{"id":63958,"date":"2026-11-03T08:11:17","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T08:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=63958"},"modified":"2026-11-09T18:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T18:04:10","slug":"making-europe-make-sense-epic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=63958","title":{"rendered":"Making Europe Make Sense \u2013 EPIC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode of &#8216;Making Europe Make Sense&#8217; , presenter Emma Farrell visits EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum, where Head Historian Catherine Healy brings to life the fascinating stories of Irish people who travelled east into Europe \u2014 uncovering some lesser-known chapters of Irish emigration along the way. We also hear from Allanah Murray, a Dublin native now living and working for the EU in Brussels, about her own experience of making a life abroad.<\/p>\n<p>From forgotten history to modern-day journeys, discover a different side of the Irish story in Europe.<\/p>\n<p><strong data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">About the series\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_elementToProof\">What does the EU actually mean for us here in Ireland? As Ireland holds the Presidency of the Council of the EU, we cut through the jargon and explore the people, stories and everyday issues behind the European Union \u2014 making sense of how Europe connects with our lives, our work and our future.<\/p>\n<p>Hosted and produced by Emma Farrell. Post production from Paul Loughran. All interviews are available under \u2018Communicating Europe\u2019 wherever you get your podcasts. This series is supported by Communicating Europe, a Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Initiative.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_300\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/MEMSE04.mp3\" title=\"Play\" data-pp-embed=\"html5a\" data-pp-player-id=\"300\" data-pp-media-url=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/MEMSE04.mp3\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/playbutton-443.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/MEMSE04.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?powerpress_pinw=63958-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/MEMSE04.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"MEMSE04.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 18:13 &#8212; 41.7MB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode of &#8216;Making Europe Make Sense&#8217; , presenter Emma Farrell visits EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum, where Head Historian Catherine Healy brings to life the fascinating stories of Irish people who travelled east into Europe \u2014 uncovering some lesser-known chapters of Irish emigration along the way. We also hear from Allanah Murray, a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_301\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/MEMSE04.mp3\" title=\"Play\" data-pp-embed=\"html5a\" data-pp-player-id=\"301\" data-pp-media-url=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/MEMSE04.mp3\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/playbutton-443.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/MEMSE04.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?powerpress_pinw=63958-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/MEMSE04.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"MEMSE04.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 18:13 &#8212; 41.7MB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":64163,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[31493,31490,31492,701,31491,1153],"class_list":["post-63958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-communicating-europe","tag-allanah-murray","tag-brussells","tag-catherine-healy","tag-communicating-europe","tag-epic-museum","tag-eu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63958"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63977,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63958\/revisions\/63977"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/64163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}