It was with great Harte that we went into our first days of podcasting, Sligo born Writer Jack Harte was the very first writer to come on board with us and now 2 years later we proceed into our 3rd year with Donegal Singer songwriter Mickey Harte. Last Sunday 29th of January 2012,despite his busy schedule, we met up with Mickey at The Ballina Manor Hotel and chatted about his career and his love of song writing. Mickey, ably assisted by Gary Porter on percussion performed some of his most popular self penned songs. As usual we have posted the interview for the moment and will happily bring you the performance podcast in the next week or so. In the meantime if you want a sneak preview, you need just check out our 20th Showcase which is due for production on Monday next and is almost certain to contain one of the tracks from our session with Mickey.
2 Harte’s On One Website
Feb 4
Daffodils are already in bloom and it’s only January on The Calendar Road.
This month Sinéad talks about some of the insects you may see scuttling along this rural byway.
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Grace and Truth
Jan 25
We are delighted to eventually get around to this marvelous reading by Grace Wynne Jones. The reading was performed by Grace in front of a roaring fire at her home in Bray back in February 2011 but such was the popularity of her previous reading we are only changing podcasts now. We have been a wee bit quiet of late because we have been working hard in the backround planning various projects for 2012 and making contact with writers who want to become featured on Podcasts.ie and we begin our series of new recordings this coming weekend.
In the meantime we are also preparing for the January edition of The Calendar Road which is gaining popularity daily.
Showcase No. 19
Jan 6
Happy new year to you. We are delighted to be getting our 3rd year of great Irish podcasting underway with another showcase. On this edition we celebrate the unique Irish tradition of Nollag na bMan (Women’s Christmas). Although known throughout the catholic world as The Epiphany or Little Christmas in Ireland this day is dedicated to celebrating the fairer sex. The tradition is for the menfolk to take over the housework and cooking for the day and for the ladies to head offf for a night on the town. In modern times “the new man” has begun to more of the domestic chores but Nollag na bMan is beginning to make a comeback. we celebrate by bringing you podcasts by Ann Chambers, Kate Kerrigan, Michele Ann Kelly and Ursula Connolly. Enjoy !
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We are delighted to have this opportunity to wish you all a very happy new year on what is for us our 2nd anniversary. It was on the 1st of January 2010 that Podcasts.ie first went public and we have been very much encouraged by your response ever since. 2012 will see us bring you even more great Irish writers, people and places, a continuation of The Calendar Road and The Showcase and we are planning some new podcast subjects for this year too. In the meantime we’d like to remind you that that because of their seasonal nature, our special Christmas podcasts, namely, The Gift, Sally and The Snowy Path, The Voice of Christmas and The Showcase at Christmas will be removed tomorrow so you only have a few hours to listen to them before they are packed away for next year.
Thank you once again for your support whether you have been with us from the very beginning or have just discovered our site.
Well it will shortly be Christmas here for us at Podcasts.ie but our friends in the southern hemisphere have already had their visit from Santa, some are an hour less away and other severl hours nehind but the amount of good will we have received this holiday season suggest that the only difference between is is that of time. We would sincerely like to thank all of you who are subscribed to Podcasts.ie for your support and encouragement and to remind you that our special Christmas podcasts, namely, The Gift, Sally and The Snowy Path, The Voice of Christmas and The Showcase at Christmas will only be available until early January. We are looking forward to our third year in existance. We already have many new podcasts lined up for 2012 and are planning new ideas all the time. We hope we can rely on your continued support. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone.
In the December edition of the Calendar Road, the podcast that takes us for a once monthly walk along an Irish byway, Sinéad looks for berrying Holly, but will she find it?
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Showcase at Christmas
Dec 18
Last year we made some very special Irish podcasts especially for Christmas. Since early January they have been lying in safe storage and over the past few days the podcasting elves have busy digging them up and dusting them off. They could not wait to get their hands on this one in particular. Our Christmas showcase features yuletide music from Johnny Duhan and Ursula Connolly while Alice Taylor recounts growing up on The Cork/Kerry border based on her book called ‘ The Night before Christmas’ and we see what Christmas is like on The Calendar Road . We will have more free Christmas podcasts for you as the season progresses but remember, they will only be available for the holiday season.
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Writers Showcase No 18
Dec 6
Our podcasting elves are busily working on a showcase Christmas special for you which will be ready in a week or two but the meantime our penultimate Podcasting Showcase for 2011 features 3 writers who were involved in our Arts Council of Ireland funded series ‘The Writers Passage’. From the series itself we visit episode 3 as we venture to the bogs above the town of Lanesborough County Longford with Jack Harte as he explains the premis of his novel ‘ In The Wake of The Bagger’ and though not from the series Tommy Sands who presented episode 6 for us based on his book ‘The Songman’, sings a song about going back to his native County Down and the presenter of episode 5 author and historian Steve Dunford reads from ‘The Irish Highwaymen’ which was the subject of his episode of ‘The Writer’s Passage’. We also have poetry from Alan Murphy and music by Michele Ann Kelly . If you are new to hyperlinks and the web you can click on the highlighted text to go straight to the pages mentioned, simply click on the writers name to visit their own page her on Podcasts.ie or on the episode number to visit ‘The Writers Passages’ we mention or on the name The Writer’s Passage to go to the landing page for the series.
Not quite our last Irish Podcasting Showcase for 2011, we will be back with a Christmas special but in the meantime our latest offering features 3 writers who were involved in our Arts Council of Ireland funded series ‘The Writers Passage’. From the series itself we visit episode 3 as we venture to the bogs above the town of Lanesborough County Longford with Jack Harte as he explains the premis of his novel ‘ In The Wake of The Bagger’ and though not from the series Tommy Sands who presented episode 6 for us based on his book ‘The Songman’, sings a song about going back to his native County Down and the presenter of episode 5 author and historian Steve Dunford reads from ‘The Irish Highwaymen’ which was the subject of his episode of ‘The Writer’s Passage’. We also have poetry from Alan Murphy and music by Michele Ann Kelly . If you are new to hyperlinks and the web you can click on the highlighted text to go straight to the pages mentioned, simply click on the writers name to visit their own page her on Podcasts.ie or on the episode number to visit ‘The Writers Passages’ we mention or on the name The Writer’s Passage to go to the landing page for the series.
