Flor MacCarthy was born in West Cork and shares memories of one of Ireland's most idyllic regions. Her childhood was one rich in the indulgence of curiosity, filled with books, history, and fueled by a Russophile father. A Trinity College degree in French and Art History led unexpectedly to a…
Growing up in a Dublin home with no TV, Aedín turned to books, reading them aloud, drawing out the characters, and letting the words wash over her, which is how at age ten she managed to read James Joyce’s intimidating novel Ulysses. She was drawn to the rhythms and music…
Our conversation with the warm and welcoming Elaine Ní Bhraonáin takes us from her childhood in South County, Dublin, to New York’s lively Irish scene, to bucolic Ballymoney on the north Wexford coast where she and her husband raise their three healthy children after three difficult pregnancies. She talks about…
We’re not sure what’s more impressive—that Larry Kirwan originated and co-wrote the Broadway hit Paradise Square, or that his early band with Pierce Turner was banned from the notorious New York punk rock club CBGB for being “too demonic.” Larry talks of how his unusual childhood in Wexford and his…
Preview: John McCourt - Tracking James Joyce in Trieste
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Get the full episode on all major podcast platforms or on our website at: IrishStewPodcast.com
Our Bloomsday episode with the engaging James Joyce scholar John McCourt takes us to Italy for the first time, specifically its outpost across the Adriatic Sea, Trieste. “There, I can safely say I discovered James Joyce,” McCourt says of Trieste. “Having encountered him occasionally in Ireland, I found myself in…
The Last Rose of Summer is one of Thomas Moore's (1779 - 1852) most famous songs performed here by Rosa Nutty For more on Rosa Nutty - visit RosaNutty.com
Our new season of Irish Stew opens with trailblazing journalist Mark Little, a former RTÉ newscaster working to make sense of social media. Coming from a family where there was a daily scrum over who got the newspaper first, armed with “premature cynicism” and blessed with an insatiable curiosity for…
Quick preview of Irish Stew's Season 4. The first three episodes will feature: 1) Mark Little of Kinzen , a news technology company 2) John McCourt - James Joyce expert and author of Consuming Joyce 3) Larry Kirwan - the creative force behind the Broadway hit, Paradise Square
Some thoughts on Fintan O'Toole's 2021 book: We Don't Know Ourselves
Preview of our episode with Ambassador Dan Mulhall where we discuss his career and his recently published book Ulysses: A Readers Odyssey
An Irish Stew Shoutout from Martin Nutty for Song of Granite, a brilliant Irish language film directed by Pat Collins and shot in haunting black and white by Richard Kendrick. The film was Ireland's nominee for the 2017 Oscars Best Foreign Film Category. In the USA, the film can be…
Liza Donnelly: New Yorker Cartoonist & “Very Funny Ladies” Irish Stew’s favorite cartoonist is back to tell you about her just-published book, Very Funny Ladies: an in-depth celebration of women cartoonists who have graced the pages of the famous magazine from the Roaring Twenties to the present day. And you…
We last spoke with Ted Smyth back at the start of 2021. A lot has happened in the world of politics in the intervening period. Ted’s experience on both sides of the Atlantic in the worlds of diplomacy and corporate life make him a thoughtful and well informed commentator on…
We first sat down with Liverpudlian, Jack Byrne back in Season 2 when we talked about his first novel: Under the Bridge. You can catch that episode here: Jack Byrne: Mystery Writer. Now Jack is back with the second installment of his Liverpool Mystery Series - Across the Water (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09V1BBK5K?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=irishstewpodc-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=5a4e83d487df21c163be079540dda996&camp=1789&creative=9325)…
Season III of Irish Stew concludes with our conversation with a very Global Irish citizen, Dan Mulhall, Ireland’s Ambassador to the United States and your guide to one of the classics of Irish literature through his recently published Ulysses: A Reader’s Odyssey. Join us as we tour the world with…
Preview of episode featuring astronaut Cady Coleman. You can get the full episode on all major podcast platforms or on our website: https://www.irishstewpodcast.com/CadyColeman/
In this episode, we reach for the stars with Irish American astronaut Dr. Cady Coleman, a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions and 159 days in orbit on the International Space Station (ISS). Cady says she’s one-quarter Irish on both sides, but that it adds up to much more than…
Full episode can be found at: https://www.irishstewpodcast.com/s3e12
From Carnegie Hall to Lambeau Field, Gregory Harrington elevates the Global Irish Nation Conversation through his music. Born in Dublin, based in New York City, he is redefining the classical violin virtuoso for the 21st century, pairing his expressive lyricism, tonal beauty, and impeccable musicianship with his uncanny ability to…
You can find the full episode at: https://www.irishstewpodcast.com/s3e11
In this episode we explore the “roots” and “routes” of the Irish diaspora for a very “Global Irish Nation Conversation” with CEO Patrick Greene and Historian-in-Residence Maurice J. Casey Ph.D. of Dublin’s EPIC: The Irish Emigration Museum, voted Europe’s leading tourist attraction the last three years running. Patrick shares how…