We, The Irish: Recent Episodes
Oran & Ryhan O'Halloran
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The story of the first women in Ireland to graduate in medicine from the Royal University of Ireland.
The story of the Derry man who has remained locked in a British museum against his will for over 200 years…
The story of the woman who witnessed the events which changed the world forever and was one of the few to survive.
The true story of the Irishman behind one of the most important series made for television.
This is the story of the Tipperary man behind one of the greatest Football Clubs of all time.
The story of the North of Ireland’s only Victoria Cross winner during WW2.
A Catholic Boy off the Falls Road
The story of the Cork man who couldn’t sit idly by watching his country suffer far from home
The story of one of the Irishmen who led to the Irish being the biggest ethnic group for winners of the Medal of Honor
This episode tells the story of the Tipperary man who had his history stolen from him for not complying with the Empire.
In this episode we tell the story of the Dublin woman who showed nothing but courage in the care for others as the GPO crumbled around her
In this story, we tell the tale of the Galway man whose murder was the centre of a political scandal.
In this episode, we tell the story of the Wicklow woman who was presented for her beauty to a King, saved lives and showed extraordinary bravery at war, took on the world of the old boys club and paved a road thousands of women have since followed.
In this episode we tell the story of the Westmeath man who is remembered as one on the early heroes of the Korean War. Available on all podcast apps, @goloudapp or www.wetheirish.com
In this episode, we tell the story of how a giddy promise led to a man hunt, a murder, two executions, an opera, a play, a best selling novel and three major films.
The story of the Irish Pilot who was one of the most important world figures in during WW1
This is the story of the Dublin man who became a Manchester Uniter and FC Barcelona Legend
The story of the Mayo man who was one of the greatest athletes the world has ever known.
The tale of the Waterford man who was one of the great heroes of freedom for Ireland and America.
In this episode, we tell the story of an Irishman who was one of the great heroes of World War 2. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
This is the story of a young girl from Cork who gathered all the courage she had and took a leap of faith for 3.5million Irish people.
The story of a man from Limerick who was knighted after convincing Queen of England to use Cannabis.
In this episode, we tell the story of the Dublin woman who changed medicine in Ireland forever after the events at the GPO changed her forever.
This episode tells the story of the Limerick Lady who brought the plight of the Irish to the world stage whilst looking Queen Victoria in the Eye.
In this episode we tell the story of the Irishman at the centre of one of the worlds great legends.
This is the story of the Irish woman who taught the world woman are much more than vessels to carry the children of men.
In this episode, we tell the story of an Irish woman who was once the voice of the powerless in America.
In it, we tell the story of a Dublin woman who was almost the most significant person in modern history.
What does home mean to you?Is it the place where you keep your belongings?Or is it where they people you care about spend their time.Or does it run deeper than that.Is it somewhere where your soul feels at peace.Where without thought you feel like you belong.Like you have always belonged.Like there was nowhere else you should be.How deep would this run.It’s the story of a Monaghan man which answers these questions for us.This is his story.The music for this episode was written, preformed and produced by Ryhan O’Halloran.The story was researched and scripted by Oran.If you want to help support this podcast, you can buy us a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirish or leave us a review on your podcast app.
As history progresses, and we learn of our respective pasts, a theme begins to present itself.Those in power would like to display this theme as something they had developed.They would like you to believe that it is as a result of their decisions that things became better.They would like you to believe that they were the architects of change.That they were the decision makers which led to you having the freedoms you hold.They would like you to believe that they gave you the freedom to do what you want, when you want to do it and how you want to do it.The reality is, throughout history, as the masses of people are forced through the norms of time by those in charge, from time to time, one of us rises.They’ll stand up and look around, breath the air and see something better on the horizon.Then with an almighty burst of fear and courage they will run at the wall.When the wall comes down, like sheep we all see the gap and follow them through with ease.Let us not forget, the first through the wall always gets bloody.What does it take to become one of these people?It’s the life of an Irish women which answers this question for us.This is her story.Today’s music was written, preformed and produced by Ryhan O’HalloranThe story was researched and scripted by OranIf you want to help support this podcast, you can buy us a coffee atwww.buymeacoffe.com/wetheirish or leave us a review on your podcast app.
This episode tells the story of the County Down woman who saved hundreds of children from the horrors of child prostitution.
What would you do for freedom?Would you give everything for it?Give up all life’s comforts?What if this meant your efforts would lead to you a prison cell?Would you bargain the freedom you have in order to gain more for others?What if you had to pay the ultimate price for freedom and could not then enjoy it yourself?Would that sacrifice justify to you your cause?It’s the life of the son of a British Soldier which answers these questions for us.This is his story.This episodes music was written, preformed and produced by Ryhan O’HalloranThe story was researched and scritped by Oran.If you want to help support this podcast you can buy us a coffee atwww.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirish or leave us a review on your podcast app.
What is revenge?Is it something you must achieve in order to feel better within yourself about pastgrievances?Or is it something which you use to get even rather than to find peace through?What if the initial hurt was not inflicted on you directly but someone close to you?Does that still give you the right to seek revenge?It’s the life of a man from Cork which answers these questions for us.This is his story.This episodes music was written, preformed and produced by Ryhan O’HalloranThe story was researched and scripted by Oran,If you want to help support this podcast, you can buy us a coffee atwww.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirish or leave us a review on your podcast app.
What does marriage mean to you?Is it for the sake of a day out?The rest of your life?Or is it for eternity?What is the importance of it?What does the wearing of a ring bounding you to another mean to your soul?It is the life of a woman from Dublin which answers these questions for us.This is her story.The music for this episode was written, produced and preformed by Ryhan O’HalloranThe story was researched and scripted by Oran.If you want to help support this podcast, you can buy us a coffee and www.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirish or leave us a review on your podcast app.
In Dublin City, in the early 20th century, a series of revolutions began.The world watched as the oppressed attempted to become the equal.Differences were set aside for common goals of freedom.Dreams and ambitions were abandoned so that others, not yet born could have their dreams and ambitions realised.That was the cost of freedom.Had you been there, could you have done the same?Could you have given yourself for the freedom of those you would never meet 100 years later?What would it take for you to believe in this fight?It is the life of a Dublin man which answers these questions for us.This is his story.The music for this episode was written preformed and produced by Ryhan O’Halloran.The story was researched and scripted by Oran.If you want to help support this podcast, you can buy us a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirish or leave us a review on your podcast app!
What does loyalty mean to you?What lengths would it take for your loyalty to be broken?What would be required to gain your loyalty?If this loyalty was at your expense, would you break it?Or would you accept that perhaps that is the idea of loyalty.It’s the life of a Wicklow woman which answers these questions for us.This is her story.The music was written, preformed and produced by Ryhan O’Halloran.The story was research and scripted by Oran.If you want to help support us in creating this podcast, you can buy us a coffee atwww.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirish or leave us a review on your podcast app.
What could you achieve if you believed you were protected by gods?Not the gods we recognised today in the western world, but ancient gods.Ones with dedication to war.Ones who banished fear.Ones who understood and provided courage.Would you become god like yourself, or would you understand your role in passing this protection to others?It’s the life of a Limerick man which answers these questions for us.This is his story.The music for this episode was written preformed and produced by Ryhan O’HalloranThe story was researched and scripted by myself OranIf you want to help support this podcast, you can buy us a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirish or leave us a review on your podcast app.
What would you do if you were born into a world which didn’t want you.A world which saw you as unworthy from the time before your birth.What is this continued through your early life.Would you resent those who resented you?What if you became bitter?Where would your life take you?Where would you belong?It is the life of a Cork woman which answers these questions for us.This is her story.The music for this episode was written, produced and preformed by Ryhan O’HalloranThe story was researched and scripted by Oran.If you want to help support this podcast, you can buy us a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirish or leave us a review on your podcast app.
What would you do if you were banished from your home?What if you were never allowed to return?And should you disobey this order, you would face death.Where would you go?What might you achieve?What paths would life take you through?It’s the life of a limerick man which answers these questions for us.This is his storyThis episodes music was written, produced and preformed by Ryhan O’HalloranThe story was researched and scripted by Oran.If you want to help support this podcast, you can buy us a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirish or leave us a review on your podcast app.
What would you do for your loved ones?Would you give up all your beliefs to protect them?Would you give your own life for them?Would you give up your legacy for them?Or would you put yourself and the legacy you created first?It is the life of a Mayo woman which answers these questions for us.This is her story.The music for this episode was written, preformed and produced by RyhanO’Halloran.The story was researched and scripted by Oran.If you want to help support this podcast, you can buy us a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirish
Do you believe in supernatural beings?That there is a higher being, or guardian angel protecting you from harm?Have you ever seen any proof this could be true?What if your entire life and reputation was based on it being true?Would you bring hope or fear into the lives of others?What could you achieve if you believed it to be true?It’s the life of a Carlow man which answers these questions for us.This is his story.This episode's music was written, produced and preformed by Ryhan O’Halloran.The story was researched and scripted by Oran.If you want to help support this podcast you can buy us a coffee atwww.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirish or leave us a review on your podcast app. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
If you saw a wrong done on another, would you stand up for them?Would you be willing to take the hit for someone else?What if you didn’t really have to?If you could stay in your own comfortable life and not have to concern yourself with the plight of others?Would you leave them suffer on?Or would you be compelled to act.It is the life of a Belfast woman which answers these questions for us.This is her story.This music for this episode was written, preformed and produced by Ryhan O'Halloran.The story was researched and scripted by Oran.You can support this podcast by buying us a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirish See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
What do you expect from your day each time you leave the house for work?Do you expect there to be traffic.Do you expect to have to search for a parking space or perhaps for the bus to be late.Do you expect to take the first 30 minutes of the day to ease yourself into it.What happens when there is a slight disruption to any of your daily routines, does it throwyou?What if instead, when you left the house, you didn’t know what the next 8 hours would belike every time you left?What if when the door closed behind you and you started your journey, you weren’t fullycertain would you ever open that door into your home again?Could you do it?Not just once, but everyday?What kind of courage would you need to have?It’s the life of a man born in New York to Leitrim Immigrants which answers these questionsfor us.This is his story.Today’s music was written, preformed and produced by Ryhan O’Halloran.The story was researched and scripted by Oran.You can support this podcast by buying us a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com /wetheirishor leave us a review on your podcast app. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
What does it mean to be an sporting icon?Are you only an icon for the time you are part of the distractions from life as your preform?Or do you remain an icon until the day you die, and if memorable enough, past that too?Are our sporting icons dispensable? Do we just continually replace one with another until such time as we no longer require their existence?What is the cost of that on the individual?The person who took their worth from that icon status.It is the life of a Kilkenny woman which answers these questions for us.This is her story.Today’s music was written, produced and preformed by Ryhan O’HalloranThe story was scripted and researched by Oran.If you enjoyed this story and want to help us support this podcast, you can buy us a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirish or leave us a review on your podcast appWe, the Irish is an Ireland Loves production. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
What would you do if you were witness to a secret?A really horrible secret.One which included kidnapping, death and exile.What if you knew, those in power also knew of the secret, but nobody else.What if you were one of a handful of people outside of the elite circles who knew it.Would you take the information and burry it in your mind hoping one day it would go away.Or would you step up and act?It’s the life of a man from Dublin which answers these questions for us.This is his story.The music for this episode was written, preformed and produced by Ryhan O’Halloran.The story was researched and scripted by Oran.If you enjoyed this episode and want to help support the podcast, you can buy us a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirish.We the irish is an Ireland loves production. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
In another lifetime, one of gore and blood, men were thrust into the chaos of war.They decision to go, for some was not one made through own agency or with true visions ofwar.Death, destruction, gore and suffering were not the messages on the flyers distributed tothe young men of the world.Instead, glory, glory, glorious glory was the theme of those in politics looking to fulfil theirown sadistic egos which disregarded death as just another tax the name on the street mustpay.With no real images of war available to be streamed into homes as can be done today, therealities of war were not a reality one ordinary people were accustomed to.Visions of foreign lands were shared with the young and war would be their avenue toexplore the planet which remained alien for them.If you lived in this time, what might your life have looked like?What would your Christmas look like?It is the story of a man from Greystones, Wicklow which answers these questions for us.This is his story.This episodes music was written, preformed and produced by Ryhan O’HalloranThe story was researched and scripted by Oran.If you want to help support this podcast, you can do so by buying us a coffee atwww.buymeacofee.com/wetheirish or leave us a review on your podcast app.We the Irish is an Ireland loves production See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
What does compassion mean to you?Is it the act we partake in when trying to help someone elses stresses?Is it acting out of the ordinary to help someone you've never met?It is something you use as a currency?What power does its use, or lack of use, have over your life or the lives of those around you?It's the lives of a mothers sons in Waterford which answers these questions for us.This is their story.The music for this episode was written, performed and produced by Ryhan O'Halloran.The story was researched and scripted by Oran.If you enjoyed this episode and want to help support the podcast, you can buy us a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirish or leave us a review on your podcast app.We, The Irish is an Ireland Loves production. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Who are you more likely to help when they need it most?Just the people you feel are close to your heart?Or would you reach out the hand of care for those opposed to your vision of the world.What state would they need to be in for you to help?Or would you see passed this and see them too as human and lend a hand?What would you consider to be the right thing to do?It is the life of a woman from Sligo which answers these questions for us.This is her story.This episodes music was written, produced and preformed by Ryhan O'Halloran.The story was researched and scripted by Oran.If you want to help support this podcast, you can buy us a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirishWe, The Irish is an Ireland Loves production See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Did you know, the most decorated American soldier of all time was an Irishman?This is his story. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
We are conditioned to think Magic isn't real.It is just something made up for stories.Or something they used in ancient times to explain the things which lacked reasonable explanation.But what if this wasn't the case.What if we took it as fact that it did indeed exist.That it did play a role in our lives whether we could see it or not.What would this mean for the unexplained.For the blind spots of science.It is the life of a Kilkenny woman which answers these questions for us.This is her story.The music for this episode was written, preformed and produced by Ryhan O'HalloranThe story was researched and scripted by Oran.If you enjoyed this episode, and want to help support the podcast, you can buy us a coffee and www.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirish or leave us a review on your podcast app.We the Irish is an Ireland Loves production. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Is there any real consequence to our actions?Newtons law would tell us, for every action, there is both an equal and opposite reaction.But is this law exclusive to the sciences?Does this include human nature?Or even the nature of those in the position of power?What if a series of actions led to a reaction so disproportionate to the others it defide logic?What would be the effect of this on your life or those around you?It is the life of a man born in Galway which answers these questions for us.This is his story.The music for this episode was written, preformed and produced by Ryhan O’Halloran.The story was researched and scripted by Oran.If you enjoyed this story and want to help support this podcast, you can buy us a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirishWe the Irish is an Ireland Loves production. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
What would you do for a loved one?Who you give up everything to save them should they face trouble?Would you give your own life for theirs?How far would you go to help?IT's the life of a Kildare woman which answers these questions for us.This is her story.The music for this episode was written, produced and preformed by Ryhan O'HalloranThe story was researched and scripted by Oran.If you enjoyed this episode and want to help support this podcast, you can buy us a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirishWe the Irish is an Ireland Loves production. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
What is a cause?Is it something you rally behind for your own sake or for the sake of others?Often the reason you might join a cause is not always the primary aim of the cause.What if you joined a cause for selfish reasons to get what you wanted rather than for the greater good of the cause itself?Would your efforts be enough to get what you wanted?Or would you be better off joining a cause with the same exclusive goals as your own.Although it would be a smaller rallying call, would this joined voice be louder and more powerful?It is the life of a man from Meath which answers these questions for us.This is his story.The music for this episode was written, produced and performed by Ryhan O'Halloran.The story was researched and scripted by Oran.If you want to help support this podcast, you can buy us a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirishWe the Irish is an Ireland Loves production. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Do you always do what is expected of you?The things expected by your friends, family and society?Or do you on occasion go against these set rules for you in order to do what you want to do?What could you achieve if you did?What goals could you set for yourself?What could become your norm?It is the life of a Wicklow woman which answers these questions for us.This is her story.This episodes music was written, performed and produced by Ryhan O'Halloran.The story was researched and scripted by Oran.You can support this podcast by buying us a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirishWe, the Irish is an Ireland Loves production. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
What is a legacy?Is it something which you look back on in pride in the later stages of your life.Or is it something you leave after you are gone for others to marvel over?What if your rightful legacy was stolen from you?What if the collective memory of you was tarnished because of who you were, not what you did?How would history treat you?How would time treat your name?It’s the life of a man from Cork which answers these questions for us.This is his story.Today's music was written, performed and produced by Ryhan O'Halloran.The story was researched and scripted by Oran.You can support this podcast by buying us a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirishWe, the Irish is an Ireland Loves production. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Often, we view revolutionary figures from the point of view of what they achieved, or what they tried to achieve.We read their quotes, peruse their battles and reminisce over their speeches.Often we forget that they did not just exist in the public world.To raise those who required revolution was not their only role in life.We often fail to recognise that aside from how we knew them, there as another side to them.A side where they were not known as the creators of a new world but rather as a father, or mother, a brother or sister, a friend or colleague.Known as ordinary people who just happened to do extra ordinary things.If ye knew what they were like behind closed doors, would or view of them differ?Would we be more sympathetic to their battles outside the home?Would we view them as people rather than statues awaiting erection?It’s the life of a man born in Cowgate, Edinburgh, which answers these questions for us.This is his story, as told by his daughter Nora.Today's music was written, performed and produced by Ryhan O'Halloran.Nora's words were read by Ann Long.The story was researched and scripted by Oran.You can support this podcast by buying us a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirishWe the Irish is an Ireland Loves production. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
As we move through life, we meet different people and learn of the variety of life experiences available to us.Seldom however, do we step outside of our comfort zone to sample something totally alien to our own individual norms.But want if you took a leap of faith and tried something totally new.So new, the world did not know of anyone having tried it before you.So new, you didn't know the names of the places you would go before you left.So new, you didn't know of the inner strength you would be due to find as you developed.Would you take the opportunity, or would you play it safe with what you knew and with what you were accustomed to.What could you achieve with just a simple leap of faith?Its the story of a woman from Cork which answers these questions for us.This is her story.Today's music was written, performed and produced by Ryhan O'Halloran.The story was researched and scripted by Oran.You can support this podcast by buying us a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirishWe the Irish is an Ireland Loves production. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
What is bravery?Is it the ability to always take on a challenge?Or is it the ability to face up to a challenge even though all your inner workings are screaming at you to run.Could you only be brave for you?What if the bravery required put your life in danger in order to save others?Could you be brave enough to do this?Is the life of a man from Youghal which answers these questions for us.This is his story.The music for this story was written, produced and preforemed by Ryhan O'Halloran.The story was researched and scripted by Oran.If you want to help support the podcast, you can buy us a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirishWe, The Irish is an Ireland Loves production. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
In 1991, the world suffered through an everyday fear that at any moment, a flash of light would explode into the sky and darkness would fall across life as they knew it.This impending doom was caused by the Cold between America and the Soviet Union.Both feared at any moment, the ego of the other would lead to the push of a button and an atomic bomb would travel across the worlds skies.This fear was very much based in reality and fact.Just 46 years before the end of the Cold War, the world witnessed the utter destruction and lack of bias an atomic bomb was capable of.In Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, an atomic bomb known as the Little Boy Bomb, was dropped by the American military during world war 2 and killed almost a quarter of a million people and flattened two well built and modern cities.The signs of the destruction of the bomb can still be seen in the cities today.The little boy bomb came about as a result of the research conducted in what was known as The Manhattan Project.But what if I told you, the bomb's life nor its power began in Manhattan.What if I told you that in fact, the bomb's conception began in Dungarvan, County Waterford.The music for this episode was written, preformed and produced by Ryan O’Halloran.The story was written and researched by Oran.If you enjoyed this episode and want to help support the podcast, you can buy us a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirish.We the Irish is an Ireland Loves production. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
What would you do if you were wronged but couldn't explain why?What if you knew your lack of an explanation would lead to death?What if you couldn't explain it because you didn't know why something had happened or how you definitely weren't involved.What if you were simply the victim of being in the wrong place at the wrong time.What could it cost you?It's the life on an Irishwoman which answers these questions for us.This is her story.This story was narrated by Ryhan O’HalloranThe music was written, produced and preformed by myself Ryhan O’Halloran.The episode was researched and scripted by Oran.If you liked this episode, and want to support the podcast, you can buy us a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirish See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
What would you do if you were wronged?I mean really wronged?Wronged to the extent that your life would be taken away from you as a result of actions you never took?What if it was the path your life was on that led you to this stage?Would you accept that this was just another turn your life was always destined to take?Or would you fight it?Would you fight until there was no more fight in you?Or would you continue past that point?It's the life of an Irishman from Chicago which answers these questions for us.This is his story.This episodes music was written, preformed and produced by Ryhan O’Halloran.The story was researched and scripted by Oran.If you enjoy this podcast, and want to support us, you can buy us a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirishWe the Irish is an Ireland Loves production. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
What is bravery?Is it the ability to fight when backed against a wall?Or is it the ability to power on through your biggest fears?What if your source of bravery wasn’t in aid of personal gain, but rather a gain for everyone else?What if it was the opposite, what if your bravery took away the goals of others, against some of their wishes in order to protect them?Would you be able to do this?Or would you follow along with the group think?It’s the life of a Dublin woman which answers these questions for us.This is her story The music for this episode was written, preformed and produced by Ryhan O’Halloran who also narrated it.The Story was researched and scripted by Oran.If you want to help support this podcast, you can buy us a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirish See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Think of all the Comic Book heroes you know.There’s Batman, Superman, Wonderwoman, Storm and Captain Marvel for examples.These’s are all fictional characters.No basis in reality.No fact behind the fiction.They are just stories for children, young adults and those who are lucky enough to hold onto elements of imagination as they grow older and take on the worlds responsibilities.But what if this wasn’t always true.What if one of the hero’s sketched onto cheap paper, who’s face was first crafted on a series of scribbles drawn on the back of a beer mat during a drunken discussion had a story so dramatic, elaborate and shocking that it is easier to dampen the tale by placing it in the fiction isles.Would you believe the stories?Would you prefer the undliuted version of this life?It’s the life of a man from Wexford which answers these questions for us.This is his story.The music for this episode was written, preformed and produced by Ryhan O’Halloran.This story was research and scripted by Oran.We the Irish is an Ireland Loves production.If you want to help to support this podcast, you can buy us a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirish See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
What is tragedy?Is it an all encompassing thing which happens in your life that you cannot recover from?Or something you must put behind you to survive?What if your life was a series of tragedies?Would you let it cripple your goals?What if you say the tragedy in the lives of others?Would do you something to stop it?Or would you watch it go by without ever lending a hand?It’s the life of a Tipperary woman which answers these questions for us.This is her story.The music for this episode was written, produced and preformed by Ryhan O’Halloran.The story was research, written and narrated by Oran.We, The Irish is an Ireland Loves production.If you want to help support this podcast, you can buy us a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirish See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
What would you do if someone sacrificed everything they had for you?What if they left their life goals behind in order to make your goals their own?Would you accept the responsibility of their goals?Or would you squander the opportunity they created for you?It’s the life of a Donegal woman which answers these questions for us.This is her story.The music for this story was written, produced and preformed by Ryhan O’Halloran.If you want to help support this podcast you can buy us a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirishWe, The Irish is an Ireland Loves production See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
What is identity?Is it your name?is it the colour of your skin?Is it where you live?Or is it where you are from?And how do you decide where you are from?Do you decide or do others decide that for you?It’s the life of a man named Jack which answers these questions for us.This is his story.The music for this week was written preformed and produced by Ryhan O’Halloran.You can support this podcast by buying us a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirishWe, The Irish is an Ireland Loves production. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
What levels of rebelleion have you showed your parents?Have you gotten a haircut they disapproved of?Or maybe a tattoo?What if you really wanted them to feel you had the right to make your own decisions and wanted to display this at any cost.Would you go to full extremes to do it?It is the life of a cork man which answers these questions for us.This is his story.The music for this episode was written, preformed and produced by Ryhan O’Halloran.If you want to support this podcast, you can buy us a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirish See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
What levels would you go to in order to protect people you have never met before in your life?Would you through a few pounds to a charity in the hope they would spend it right?Or would you role up your selves and get involved yourself?If you did, what consequences would you have to pay for your actions?It is the life of a women from Cork which answers these questions for us.This is her story.The music for this episode was written, produced and preformed by Ryhan O’Halloran.If you want to help this podcast to keep going please consider buying us a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirish See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
What would you do for a cause you believed in?Would you be willing to give to it financially whatever the cost?What if the cost was your life?What if this price meant the achievement of your cause?Would you sacrifice yourself for it?It’s the life of a boy from Dublin which answers these questions for us.This is his story.The music for this episode was written, preformed and produced by Ryhan O’Halloran.If you enjoyed this episode and want to help us create more you can buy us a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirish See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
What would you do if you had the opportunity to do something remarkable but there were barriers in your way?I don’t mean physical barriers, I mean the barriers created by the society you lived it.What if you had the opportunity to remove these barriers for all who would follow you and created a new world for those like you?What if it meant you were to be paraded as someone who needed to learn their place in the world while going for the opportunity?Would you keep going, or would you fold back into the box they wish you to stay in?We’ll, it’s the life of a Dublin woman which answers these questions for us.This is her story.The music for this episode was written, produced and preformed by Ryhan O’Halloran.If you want to support this podcast you can buy us a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirish See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Have you ever had a dream?A dream where you see things nobody else has ever seen?A dream where you imagine what could be, not what is?A dream so out there, you couldn’t fully describe it to others.Do you think you could ever make it a reality?Often, we place our dreams in the mental storage unit laballed “farfetched”.But what if you actually just went and did it?What could you achieve?It’s the life of a man from County Clare which answers these questions for us.This is his story.Today’s music was written preformed and produced by Ryhan O’HalloranWe the Irish is an Ireland Loves production.If you enjoyed this episode and want to help us continue to create more, you can buy us a coffee at www.buymeacoffe.com/wetheirish See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
In Ireland, we pride ourselves on having a good education system.We take for granted, the ease of access we have to gain the ability to learn.The value it gives us as a nation is unmeasurable.But this wasn’t always the case.What if your access to education was limited because of your identity?What if you had all the ability in the world to learn, but not the access?Would you accept it for what it was and prevent learning be a part of your life?Or would you find away around it in order to unleash the potential you have?It is the life of a woman from Cork which answers these questions for us.This is her story.Today’s music was written preformed and produced by Ryhan O’HalloranWe the Irish is an Ireland Loves production.If you enjoyed this episode and want to help us continue to create more, you can buy us a coffee at www.buymeacoffe.com/wetheirish See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
At what point is it OK to go against authority?Is it when you don’t like how things are being done?Or is it just when it becomes an issue life or death?When is the appropriate time to ignore those superior to you for the sake of your own good?It is the life of a man from Down which answers these questions for us.This is his story.The music for this episode is written, produced and preformed by the brilliant Ryhan O’Halloran.You can support both Ryhan & Oran by donating a coffee to us at http://www.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirish See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
What does a legacy mean to you?Is it something you insist your life to have after your gone?What if you don’t get the chance to complete what you had started?What if you were knew the person who was gone and had the opportunity to finish what they had started?Would you step up to complete the job?Or would you leave the legacy fade in time?It’s the life of a Cork woman which answers these questions for us.This is her story"The music for this episode is written, produced and preformed by the brilliant Ryhan O’Halloran.You can support both Ryhan & Oran by donating a coffee to us at http://www.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirish See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
What influence can your parents have on your life?Are your experiences pre-determined by their attitude to life which engrosses you from an early age and molds how you will experience all of life's events.Will this encompassing mold set you on a path before your life has begun?Or are you able to forge your own path, your own ideals and your own world vision?It is the life of a Dublin man which answers these questions for us.This is his story.The music for this episode is written, produced and preformed by the brilliant Ryhan O’Halloran.You can support both Ryhan & Oran by donating a coffee to us at http://www.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirish See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
What does your birthplace mean to you?Is it the center of your identity?Or, can your birthplace, just simply be your birthplace, and your home be where your ancestors and blood line are from?Which of these places would be your world?What would you do for your home?What would you do for your people?It is the life of a woman born in Scotland to Irish immigrants which answers these questions for us.This is her story.The music for this episode was written, produced and preformed by Ryhan O'Halloran.You can support both Ryhan & Oran by donating a coffee to us at www.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirish See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
As we move through life, we pass through different stages.Each of these stages create new aspects to our personalities, mannerisms and character.Through all these changes, we do hold a number of things close to us.One of the things about your life you can never change is where you come from.It is a constant given to you through chance.But what if this constant was center to your being regardless of the changes you were to go through.What if you had entirely changed as a person, changed your name, changed your beliefs and changed your appearance?Would your home still carry a value for you which could not be quantified?Would it always remain the center of who you are?It is a man from Dublin who answers these questions for us.This is his story.Music by the Brilliant Ryhan O'Halloran See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
If you had a dream, how far would you go to ensure it became your reality?How much of yourself would you give to it?Would you sacrifice everything to become the person you felt you were meant to be?What if that meant sacrificing everything about who you are to begin with?It is the life of a Cork man which answers these questions for us.This is his story.Music by the Brilliant Ryhan O'HalloranYou can support us and this podcast by donating a pint or a coffee at www.patreon.com/irelandloves See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
If you had a particular gift, how would you use it?Would you use it to become a world famous celebrity and take all the plaudits that would come with this fame?Or would you squander it as society would tell you not only is it a skill not worth having, but you yourself don’t deserve the success that comes with this skill because of the blood that runs through your veins?What if this skill gave you the opportunity to inspire others, at their weakest, to rise up and be counted as human beings?Would you accept this challenge?What type of things could you inspire?Well its an Irishman from Boston who answers these questions for us.This is his story.Music written, preformed and produced by the brilliant Ryhan O’Halloran See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
We all like to imagine, at times of great tragedy or urgency, we would not shirk from our responsibilities or hide when other would need us most.We assume we would be the heroes in all situations and we are the only ones who can solve a situation.But time and time again, we fail to stand up when those entirely unconnected to us need us most.We wait until such a time as their afflictions become our own before we begin to think about helping.Often, it is too late for us to have acted by the time we begin a movement towards action.But what if this wasn’t the case?What if we acted on schedule when others needed us most?What would it take for you to step up for those you had never met?It is the life of a Cork woman who answers these questions for us.This is her story.Music for this episode is written, preformed and produced by Ryhan O’Halloran. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The Irish have never been known as an invasive people.Yes there are over 80 million of us living away from the Island, but we have never dominated another nation or its peoples through force.We instead invaded and infected the world with songs, poetry, music and stories.The stories you hear of Irish people fighting in fierce battles away from the island, are always under a different flag and for a different nations ideals.But what if, almost by accident, the small nation of Ireland could become the leaders of one of the worlds biggest nations?And what if we did this purely through working hard and without stepping over others?Could it be done?Well, it’s the life of a Limerick man which answers these questions for us.This is his story.Music as always by the brilliant Ryhan O’Halloran See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
What if your life was one born into hardship and struggle?What if the hardship you met as you entered the world, wasn’t going to be the worst your life would see?What if your life was destined to be a series of heartbreaking events, each of which more devastating on your soul than the last?What if all of these events were entirely out of your control and regardless of the choices you made in your life, all roads would lead to tragedy?Would you let the darkness chasing you be all consuming and devour your life and spirit?Or, would you face the darkness head on, look it in the eye and use it as the catalyst for change?Well, it is the life of a Cork Women which answers these questions for us.This is her story. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Different symbols can mean different things to different people.Symbology is a tremendous thing, a series of colours, words or images portrayed in a very specific order can evoke great emotions in us all, both positive and negative.Individually, a mix of colours rarely mean anything.But what happens when you organise the colours in a specific fashion that it becomes the centre of an ideology, a cause or a reason for being.What if you add a design to these colours, does it begin to mean more as only you and your people can truly understand what this symbol means, and only you understand the emotions this design can evoke.What if the symbol you believed best displayed who you are and demonstrated everything you believed in, was deemed illegal or something which made you a lesser person?In 1906, a man from Wicklow showed the world, above all else, the symbol he believed in was more important than self-glory and he wanted the world to know all about it.This is his story. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Often, we find it easy to blame the instances in our early life for being the reasons preventing us from where we want to (or believe we should) be.We allow the circumstances we are born into be the chains to hold us from self-actualisation, self-liberation and self-determination.And if not that, we find other reasons or people around us to be the reasons for our lack of inner pride or belief.True, they can play a part, but what if the most dire negative circumstances could be used as a spring board rather than a cage?Where could you guide your life to? How far could you reach?Well, it’s the life of a Limerick woman who shows us, life is about opening doors, not locking them.This is her story. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Irish people have never been strangers to war, battle, sacrifice or death.By the early 1900s, the flowing of blood was a much a common sight as the flow of streams.Countless rebellions, battles and mass graves are a common sight.The people, hardened by the experiences life continues to through at them, never back down from a challenge.Coupled with this, is a confused sense of identity, having been under British rule for 800 years, but having rebelled at every opportunity, there is a mixed feeling going into world war 1 of the role the Irish should play.Some stay home as an act of rebellion to the crown, others suit up and go to fight for the rights of small nations across the globe and others get their boots on and march proudly to the front lines under the guidance of the British crown.From Ballincollig, county Cork, one man doesn’t just march, he glides into battle.This is his story. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
In 1869, in a town called Cookstown, County Tyrone, a woman was born.This woman was born into poverty as a result of being the child of famine survivors.In the hope of a better life, in 1883 she left the Emerald Isle, got on a boat and set sail for New York.There, she would live with an uncle and aunt who had left during the famine and begin to make a life for herself.It was in New York, she rose to eternal fame. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Sometimes, people are moulded by the time they live in.Others, mould the time.It was a time of hope.A time of wonder.But more importantly, it was a time of revolution.It was 1916.Across the world, people were driven to the slaughter by their oppressors, both domestic and foreign.A symbol was looked for across the world that one day, small nations might be free.From a small village in North Kerry, a light shown bright.Music by Ryhan O’Halloran. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
As people get older, they tend to change or reassess some of their life choices. Often, this can begin to a lead in change in personality, a change in your outlook on life and a change in what gets you up in the morning. This is a totally natural part of aging and gaining life experience, it’s a completely normal thing to do. But what if those around you didn’t see it as normal. What if they thought it was so abnormal that they suspected this wasn’t your doing. What if they believed this was a a result of interference by an daoine maith, the fairy people? What consequences would you have to pay? How would your life pan out? Well these are questions which the life of one Tipperary women, from a town called Ballyvadlea, answers for us. Music by Ryhan O’Halloran. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.