Irish Stew Podcast
Irish Stew the podcast for the Global Irish Nation featuring interviews with fascinating influencers proud of their Irish Edge. If you're Irish born or hyphenated Irish, this is the podcast that brings all the Irish together
Recent Episodes
S5E12: Jane Ferguson - No Ordinary Correspondent
Sept. 18, 2023
Growing up in The Troubles in Northern Ireland, Jane Ferguson spent most of her life reporting on the global troubles in Yemen, Somalia, Sudan, Iraq, Gaza, Syria, and Afghanistan, reporting for CNN International, Al Jazeera,…
S5E11: Jane Delury – Hedge Author Draws on Irish Roots
Sept. 4, 2023
Our Global Irish conversation with award-winning author Jane Delury centers on her second novel Hedge, a bildungsroman of an Irish American woman in her forties named Maude pursuing a career in the esoteric field of garden h…
S5E10: Luke McManus – Filming the Song of a Dublin Road
July 26, 2023
Join us on a stroll along North Circular Road from Phoenix Park to the Dublin Docklands with our guide Luke McManus, the documentary filmmaker of the award-winning North Circular which opens in New York City on July 28th. Re…
S5E9: Ruth Carden - The Bone Lady
July 17, 2023
How can a kneecap bone change the history of Ireland? We answer that question during our conversation with Dr. Ruth Carden, a paleo zoologist with a particular interest in the animals that roamed Ireland over the last 50,000…
S5E8: Ambassador Fergal Mythen – Ireland’s Voice in the UN
June 26, 2023
Our latest global Irish conversation goes behind the scenes of the globe’s most significant international organization, the United Nations, courtesy of Ireland’s Ambassador to the UN, Fergal Mythen. He didn’t rise to one of …
S5E7: Pauline Turley - The Muse of Irish Arts in NYC
June 12, 2023
When Seamus Heaney wrote, “Walk on air, against your better judgement,” he could have been writing about Pauline Turley. From Newry to New York, Pauline has paired hard work with serendipity to arrive at her pivotal role cha…
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Recent Blog Posts
OTD: Battle of Ballinamuck (September 7th 1798)
1798 Print Depicting the Position of the English and French armies at Ballinamuck Prior to Surrender The last major military land engagement of the 1798 Rebellion took place on September 8, 1798 at Ballinamuck in Longford. A combined force of Frenc…
Sometimes You Gotta Get A Bit Geeky: Podcast Chapters
Podcast episodes on Irish Stew are long - we make no apologies for that. Originally when John Lee and I started Irish Stew, we decided to shoot for episodes which were 30 - 40 minutes in duration. Supposedly that is the optimal length for a show a…
OTD: WIlliam Parsons (17 Jun, 1800 - 31 Oct, 1867)
William Parsons, astronomer and 3rd Earl of Rosse was born in York, England on the 17th of June 1800. Parsons is best remembered for his construction of the world's largest telescope at Birr Castle. Parsons was educated at both Trinity College Dubl…
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