Vanishing Ireland Podcast
1) Season 1 Finale
Vanishing Ireland co-founder Turtle Bunbury looks back on how a dream to travel around Ireland on a tractor developed into a best-selling book series, a social media platform for the Irish Diaspora an...Show More
2) Michael Johnson
An unexpected flood, cattle going into a bank and the indispensable Tailor’s Goose are among the recollections of the charming, pipe-smoking 75 year old Michael Johnson, a fifth generation tailor base...Show More
3) Freda Jones
"Journeying to her West Cork school on the back of her father’s milk cart is among the earliest memories of 91-year-old Freda Jones, a much admired organist living near Baltinglass, County Wicklow. Sh...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.4) Freda Jones
"Journeying to her West Cork school on the back of her father’s milk cart is among the earliest memories of 91-year-old Freda Jones, a much admired organist living near Baltinglass, County Wicklow. Sh...Show More
5) Con ‘Durrihy’ O’Sullivan
Con ‘Durrihy’ O’Sullivan, who was a teacher in Castletownbere for over four decades, applies his superb 80-year-old memory to recalling the geography, the poetry, and the banter of the Beara peninsula...Show More
6) Helen Fegan-Joyce
From her family’s ancestral sword-making business in Sligo to her own experiences of the damp and hunger of wartime Dublin, 94-year-old Helen Fegan-Joyce recalls the past with exceptional eloquence. A...Show More
7) Oliver Reed
Priests on horseback, women in snugs and serving as a waiter to the King of Siam in Switzerland are some of the recollections of this week’s Vanishing Ireland podcast interviewee Oliver Reed. Born in ...Show More
8) Philip Lecane
In the latest episode, 97-year old Philip Lecane, of Cork City, says he stopped the ageing clock when he was 21. He is certainly one of the most energetic, inquisitive and youthful nonagenarians on th...Show More
9) Miriam Moore
Bareback riding into the Irish Sea, tasting ice cream for the family dairy and watching cattle being driven through the streets of Dublin are among the golden memories of this weeks interview with Mir...Show More
10) Jack Roche
This week’s interview features 77 year old Jack Roche, who spent his working career as greengrocer in Dublin’s Liberties on the city’s southside. He recalls the lively days of buying fruit and veg at ...Show More