Tempura, Novels, & Merriment: How the Mass Shaped Western Culture
Did you know Japanese tempura gets its name from Catholic Ember Days? Or that the modern novel and mystery genre owe their origins to Christian theology? Dr. Michael Foley (Drinking with the Saints) joins Driving Home the Faith to preview his upcoming LeBlond Lecture at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary. W…
How Did A Championship Game Lead To A Murder Charge?
How did a Championship match end with a Garda Sergeant standing in the dock on a charge of murder? In 1929, what should have been another summer afternoon of Gaelic football instead set in motion an extraordinary chain of events involving players, supporters, the Gardaí and, ultimately, the courts.…
Why Do Mayo Wear The Green Above The Red?
Few county jerseys are as instantly recognisable — or as closely tied to a place — as Mayo’s. Where did the colours come from, and how did the jersey evolve into the one generations of Mayo supporters know today? Michael Foley and Ciarán O’Hara dig into the archives to trace the story of the Mayo j…
Friday Signpost: Farmers and Ranchers Fight On
This past week, our friends at Farm Aid celebrated the 40th anniversary of the United Farmer and Rancher Congress, held in St. Louis. The country was in the middle of one of the worst farm crises we’d ever seen, and solutions from America’s leaders were not plentiful, nor particularly helpful. As H…
North Kerry: Solar Farm HQ? – September 22nd, 2026
Jerry spoke to Fine Gael councillor Michael Foley, who is calling on Kerry County Council to formulate a policy regulating how much development – including solar energy - can be in one area.
What Happened Between Christy Ring And Galway In The 1953 All Ireland Final?
The 1953 All-Ireland Hurling Final brought Cork and Galway together in Croke Park, with Christy Ring chasing yet another chapter in an extraordinary career. But this was no ordinary final. A fiercely contested game produced incidents that would be debated for decades, with Ring at the centre of a c…
Week That Was - Sept 21st to 27th
This week on The Week That Was, Michael Foley and Ciarán O’Hara travel back through the GAA history made between September 21st and 27th.
We revisit 1986, when Kerry’s latest All-Ireland triumph saw some of the Kingdom’s greatest names rewrite the record books; go back 30 years to 1956, when a poli…
Why Was The GPA Formed?
By the end of the 1990s, the demands being placed on inter-county players had changed dramatically. Training commitments were increasing, the GAA was becoming more commercial, and yet the players themselves had no independent organisation to represent their interests. In 1999, that changed with the…
Why Did Tipperary Go 16 Years Without Winning A Munster Title? Part 1
In 1971, Tipperary were Munster and All Ireland Champions. Few could have imagined that it would be sixteen years before they would rule the province again. In Part One of this two-part mini-series, Michael Foley and Ciarán O’Hara trace Tipperary’s extraordinary decline from the heights of 1971 thr…
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