At Home and Abroad

Stories and interviews from the Irish Diaspora

Martha Knight & Joy Nesbitt - The King of All Birds

2025-04-20

Martha Knight & Joy Nesbitt - The King of All Birds

The King of All Birds is a fresh and playful performance that takes us on a journey through our shared fascination with the skies—how we dreamed of flying, weaved folklore about it, and eventually found a way to rise above the clouds.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 3.55MB - Duration: 15:26 m (32 kbps 48000 Hz)




Nesting by Roisín O'Donnell, an award-winning Irish author

2025-04-20

Nesting by Roisín O'Donnell, an award-winning Irish author

On a bright spring afternoon in Dublin, Ciara Fay makes a split-second decision that will change everything. Grabbing an armful of clothes from the washing line, Ciara straps her two young daughters into her car and drives away.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 4.39MB - Duration: 19:02 m (32 kbps 48000 Hz)




Rot: historian Padraic X. Scanlan offers the definitive account of the Great Famine.

2025-04-20

Rot: historian Padraic X. Scanlan offers the definitive account of the Great Famine.

Padraic Scanlan: Uncovering the disaster’s roots in Britain’s deep imperial faith in markets, commerce, and capitalism, Rot reshapes our understanding of the Great Famine and its tragic legacy.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 4.52MB - Duration: 19:37 m (32 kbps 48000 Hz)




Remembering John Prine

2025-04-13

Remembering John Prine

Fiona Prine: Remembering John Prine Fiona Whelan Prine remembers John who died of COVID 5 years ago. John had a special place in his heart for Ireland and had a house in Kinvara.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 0.84MB - Duration: 3:33 m (32 kbps 44100 Hz)




Swing Bout @IFFO

2025-04-13

Swing Bout @IFFO

Maurice O'Carroll, Sinead O'Riordan

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 2.48MB - Duration: 10:42 m (32 kbps 48000 Hz)




“Fidil Ghorm,” directed by Anne McCabe

2025-04-13

“Fidil Ghorm,” directed by Anne McCabe

10-year-old Molly is on a heartfelt mission to bring her father out of a coma. Believing that mastering the fiddle and winning the All Ireland Competition might wake him, she’s determined to follow in his musical footsteps.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 2.28MB - Duration: 9:51 m (32 kbps 48000 Hz)




Eva Birthistle, Director Kathleen Is Here

2025-04-13

Eva Birthistle, Director Kathleen Is Here

After her mother's death, Kathleen leaves foster care and returns to her hometown. Although she inherits a house, finds a job, and a friend, she feels empty. Seeking a mother figure, she embarks on a destructive path as her past haunts her future.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 3.8MB - Duration: 16:28 m (32 kbps 44100 Hz)




Twist - Colum McCann

2025-04-13

Twist - Colum McCann

Anthony Fennell, an Irish journalist and playwright, is assigned to cover the underwater cables that carry the world’s information. The sum of human existence—words, images, transactions, memes, voices, viruses—travels through the tiny fiber-optic tubes.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 4.19MB - Duration: 18:09 m (32 kbps 48000 Hz)




In Memory of Gay Byrne

2025-04-07

In Memory of Gay Byrne

Gay Byrne Irish Broadcaster. Sharing an interview with Gay that was first broadcast in 2009

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 10.83MB - Duration: 47:06 m (32 kbps 11025 Hz)




Smiths Falls Mayor Sean Pankow

2025-04-07

A walk around Smiths Falls with Mayor Sean Pankow and some of the Irish history relating to the locality.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 13.59MB - Duration: 59:23 m (32 kbps 22050 Hz)




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