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Sparks Will Fly is the new podcast by Ray – Sparky – Corcoran and the tortoise shack. It is the podcast for and by Our Community.
Hosts:
Update frequency:
every 19 days
Average audio length:
67 minutes
Guest interviews
Has sponsors
English
United Kingdom
29 episodes
since Oct. 30, 2024
episodic
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This week Sparky sits down with internationally acclaimedpoet and playwright, Paula Meehan and their mutual good friend and local legend, Kay Foran. Paula shares some poetry and the conversation meanders from the importance of community to the carrots in …
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Sparky sat down with journalist, podcaster and most importantly kids football coach, Dion Fanning to talk about their passions, experiences and feelings towards jellies. Yup!
The Ivan Yates Scandal-non-scandal podcast is out now here:https://www.patreon.c…
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Sparks Will Fly is back and in this very special episode Ray sits down with acclaimed comedian and all round force of nature, Willa White, to discuss their own experiences of grief, addiction, recovery and fellowship. Don't worry, it's much more fun than …
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Declan McLoughlan is an Irish singer songwriter from the streets of Free Derry. His songwriting style has seen him dubbed the “Derry Bruce Springsteen” as like The Boss his songs often revolve around characters and social issues. Ray went into the old cit…
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Growing up Chris Byrne spent his time between New York City and Rural Ireland, he became a Brooklyn Cop, learned the tin whistle and uillean pipes and as part of Black 47, toured with the Pogues. And that was just a little bit of his story. He sat down wi…
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In this Sparks Will Fly, Ray sits down with singer-songwriter, community activist and big hearted artist, Sean Millar, for a raw, emotional and deeply personal conversation. Sure it's always the way, isn't it. Beautiful, Sean. Thank you.
The latest SWF wi…
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Stano has been a recording artist, musician, painter and activist for decades. He is a storyteller and a collector of stories. In this podcast he and Sparky talk music, stories, solidarity and humanity in what can only be described as a very special conve…
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Everyone in Ballymun knows Robert Murphy. From the shop in the van to the post office man, he's a local institution. He sits down with Sparky to talk about his life, why he went on the recent Global March to Gaza and what happened when the Egyptian Army s…
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Sparky meets up with old friend Fr Eamon Sheridan and talk about Ballymun, recovery, faith, mischief and Eamon’s remarkable work in Myanmar. Yup!
Liam Cunningham on Displaced in Gaza is out now:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-131053187
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Fresh out of treatment Tadgh Conroy has a deep chat with Sparky about addiction, recovery, treatment, healing and more. What a heart.
The Frances Black podcast is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-130406374
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