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Tom MacSweeney's Seascapes

The SEASCAPES Podcast reports on Ireland’s maritime development, tradition, history and culture, through the voices of the people of an island nation.

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Update frequency
every 26 days
Average duration
21 minutes
Episodes
9
Years Active
2025
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The Love of a Folkboat

The Love of a Folkboat

On the September edition – a sailor spends ten years restoring a Folkboat, then sells it; the RNLI needs Volunteers and Ireland has 750,000 seabird visitors.

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00:27:18  |   Mon 01 Sep 2025
Searching for Songs of the Sea

Searching for Songs of the Sea

On this month's edition - Has the Government Got the Backbone to Fight for Irish Fishing? That is a tough question, but it is asked on this month’s SEASCAPES Podcast. 

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00:17:21  |   Fri 01 Aug 2025
From Amsterdam to Cork Harbour to run a marina for 40 years.

From Amsterdam to Cork Harbour to run a marina for 40 years.

The ship’s engineer who first arrived in Cork with the Dutch Smit Tak company for the development of the Kinsale Head Gas Field and stayed to run a marina, Wieste Buwalda, one of the most iconic figu…

00:26:05  |   Tue 01 Jul 2025
Where family heritage meets daily life

Where family heritage meets daily life

This month’s podcast features two families, one from Cork which has invested in a multi-million Euro seafood centre and another whose members have given 140 years of service driving cranes in Waterfo…

00:24:49  |   Sun 15 Jun 2025
Ireland's Marine Sector Must Be Cherished

Ireland's Marine Sector Must Be Cherished

Ireland's maritime sector must be made to benefit all the people of the nation, says the Chairman of the first Oireachtas Committee set up specifically for maritime affairs. Waterford Sinn Fein T.D.,…
00:19:49  |   Thu 15 May 2025
There’s a wonderful vibrancy around the marine sector at the moment

There’s a wonderful vibrancy around the marine sector at the moment

“There’s a wonderful vibrancy around the marine sector at the moment…..”

 

Those aren’t my words – they were spoken to me by Minister of State Timmy Dooley in his summary of the overall marine sphere I…

00:22:43  |   Tue 15 Apr 2025
Once Navy – Always Navy

Once Navy – Always Navy

Remembering a submarine explosion 105 years ago.


Also on this edition – Fish Farming will be a vital supplier of food to future generations … Are whales changing which parts of Ireland they visit

and t…

00:20:20  |   Sat 15 Mar 2025
The “insane” treatment of Ireland’s fishermen

The “insane” treatment of Ireland’s fishermen

The “insane” treatment of Ireland’s fishermen.”


 “The way the Irish fishing industry is treated about Bluefin Tuna is insane,” says John Shine, a leading figure for 20 years in the marketing and selli…

00:16:55  |   Sat 15 Feb 2025
Alone around the World

Alone around the World

On this edition of the maritime programme, SEASCAPES, presented by Tom MacSweeney,the Polish solo sailor who is Ireland’s only representative in what is being described as “a world first event, never…
00:13:58  |   Sat 01 Feb 2025
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