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Bhuaigh an albam is déanaí ag an amhránaí Corcaíoch, John Spillane, gradam mór le déanaí. Is é Fíor Uisce – The Legend of the Lough an buaiteoir an gradam d’Albam na Bliana ag na RTÉ Folk Awards. Labhrann sé anseo ar podchraoladh The Echo – eagrán speisíalta de Scéalta Chorcaí do Sea…

WoW! International Women's Day special podcast  Blurb/Description: Former Cork ladies footballer and athlete, Juliet Murphy and Network Ireland Cork President, Cathy Fitzgibbon join WoW! Editor, Mary Corcoran, in studio to talk about their experiences at the helm in sport and business, re…

The giddy excitement of Christmas Eve was matched and accentuated by the long list of jobs that had to be done.  The turkey or goose had to be cleaned out, the good ware, glasses and cutlery had to be washed, the presents had to be wrapped, the baby Jesus had to be located to be put in the cri…

Holly Bough cover artist Peter Buckley joins editor Mary Corcoran in studio where he talks about the inspiration behind this year’s cover and the process involved in bringing it to life. He also chats about his memories of growing up in Cork, of the Holly Bough and of Christmas as a child.   …

Folklorist Shane Lehane talks to Holly Bough editor, John Dolan as he takes a step 50 years back in time in this year’s Holly Bough, and recalls with unerring accuracy exactly what was on the festive tables in that decade. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Holly Bough editor John Dolan talks to the 2023 cover artist Fiona Foley about her wonderful design for this year’s edition, and about her life and career in Cork Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For almost 20 years, Jimmy Crowley has compiled the popular weekly Songs of Cork column in The Echo. It has reached its 1000th song. Jimmy reflects on the milestone, and plays a few songs that have made it into the Songs of Cork columns so far… Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf…

The Diffney Quiz has become a staple of the hugely popular annual Holly Bough - a devilishly addictive quiz where letters and numbers are given as clues, and you have to guess what they stand for.Holly Bough editor John Dolan talks to the quiz compiler Gerry Diffney about how it all began, the secr…

Editor John Dolan talks to cover artist Keith Anderson about how he came up with this year's brilliant artwork, the hundreds of hours he puts into each oil painting, and why he didn't even study art at school. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.