeilge #Irish #SpéirGhorm

MacDara Ó Conaola typed "folk festival Verona" into a search bar, sent one cold email, and ended up bringing about 200 Irish people to Italy. New on Irish Stew. @macdaramusic.bsky.social @tg4.bsky.social bit.ly/4dVmga9 #GlobalIrishNation #IrishPodcast #SpéirGhorm

Yesterday's word clouds, solved: MacDara Ó Conaola, sean-nós singer from Inis Oírr, back five years on: Ennis, Bunratty, Verona and home again. Drops at midnight New York time. #GlobalIrishNation #IrishPodcast #Gaeilge #Irish #SpéirGhorm @macdaramusic.bsky.social @tg4.bsky.social

If you go to the cinema in Clonmel you can see part of the historic town wall that defied Oliver Cromwell's army.

Guess the guest. One clue: Jimmy Kimmel and George Costanza both walked into his cottage. Plus Alabama, Bunratty, Verona, a President, and the words Irish, Gaeltacht, currach. Back after five years. Who is it? Revealed Sunday. #GlobalIrishNation #IrishPodcast #SpéirGhorm

Our media partner IrishCentral has written up our conversation with Stephen Cotter of CIE Tours: pilgrims in 1932, cows in the Burren and a lamb in Sligo. bit.ly/4jCCxEE #GlobalIrishNation #IrishPodcast

In an age of AI, real expertise becomes priceless. We started the Tuatha Talk series as we wanted to help to connect the leading experts in Irish archaeology, history and heritage with people who want real information that goes beyond the veneer. #Ireland #SpéirGhorm

"People like people." Stephen Cotter of CIE Tours on why the guide still beats the bot. www.irishstewpodcast.com/stephen-cott... #GlobalIrishNation #IrishPodcast #SpéirGhorm

Dónal Lunny has died at 79. Planxty, the Bothy Band, Moving Hearts: a giant of Irish music. Our sympathies to his family, friends and fans. bit.ly/3WsfIK9 #GlobalIrishNation #IrishTrad #IrishMusic #SpéirGhorm

A guide in a cowboy hat sings "The Rose of Tralee" outside Killarney. "You could hear a pin drop." Stephen Cotter on the secret sauce of CIE Tours. www.irishstewpodcast.com/stephen-cott... #GlobalIrishNation #IrishPodcast #SpéirGhorm

"I would have said you were mad." Stephen Cotter of CIE Tours on GPS collars for cattle, and why they keep the Burren in flower. www.irishstewpodcast.com/stephen-cott... #GlobalIrishNation #IrishPodcast #SpéirGhorm

Founded in 1932 to move pilgrims around Dublin. Now it brings 35,000 North Americans to Ireland a year. Stephen Cotter of CIE Tours is on the upcoming Irish Stew. It drops at midnight New York time: follow us on your podcast platform. #GlobalIrishNation #IrishPodcast #SpéirGhorm

Two clouds, one guest. Every person and place he mentions, and the words he used most. Can you guess who joins us on the upcoming episode of Irish Stew? We reveal him tomorrow. #GlobalIrishNation #IrishPodcast #SpéirGhorm

Sherlock Holmes vs. the Fenians. Irish Stew guests Terry Golway and Ted Smyth on Terry's novel Terror from America at Glucksman Ireland House, NYU last night. Second photo: Delaney Sweet www.irishstewpodcast.com/guests/terry... #GlobalIrishNation #IrishPodcast #SpéirGhorm

Alone in an empty apartment during COVID, Irish jazz singer Austin O'Brien took a hard look at himself. He tells us what he found on Irish Stew. Photo: Charlotte Assad-Graziani www.irishstewpodcast.com/austin-o-brien #GlobalIrishNation #IrishPodcast #SpéirGhorm

Mid-song, Austin O'Brien felt a mistake coming. Then, he says, his late father was behind him: "You're going to be okay." A moving moment on Irish Stew. Photo: Charlotte Assad-Graziani www.irishstewpodcast.com/austin-o-brien #GlobalIrishNation #IrishPodcast #SpéirGhorm

We're making a December episode around four listeners. Want a shot at being one of them? Send a short voice memo: where you live, why you listen, your favorite episode, and something interesting about you. IrishStewPodcast@gmail.com by November 15 #GlobalIrishNation #IrishPodcast #SpéirGhorm

Recording at the Van Gelder Studio in New Jersey, where jazz history was made: "We're in Disneyland for a jazzman." Austin O'Brien on the new Irish Stew. Photo: Charlotte Assad-Graziani www.irishstewpodcast.com/austin-o-brien #GlobalIrishNation #IrishPodcast #SpéirGhorm

The latest episode of Transatlantic is live! We explore an amazing collaborative project between Ireland and Canada that is using archaeological and historical techniques to shed new light on 1820s emigration and community with some incredible results: shows.acast.com/transatlanti...

Dozens of gold workers in northern Sudan were killed on Saturday after warplanes bombed an open air mine. Weapons expert @easybakeovensz.bsky.social identified an Egyptian munition. Latest w @declanwalsh.bsky.social Abdo Altareb @sanjanamv.bsky.social Jim McMangan www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/w...

Austin O'Brien's father bought a house with £6,000 in cash from the boot of his car. Just one of the stories the Irish jazz singer shares on Irish Stew. Photo: Charlotte Assad-Graziani www.irishstewpodcast.com/austin-o-brien #GlobalIrishNation #IrishPodcast #SpéirGhorm

Last chance for sign ups to this three week online course on researching Civil War servicemen for anyone interested, kicking off Wednesday evening! Details in the link below.

One night, six or seven Paris jazz clubs, and a new singer in town by morning. Irish jazz singer Austin O'Brien on the new Irish Stew. www.irishstewpodcast.com/austin-o-brien #GlobalIrishNation #IrishPodcast #SpéirGhorm

Irish Stew Podcast An Irish jazz singer who hears music like a picture. Austin O'Brien is on the upcoming episode of Irish Stew. It drops at midnight New York time, so make sure you're following us on your favorite podcast platform. #GlobalIrishNation #IrishPodcast #SpéirGhorm

Two clouds, one guest. Every person and place he mentions, and the words he used most. Can you guess who joins us on the upcoming episode of Irish Stew? Reveal later today. #GlobalIrishNation #IrishPodcast #SpéirGhorm

Tonight's Northern Lights from the back door. #Finland

"If you want to get to know someone super intimately, you just move an archive across the world." Linda Croston on shipping 50 years of Project Children to Monaghan. New Irish Stew: www.irishstewpodcast.com/croston-flood/ #GlobalIrishNation #IrishPodcast #SpéirGhorm

350-plus people, five days, 11 events in Monaghan for Project Children's 50th. The team behind it: two volunteers. "Everyone thinks we had a big team." New Irish Stew: www.irishstewpodcast.com/croston-flood/ #GlobalIrishNation #IrishPodcast #SpéirGhorm

#StreetArt by #CHEKOS, #Waterford 2023 @chekosart_ 📷 @jacmoo

#StreetArt by #DANK in #Waterford Irland

For those that are fond of things #Viking and in #Dublin, former guest Neil Jackman will be speaking at the Festival of History about his exciting work in #Waterford #GlobalIrishNation #IrishHistory

Remember when the whole internet argued about the color of a dress? Former guest @marklittle.bsky.social asks how we get that web back in The Last Good Day on the Internet. He's in Nenagh this Saturday at 8pm: www.nenagharts.com/?p=15497 #SpéirGhorm #GlobalIrishNation

Third generation, fourth generation, never been to Ireland. Linda Croston on what the Mulcahy Scholarship shows young Irish Americans about where they came from. New Irish Stew: www.irishstewpodcast.com/croston-flood/ #GlobalIrishNation #IrishPodcast #SpéirGhorm

Our co-host Martin worked on Capel Street before leaving Dublin for America in the 1980s. The Northside and Southside divide was always there, but on recent visits it has seemed more pronounced. Una Mullally in the Irish Times on one evening on that street 👇 #Dublin #GlobalIrishNation #SpéirGhorm

The first tea brack of the year #BrackStreetsBack #brackiosaurus 🦕

23,000 children left Northern Ireland for a summer in America with Project Children. Catherine Flood reckons another 43,000 wanted to. New Irish Stew: www.irishstewpodcast.com/croston-flood/ #GlobalIrishNation #IrishPodcast #SpéirGhorm

Where in Ireland is your surname from? 🗺️ Genealogist Barry Griffin has mapped 6,000+ Irish names using the 1901 and 1911 censuses. Via our media partner IrishCentral 👇 #IrishGenealogy #IrishDiaspora

"Cothaigh do spiorad agus d'anam." Nourish your spirit and soul. Martin's brother Stiofán ended his Inishbofin trip alone on the Cloonamore cliffs, watching Atlantic waves break for half an hour. In Irish and English: #GlobalIrishNation #SpéirGhorm

What struck Linda Croston when she landed in New York from West Cork: an Irish community that looks after its own and gives back to its own. New Irish Stew: www.irishstewpodcast.com/croston-flood/ #GlobalIrishNation #IrishPodcast #SpéirGhorm

Six children landed at JFK in 1975. 23,000 followed. Two volunteers made sure the story has a home. Project Children at 50, on Irish Stew. Drops at midnight New York time. Follow the show on your favorite podcast platform so you don't miss it. #GlobalIrishNation #IrishPodcast #SpéirGhorm

Born OTD in 1916: Frank Pantridge of Co. Down. WWII prisoner of war, then the Belfast doctor behind a device that's now on walls in airports and gyms everywhere. Do you know his story? 🇮🇪 www.irishstewpodcast.com/blog/otd-fra... #OnThisDay #IrishHistory #GlobalIrishNation

Inishturk is ridiculously beautiful. Having a little break from the hike and enjoying the view of Clare Island. Very windy so I'm getting a year's worth of good sea air in the lungs ready for a winter in landlocked Tipperary

Just accidentally signed off an email with 'beast wishes'