ConorSweetman.Stories

This story started out when I found out about the 1938 Cork Grand Prix. This event was the equivalent of a modern-day Formula 1 race. Can you imagine that on the streets of Cork city?!

When I started …

In this story, I speak to historian Sean Hogan about the romance between Dan Breen and Brigid Malone during the Irish War of Independence.

I made this story in 2021 when Ireland was in 'lockdown' due…

In 1921, the Irish Republican Army attempted to land a shipment of Thompson Machine Guns in Loughshinny in North County Dublin. To facilitate the operation, the IRA had to burn down every Coast Guard…

This story is about the life and legacy of Frank Lawless, an Irish republican from North County Dublin.

Special thanks to historians Dr Declan Brady and Professor Diarmaid Ferriter.

I got this story fr…

In 1922, at the start of the Irish Civil War, the Free State Army used 18-pounder field guns to shell the Four Courts, which were held by the Anti-Treaty forces. These guns were given on loan by the …

A Sonnet for Isabella Lucinda Bright by Dermot Bolger

(First published on the Fingal Poetry Festival Podcast, September 2022)

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Field of Yellow Flowers with Airplane and Standing Figure by Leontia Flynn

(First published on the Fingal Poetry Festival Podcast, September 2022)

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A Pinch of Snow in a Black Velvet Glove by Mary Branley

(First published on Fingal Poetry Festival Podcast, September 2022)

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Colin Devereux founded Dawn Clouds in 2018.

Music from this episode is from Blue Dot Sessions and Jackdaw.

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When Dr. John Demartini was fourteen, he left his home in Houston, Texas and hitchhiked to California to become a surfer.

This is an audio portrait of Dr. John Demartini.

You can find out more about Dr…

Paola De Angelis is a broadcast and pilates teacher in Rome, Italy.

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I met Jim Norton through the Dublin Shambhala Centre. He gave me a copy of his book "The Fragrance of Dust", a collection of Jim's writing, written over a 20 year period. I was really struck by his p…

Níall & Josie Ó Murchú were stressed, tired and sick... then they learned the Wim Hof method and their lives were transformed...

(This was first published in my 'Everyday People' Podcast in 2018. This…

For a 44-month stretch between 2011 and 2015, Niall Doherty traveled around the world without flying, visiting 37 countries and crossing three oceans on a complete circumnavigation of the globe.

Niall…

If you had told Andrew Considine at age 15 that we would be the first one of his class to get a job, he would not have believed you... But it was happened.

If you had also told him that he would join…

Des Mullally runs Facebook page called Dublin 8 where he collects and share stories about Dublin richest historic quarter.

Ever since the Vikings first saw its potential, Dublin 8 has been the heartb…

This is an interview I recorded with Liam O'Brien back in 2017. Liam O'Brien is the Series Producer of Documentary on One on RTE Radio 1.

This interview is a gem. Full of great advice and insight on …

Anne Driscoll has dedicated her life to helping people who have been wrongfully convicted of crimes. In 2013, she came to Ireland as a Fulbright Scholar to teach law students how to investigate wrong…

In 1944, when Tomi was nine years old, he and 13 members of his family were arrested by the Gestapo in Bratislava and sent to Bergen-Belson concentration camp.

(Recorded December 2019)

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