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Oh Sugar, Sugar Part 2: The Carlow Sugar Factory
'The first thing I had to do was go out and buy a skirt’, so says Loretta Kenny after her first day in the Carlow Sugar Factory when she came to realise that women did...
Oh Sugar, Sugar Part 1: An Overview of the Carlow Sugar Factory
In December 1925 Bishop Foley came to the window of the old town hall and announced to the many excited people gathered there that the sugar factory was coming to Carl...
The Burning Of Woodstock (Radio Play)
“The Burning Of Woodstock” was first broadcast on KCLR on October 17th, 2022 and was supported by the Decade Of The Centenaries Grant 2022.The play was written and dir...
In 1916: Carlow's place in the Easter Rising
A radio documentary that records some of the events that took place in Carlow to commemorate the Easter Rising of 1916 and tells the story of some of the main Carlow p...
Follow Me Up The Barrow: Part 8 - River Guardians
Programme 8 in the series Follow Me Up the Barrow features interviews with people who have, over the years, cared for and maintained the River in condition
Follow Me Up The Barrow: Part 7 - Wildlife
Programme 7 in the Follow Me Up the Barrow series features some of the flora and fauna living in and around the River
Follow Me Up The Barrow Part 6: Recreation
Programme 6 in the series Follow Me Up the Barrow looks at the various ways people use the river for recreation
Follow Me Up The Barrow Part 5: Fishing
Programme 5 in the series Follow Me Up the Barrow features interviews with fishermen and explores the various fish that make the river their home.
Follow Me Up The Barrow: Part 4 - Boatmaking & Boating Experiences
Follow Me Up the Barrow tells the stories and experiences of the river by people that know it best… the fishermen, the old boatmen, the lock-keepers, rowers, canoeists...
Follow Me Up The Barrow: Part 3 - Boatmen
Follow Me Up the Barrow tells the stories and experiences of the river by people that know it best… the fishermen, the old boatmen, the lock-keepers, rowers, canoeists...
Follow Me Up The Barrow: Part 2 - Lock Keepers
Follow Me Up the Barrow tells the stories and experiences of the river by people that know it best… the fishermen, the old boatmen, the lock-keepers, rowers, canoeists...
Follow Me Up The Barrow: Part 1 - Saints & Navigation
Follow Me Up the Barrow tells the stories and experiences of the river by people that know it best… the fishermen, the old boatmen, the lock-keepers, rowers, canoeists...
As We Like It Part 7: Death
As We Like It’ is a radio series that explores the seven stages of life, presented in seven parts, originally airing on KCLR in 2019 and produced by Monica Hayes throu...
As We Like It Part 6: Pantaloon
As We Like It’ is a radio series that explores the seven stages of life, presented in seven parts, originally airing on KCLR in 2019 and produced by Monica Hayes throu...
As We Like It Part 5: Justice
As We Like It’ is a radio series that explores the seven stages of life, presented in seven parts, originally airing on KCLR in 2019 and produced by Monica Hayes throu...
As We Like It Part 4: Soldier
As We Like It’ is a radio series that explores the seven stages of life, presented in seven parts, originally airing on KCLR in 2019 and produced by Monica Hayes throu...
As We Like It Part 3: Lover
As We Like It’ is a radio series that explores the seven stages of life, presented in seven parts, originally airing on KCLR in 2019 and produced by Monica Hayes throu...
As We Like It Part 2: Schoolboy
As We Like It’ is a radio series that explores the seven stages of life, presented in seven parts, originally airing on KCLR in 2019 and produced by Monica Hayes throu...
As We Like It Part 1: Infancy
As We Like It’ is a radio series that explores the seven stages of life, presented in seven parts, originally airing on KCLR in 2019 and produced by Monica Hayes throu...
Civil War & The Oral Tradition: Part 2
Rambling houses are great for preserving stories and songs from times past. In Part 2 of ‘Civil War and the Oral Tradition’, presenter Dave Barron explores their impor...
Civil War & The Oral Tradition: Part 1
Songs contain the emotions and perceptions of people at a particular time, whereas the history books tell of the facts.In the absence of many songs about the Irish Civ...
Bridge Street Will Be
It’s 2015 and Bridge Street in Callan, Co Kilkenny is full of nothing only empty shops. Dirt from passing traffic has caked to the windows, the shop fronts are rottin...
September 3, 1967: The Black & Amber Tide Turns - Part 4, The Legacy
Part 4 of 4.Former Kilkenny captain and five-time All-Ireland senior hurling winner with the Cats, Michael Fennelly takes a walk back through one of the biggest games ...
September 3, 1967: The Black & Amber Tide Turns - Part 3, The Match
Part 3 of 4.Former Kilkenny captain and five-time All-Ireland senior hurling winner with the Cats, Michael Fennelly takes a walk back through one of the biggest game i...
September 3, 1967: The Black & Amber Tide Turns - Part 2, The Team
Part 2 of 4.Former Kilkenny captain and five-time All-Ireland senior hurling winner with the Cats, Michael Fennelly takes a walk back through one of the biggest games ...
September 3, 1967: The Black & Amber Tide Turns - Part 1, The Build Up
In this first part of a four-part series, we'll hear from former Kilkenny GAA chairman Ned Quinn, hurlers Eddie Keher, Jim Treacy, and Tom Walsh along with sports writ...
Episode 20 - Trees as the Route to Happiness Whether its Walking or Wood Turning
This is the last programme in the series, and it features ways in which we get joy out of Trees. To this end Monica met wood-turner Liam Kirwan who takes great pleasu...
Trees: From Seed to Sawdust - Episode 19 - Community Engagement and Wellness in Woodlands with the Acorn Project
The Acorn Project is a community engagement project in Kilkenny which aims to build connection with nature through developing workshops that get people out into the wo...
Trees: From Seed to Sawdust - Episode 18 - Exploring Engineered Wood Products in a Visit to Smartply
OSB is an example of an engineered wood product. And what is OSB- Orientated Strand Board? Well, have a listen to find out. In this programme Monica meets Neil Foot...
Trees: From Seed to Sawdust - Episode 17 - Farm Forestry from an IFA Perspective
Andrew O'Carroll is Kilkenny's Representative on the National IFA Farm Forestry Committee and Monica meets him and Michael Somers, Forestry Advisor with Teagasc and re...