13-02-09: Road Bowling Special

Feedback from the Baader Meinhof Complex that played at the film club in Listowel
Footage of members of the Abbeyfeale Travelling Community playing Road Bowling, recorded by Georgina Downes
Interview with Fintan Lane, author of Long Bullets; A History of Road Bowling in Ireland
Mary Carroll of the NCW film club reviews Emmas Bliss


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If you like this road bowling special you might like to check a short piece we did on outdoor handball alleys in Ireland back in 2005. Read and hear it here.

Audio 32: Unfringed, Synge, Fred, 23-01-09

-Feedback from film club in Listowel (Voxpop item)
-Interview with Joanne Beirne on the line up for the unfringed festival
-Interview with Jamie Hanrahan of Cork based band Fred who will be playing at the aforementioned festival
-Interview with Fiona Brennan, PRO of the Sliabh Luachra Drama group on the two Synge plays they will be doing
-NCW film review with Liam O'Sullivan


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Down Memory lane with John Lynch

Most of us remember watching home videos at some stage, this writers own memory being the setting up an old white sheet in the kitchen, and watching 1970s weddings, communions and nuffield tractors drawing silage recorded on our uncles old super 8 camera. This experience was taken to a new level, so to speak, with a showing of some Listowel legend John Lynch's films at St. Johns on Wednesday, January 7th.
While John's work has featured on RTE in the past, and much of his archival footage has been shown at St. Johns prior to this, there was still a sense of awe and wonderment amongst the huge crowd, owing to the superb quality of the film (16mm camera), the depth and richness of the colour, and ultimately the recognition of familiar faces, many of whom have passed to their eternal reward.
The films on the night covered a wide stratum of events, featuring the 1972 Fleadh Cheoil in Listowel, Writers Week in the same year, wren-boys, a rás from the mid 1970s, St. Micheals College Centenary 1979 and much more, fantastic stuff but only a fraction of what John has recorded and leaving many hoping for future nights like this and the possibility of some footage from West Limerick.

Audio 31: Knockaderry, Limerick Gallery of Art 09-01-09

Full show from Friday 9th January featuring
-Johnny Corkery of the Cloncaugh/Knockaderry drama group talks about their upcoming production of the Frank McGuinness play Factory Girls
-Ciaran Gleeson gives the run-down on the list of films coming up at the Classic Cinema in Listowel as part of their film-club
-Mike Fitzpatrick on the two exciting exhibitions coming up at Limerick City Gallery of Art next Thursday, as well as the launch of the new website for the LCGA
-Ed O'Connor reviews the film, The Third Man, the first in the NCW film club's new season

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Audio 30: Athea's Ahern Athletes, Reviews of 2008

Full show from 12th of December 2008 featuring:
Interview with Tom Ahern who has written about the Ahern Brothers from Athea. The four brothers were outstanding athletes at the start of the 20th century. Tim won the Olympic Gold medal in 1908 in London for the hop step and jump while his brother Dan's world record for the same event stood for 11 years between 1909 and 1920. " Ahern Brothers of Athea, Olympic and World Champions" is available in most local bookstores.
Vicky O Sullivan of the Newcastle West Bookstore talks about the big books of 2008 commercial, sport and local and makes some suggestions about stockings fillers.
Donal O Sullivan talks about the best films of the year just gone, including a selection of some arthouse and foreign language films.
Brief Vox pop with audience feedback on the film "Then she found me" which played in Listowel Film Club at the Classic.
Listings

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Audio 28: 28/11 Neilus O Connor festival Knocknagoshel

Full show from November 28th featuring
Preview of upcoming films in the Classic Listowel, with Kieran Gleeson and Film Club in Newcastle West with Rose Bennis.
Georgina Downes reports from the 5th Neilus O Connor Traditional Music Festival in Knocknagoshel.
Listings.

Music from Niall O Connell, Tom O Connor, Cormac O Connor, Glenn Hornibrook and Ned Casey.

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Audio 26: Catherine Eaton, Athea, Preston Reed 14/11/08

Full show from 14th of November featuring
-Catherine Eaton, talking about her play Corsetless that played at St. Johns Theatre, Listowel
-Vox pop from the fair day in Athea
-Interview with Preston Reed, famed guitarist
-Vox pop, preview of Bernadette Soubirous, play by Glórach Players, Abbeyfeale
-NCW film club preview, Ed O'Connor on Shut up and Shoot Me

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Audio 25: Pat Kinevane, knocknagoshel, Samhlaiocht

This full show from 31st October 2008 features
Pat Kinevane talking about his play 'forgotten'
A vox pop taken by Georgina Downes at the Halloween festival in Knocknagoshel
An interview with Jason O Mahoney about the Samhlaiocht Kerry film Festival
Preview of the Newcastle West film club
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Audio 23: Saviours, Cuisle, Ellio Villafranca 10/10/08

Full show from Friday 10th October
featuring
Liam Nolan, co-director of the acclaimed new Irish boxing Documentary "Saviours" talks about the film. Concentrating on three boxers from this North inner city Dublin Club, it has run on the festival circuit but now gets its commercial release. It runs in Storm Cinema in Castletroy from Friday 10th.
Vox pop from Classic Cinema Listowel film club showing of the 'The Visitor'
Preview of Cuisle poetry Festival taking place in Limerick.
John Daly of Limerick Jazz Society talks about upcoming gig with cuban musician Ellio Villafranca
Preview of Newcastle West Film Club next show "Garage"

Music on the show from Ellio Villafranca

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Audio 21:Nu Killa Beats, There are Little Kingdoms 26/09/08

Last Fridays show
featuring
Kevin Barry talking about the stage adaption of his short story collection "There are Little Kingdoms"
Code talking about the long running Nu Killa beats club night and his subtle audio record label.
Preview of the Newcastle West Film club showing of "Margo at the Wedding"

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photo of Mairtin de Cogain (there are little kingdoms) by Mike MacSweeney

Audio 20 : Tweak, Last Train from Holyhead, Film club

Full show from Friday 19th September
featuring
Interview with Nora Ni Muruchú from Tweak- new digital art festival in Limerick
Interview with Kieran Gleeson of the Classic Cinema in Listowel previewing new film club season
Interview with Bernard Field, writer of the play 'Last train from Holyhead'
Mary Carroll previews next film 'savages' from Newcastle West Film Club

Music from Deirdre Scanlons new album 'faces'
and we should be dead

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Audio 12: Stephanie O' Keeffe, Witness festival, Dagdha 01-02-08

In this full show, Stephanie O Keeffe, a founding member of Teaspach Theatre Company talks about their upcoming production of the 'Pied Piper of Hamelin'. Adapted and directed by Naomi O Kelly, it is part of the upcoming Unfringed festival in Limerick. Interesting interview with a fascinating insight into the origin of the tale. Then an interview with Anne Marlborough of Doras Luimni who talks about the World Witness film festival which ran over the weekend. A festival inspired by Human rights issues, Anne talks about some of the films and issues covered. This is followed by a short interview detailing a new initiative from Daghdha. To download the show, click here (size 71 mbs) This is the second of the weekly shows to be made available in complete form as a podcast. You can now subscribe to Eagsuil as a podcast and all new audio will be downloaded automatically. To add to itunes, click here. For all other podcast receivers copy the address below into receiver

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Leo Finucane &Knockaderry Heritage festival

Exuse for not updating the blog recently, was caught up in the excitement and anticipation of Fr. Caseys clash with Aherlow in the Munster Football Club Championship. Disappointing result, the day just didn't go well for the lads, but they're a young team with a lot of promise for the future. On to the show and this weeks show will feature..

-Interview with legendary Moyvane filmmaker Leo Finucane, who will be speaking about his new film, Seven Days Trial, which receives its world premiere at St. Johns Theatre, Listowel this Saturday
-Interview with Seán Liston, who will be talking about the forthcoming Knockaderry Heritage Festival
-Feedback from the three short Beckett plays running at Impact this week, Catastophe, Come and Go and Play


On last weeks show, November 10th we featured interviews with

-Eoin Ó'Súilleabhán, director of the Sionna Musical Festival in Limerick (November 11-18th)
-Jazz singer/comedian/actor Susannah De Wrixon, a native of Bruree who was performing Jazz standards at Friars Gate, Kilmallock
-Andreus de Staic, Clare based director whose film 'Malarky' featured at the Kerry Film Festival
-DJ Paul Murphy, whose soulful set on the Sunday Night (October 29th) at the Imperial Hotel, Tralee (festival club run in conjuction with the Kerry Film Festival) was disturbed too early for my liking by the boys in blue
-Feedback from the play, 'Happy Days'

And on the show on November 3rd was a dramatic special, featuring interviews with

-Niamh Bowen, who was starring in Impact's production of the Beckett Play, Happy Days, part of Impact's season of celebrating Becketts women
-Cork based actress Fiona York, who was starring in the Martin Sherman play 'Rose', that played at St. Johns on the 3rd
-Foynes born, but London based actor Dan Mullane, who was starring in the Godot Company's production of the Beckett play 'Waiting for Godot', that was playing at the Belltable as part of a nationwide tour

Kerry Film Festival, One act play festival in Kilmallock, Ciaran Cronin

A quick look back at the last two shows

October 20th featured interviews with

-Artistic director of Samhlaíocht, Maurice Galwey, who spoke about the upcoming Kerry Film Festival
-Joe Murphy of St. Johns Listowel who spoke about the upcoming launch of the Gerry O'Carroll book, The Sheriff
-Interview with Brendan Murray, adjudicator at the One Act Play festival that was running at Friars Gate Theatre
-Feedback from the play, The Women

October 27th featured interviews with

-Ciaran Cronin, author of the book, In our wildest dreams, looking at Munsters Heineken Cup oddysey between 1995 to the winning of the competition last May
-Traditional singer Sandra Joyce, who was to be playing with Niall Keegan and other traditional musicians at Friars Gate
-Richard Ayrton, whose new gallery, the arkangel art gallery was opening in Listowel on November 2nd

Aerosol artists, Con Curtin, Tadgh Gaelach O'Suilleabhán

Apologies for not updating the blog over the last few weeks, while the summer is a brilliant season for festivals, there isn't as much happening at the regular venues and it's often I haven't known exactly what will be on the show till an hour beforehand.
Anyway, for the records and posterity, here's what the programme covered over the last few weeks.

Friday June 23rd
A packed show that featured amongst other things

-An interview with Mary O'Mahoney, Chairperson of the Con Curtin Festival Committee, a traditional music festival that takes place in the North Kerry village of Brosna
-A special on the Hanna Parr project...interviews with Niamh Bowen who was involved in the drama aspect, working with children from St.Mary's Parish to stage a wonderful recreation of what it must have been like for the Norwegian Immigrants forced to dock in Limerick in 1868. Also, an interview with Deirdre Power, who photographed the children taking part in the reinactment and whose photo's were subsequently exhibited at the Belltable
-Interview with Declan McGlaughlin of the Belltable on the Open Cinema Season, featuring films from all over the world
-Interview with John Lillis, aka DJ Dubious, who spoke about the exciting line up of djs playing at the Kerryníní night

Onto the 30th of June and the show featured interviews with

-Joe Murphy of St. Johns Theatre, Listowel, on the packed schedule lined up for July
-Helen Broderick of the Listowel based 'Just Creative' Writers group, who were launching a new publication, 'Bridge of Words' at the Seanchaí Centre, Listowel, that Friday
-T-Woc, whose music incorporates electronica, hip-hop & dub reggae and who was playing at the Limerick Boat Club that weekend
-Jessica Brouder, Canadian/West Limerick artist, whose exhibition of abstract work entitled 'recent paintings' was to open in Newcastlewest Library, running for the month of July
-Actor Julie Hale, (Fair City Fame) who was starring in the Harold Pinter Play 'Old Times', that was playing at the Friars Gate Theatre, Kilmallock

Onto to the 7th of July and featured on the show was

-An interview with 'Emerald Elvis' Mark Leen from Tralee, due to play at Friars Gate, who spoke about the enduring appeal of the legendary singer
-Interview with another Tralee native, Kieran O'Herlihy, whose exhibition of Aerosol on canvas and silkscreen in Ruebens Cafe, Tralee received critical acclaim
-Interview with Maria Walsh, lead singer of Jazz/Samba group Zrazy, who were playing at St. Johns Listowel

And finally on to the 14th July, a show which featured

-An interview with Barney Sheehan of the White House Poetry Group on their upcoming quarterly publication & the bilingual poetry nights
-Interview with Peter Sommers, who alongside Michael Mcgrath co-authored the book, Golden Vale Remembered, 1948-2001
-Interview with Sr. Declan Power by Eamon Ó Líathán. Sr. Power recently wrote a book on the 18th century Gaelic Scribe, Tadhg Gaelach O'Suilleabhán, a book that was recently launched at the Halla Tadgh Gaelach in Tournafolla (a hall named after the poet who was born there)

Hope to have some of these interviews up on audio soon

Mamuska, Listowel Writers Week, Blues Special

Apologies for not updating the site over the past few weeks, just bogged down with editing. Just a quick recap on the previous weeks shows.

Friday June 2nd
-Interview with Ciaran Gleeson of the Classic Film Club, Listowel, who spoke about the films that were being run in conjuction with the Listowel Writers Week
-Interview with Davide Terlingo of Daghda Dance Company, who spoke about the last Mamuska night of the season
-Continuing the Beckett series with Shirley O'Regan
-Interview with James Cowden, a poet from Devon, one of many interviews done on a trip to Somerset and Dorset in February in a cross community radio project with farm radio there- a poet very much rooted in the soil, the poem he read about the devastation of the Devon countryside owing to the foot and mouth crisis in 2001 made for powerful radio

Then it was on to Listowel for Seachtain na Scriobhneóirí. The sun was splitting the stones and a feel-good factor was present throughout this wonderful North Kerry town. It proved to be a fertile ground for Éagsúil as well. On the Thursday, I managed to get an interview with Jennifer Johnstone, but the undoubted highlight of the weekend for me personally was getting to interview Limerick Born author Frank McCourt. Preparing questions for him by the tranquil banks of the Feale on a balmy Friday afternoon, who came to meditate alongside the river but McCourt himself. He subsequently agreed to do the interview there and then, a most fortunate coincidence given the hordes of autograph hunters who surrounded him after his reading from his new book, Teacherman.

The show on the 9th June was a writers week special featuring

-Footage from the Abbeyfeale drama group's litary tour on Thursday night (an exerpt from the Country Boy)
-Interview with Jennifer Johnstone
-Interview with the aforementioned Frank McCourt
-Interview with artist Mary Dillon, whose exhibition, Bloom opened on Friday at St. Johns theatre, and whose painting, Cala for Listowel, graced the cover of the programme for the weekend
-Vox pop from the audience who saw the film Capote on the Sunday, one of the many films shown at the classic cinema in conjuction with the weekend

Musical interludes throughout the show were provided via a recording from Sheahans bar, the type of pub that, thankfully still survives in the increasingly homogenised world of the Celtic Tiger. Divided into four sections (a tiny grocery shop, two adjoining bars and a smoking area) a poetry session was held in one of its wonderfully claustrophobic bar sections. Given my luck with Frank McCourt earlier on in the day, I truly landed on my feet when who should come into the bar but John Sheehan (Dubliners fame) and Michael Howard. The Marino Waltz never sounded better!

And Listowel was to provide plenty of material for the following weeks show. As well as unused footage from the writers week, I went to a blues gig at St. Johns theatre on Thursday June 8th, featuring Carvin Jones, from Pheonix, Arizona, and supported by promising North Kerry based Blues band Zeppo. Enjoyable, lively gig from Zeppo, with very impressive vocals and instrumentation, but the night belonged to Jones, whose frenetic guitar playing brought back memories of Hendrix for the crowd. Impromptu forays into the crowd were par for the course, and only once did he take a break from playing, to chat to a couple at the back! While he may not represent the future of the blues in terms of breaking a new mould for the genre, nonetheless he is a fantastic live musician whose honesty and enjoyment shone through.

Show for the 16th June was as follows

-Interview with Paul Howard (author of the Ross O'Carroll series, this was a chance meeting in JB Keanes pub on the Friday night of the Writers Week)
-More footage from Abbeyfeale Drama groups literary tour, this time a scene from Big Maggie
-Interview with John Connolly, drummer with Zeppo
-Interview with Carvin Jones
-Ending of the Beckett series with Shirley O'Regan

Also included was a snippet from the street busking in Newcastlewest as part of the county Fleadh. That about rounds it up, promise to keep this site updated more in the future and hopefully a few audio files will be on the way soon.

Breakfast on Pluto, Beatboxing in Tralee, Listowel film club

Hope last weeks show went down well, especially the snippets of drama from Niamh Bowen's debut play, 'Up from our knees', as well as the archived interview with Tony Guerin, writer of 'Cuckoo Blue' which the Cloncaugh/Knockaderry drama group are performing at the moment. For this weeks show we will be featuring

-a review of the recently released Neil Jordan movie, 'Breakfast on Pluto'
-some beatboxing from Dublin based Whitenoise, who recently played in Tralee as part of a Kerryníní night, also interviews with other local djs involved on the night
-Interview with Ciaran Gleeson, who is running a filmclub at the classic film club in Listowel

and maybe a little more, so tune in this Friday at 6.00 to West Limerick 102 FM.