Episode Details

Get it up ya, lads! 

It's our St Patrick's Day special, bringing you all the soothing poetic sounds you're going to need after drowning yourself in stout and singing 'Wild Rover' at least 16 times across the weekend festivities.

Leon kicks us off with the story of Luke Kelly and Patrick Kavanagh's meet which gave us the song Raglan Road

We head back a little to WB Yeats and discuss how the poems we were told to enjoy at school hold us back to really enjoy poetry in later life

Imelda May is giving a bit of a gushing, as well as work from Jeanna Ni Riordan and Stephen Maguire.

We wrap things up with Leon's 'Calling Home', brought together through our lovely listeners sending in what Ireland means to them

This is our love-letter podcast to Ireland and to everyone who holds a special place in their hearts for the Emerald Isle

Poems from the show:

Patrick Kavanagh - On Raglan Road
https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/on-raglan-road/

WB Yeats - The Lover Please With His Friends For Old Friends
https://poets.org/poem/lover-pleads-his-friend-old-friends

Imelda May - Liberty Belle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQrWiGFtHpw

Jeanna Ni Riordan - First Tattoo
Instagram - @jeannaniriordain

Stephen Maguire - Keep Going
Instagram - @thedublinwriter

Leon Dunne - Calling Home

Support the show

Original music by Matthew Keating 
Artwork by Paddy Downey
Introduction by Lisa Downey

Produced by Ryan Duggins