Sleeve Notes with Díóg O’Connell 01/08/2023
Jaye
August 2, 2023
Join Díóg O’Connell as she explores the connection between music and Irish Film and pays tribute to the late Sinéad O’Connor.
Category: Documentaries
Jaye
August 2, 2023
Hedge Schools Beyond the Shrubbery – Episode 5 – Steiner’s Deep Immersion
Paul
July 28, 2023
This episode concentrates on Steiner education as devised by Rudolf Steiner over one hundred years ago. Steiner education is dedicated to generating an inner enthusiasm for learning within every child by a deep immersion in each subject. The wide-ranging and non-competitive approach…
Hedge Schools Beyond the Shrubbery – Episode 4 – Hands on Montessori
Paul
July 21, 2023
This episode concentrates on the child-centred Montessori method developed by Dr. Maria Montessori over one hundred years ago. The Montessori system is well established as a pre-school option in Ireland but not so much for full primary and not at all for…
Hedge Schools Beyond the Shrubbery – Episode 3 – Bards and Monks
Paul
July 14, 2023
This episode concentrates on Bardic Schools, which existed right up until the late seventeenth century, and Monastic schools, which disappeared during the Henrician Reformation. These institutions were sources of inspiration for Hedge Schools. With that in mind, we will discuss their origins,…
Hedge Schools Beyond the Shrubbery – Episode 2 – Eccentric Teachers
Paul
July 7, 2023
In this episode, Dr Antonia McManus and Dr Thomas Walsh will entertain us with pen pictures of the more legendary Hedge School teachers and their teaching methods. We will also discuss the needs and ambitions of the students and their parents, which…
Hedge Schools Beyond the Shrubbery – Episode 1 – Learning in All Weathers
Paul
June 30, 2023
Episode 1 – Learning in All Weathers On the opening episode we will discuss why Hedge Schools were established, the structures they operated from, and the books and materials used, with Dr Antonia McManus and Dr Thomas Kevin Walsh. Dr Antonia McManus…
Hungry Gap, Fat Friars, Food Poverty – Episode 3
Paul
June 8, 2023
In Episode 3 we are joined by Professor Bryce Evans, Dr Ian Miller and Emma Cornell-Stoffer who will concentrate on the 19th and 20th centuries. Professor Bryce Evans is a food historian who holds the Chair in Modern World History at Liverpool…
Hungry Gap, Fat Friars, Food Poverty – Episode 2
Paul
June 1, 2023
From 1500 and through the next five centuries, Ireland became more and more of a British colony before emerging, after many famines and rebellions, as a Free State and then a Republic. In Episode 2 we are joined by Dr Susan Flavin…
Hungry Gap, Fat Friars, Food Poverty – Episode 1
Paul
May 25, 2023
“Welcome to our new three-part food history series Hungry Gap, Fat Friars, Food Poverty. In this series we will explore food and drink production and consumption in Ireland and Britain over one thousand years starting at 1000 and ending in 2023 and…
DERA – 50 Years Young !
Paul
July 15, 2022
DERA (Donaghmede Estate Residents Association) is 50 Years young and we are Celebrating! The 1960’s saw huge changes across Irish society including in the area of housing. Ireland was on a high, it’s people were buoyant and it’s here that we start…
Dublin Punk Untold – Episode 3 – We were powerful
Paul
June 3, 2022
Dublin Punk Untold examines the role Ireland’s capital city played in the punk era. Inspired by the Hope Collective’s Great Gig Memories book, producer and broadcaster Neil Farrelly has spent the past year and a half examining archives and interviewing the people…
Dublin Punk Untold – episode 2 – An explosion of colour
Paul
May 27, 2022
Dublin Punk Untold examines the role Ireland’s capital city played in the punk era. Inspired by the Hope Collective’s Great Gig Memories book, producer and broadcaster Neil Farrelly has spent the past year and a half examining archives and interviewing the people…