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In this episode, we spoke with stonemasons Killian and Petra O'Flaherty. We unfortunately had some issues with the recording, so instead ple...
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Chats about Irish Vernacular Buildings

In this episode, we spoke with stonemasons Killian and Petra O'Flaherty. We unfortunately had some issues with the recording, so instead ple...

In this episode, we talk to recent graduate Hannah Glass about her time on the All Ireland Heritage Skills Programme. If you have a question...

In this episode, we talk to Irish folklorist Michael Fortune, and designer of the annual Irish Dresser and Folklore Calendar. If you have a...

In this episode we talk to Bernie Henry of the Clara Heritage Society. If you have a question or would like to give us feedback, or ideas ab...

In this episode we talk to Primrose Wilson, trustee and founding Chairman of the Follies Trust. The Follies Trust aims to encourage the appr...

In this episode we continue our conversation with? Bob Clark, director and curator of the unique Township of Auchindrain in Scotland. We del...

In this episode we talk to Bob Clark, director and curator of the unique Township of Auchindrain in Scotland. We delve into the history of t...

We talk to County Galway Community Archaeologist Bernie Doherty, Artist Shem Caulfield and retired Community Archaeologist Christy Cunniffe...

We talk to County Galway Heritage Officer Marie Mannion and Emma Laffey of Skehana & District Heritage Group about the Galway Forged Gates P...

We talk to Rachel McKenna, the architectural Conservation Officer for Co. Offaly about her book “Traditional Architecture in Offaly” and get...

In today's episode we talk to John Plunkett, the eldest son of the Plunkett family who has taken an interest in restoring the family farm, R...

In this episode talk to carpenter Toby Slater about his time as an SPAB Millwright Fellow in 2022 and learn about the challenges and solutio...

In this episode we talk to Tom Little, stone worker and letter carver who also designs and runs the Stone Cutting and Stone Masonry Apprenti...

In this episode we talk to Jimmy Lenehan, a Kilkenny based thatcher working in reed and straw since 1993, about some of the archaeology and...

We talk to Marianne Suhr, conservation building surveyor and co-author of the 'Old House Eco Handbook' to get some advice about sensitive in...

In today’s episode we chat to Moses Jenkins, the Senior Technical Officer at Historic Environment Scotland. We chat about some of the key co...

If you have a question or would like to give us feedback, or ideas about future guests or topics, we’d love to hear from you so please give...

In this episode, we chat with three of the 2022 SPAB Scholars and Fellows, Sinéad Scullion, Serena Gildea and David McFerran. Sinead is an a...

In this episode, we chat with Shirley Clerkin. Shirley is the heritage officer for County Monaghan In today’s chat, we talked about what Shi...

In this episode, we chat with Edel Barry. Edel is an archaeologist based in County Clare, working for a built heritage collective. In today’...

In this episode, we chat with Christiaan Corlett. Chris is a historian, writer, and archaeologist with the National Monuments Service. He ha...

In this episode, we chat with Sinead Hughes. Sinead is a heritage consultant based in Dublin. Among various other projects, she is currently...

In this episode, we chat with PJ McClay. PJ runs the popular IG page @oulhouse, which documents his experience as he renovates and brings ba...

**Apologies for the sound quality in this episode ** In this episode, we chat with Feile Butler. Feile is an architect who works in the cons...

In this episode, we chat with Feidhlim Harty. Feidhlim is an environmental consultant based in County Clare. In today's chat, we look at som...

*Our apologies for the delay in releasing the rest of Series 2, we had unforeseen issues with getting the episodes produced and released - b...

In our fist episode of season 2, we chat with Ken Curran. Ken is a conservation mason, drystone waller and archaeologist, who operates his c...

In our tenth and final episode of the series, we chat with Lisa Edden of Cora Consulting Engineers. Lisa has over 30 years post graduate exp...

In our ninth episode of the series, we chat with Louise Price. Louise is an artist, and passionate dry stone waller. In today's chat, Louise...

**Apologies for the sound quality in this episode ** In our eight episode, we chat with Duncan McLaren of Dedalus Architecture. Dedalus is a...

Episode Summary In our seventh episode, we chat with Tom Pollard. Tom is a stonemason, an expert in earth mortars, and resides on the family...

In our sixth episode, we chat with Melanie McQuade and Bronagh Lanigan. Melanie McQuade is the Heritage Officer in Westmeath. She has worked...

In our fifth episode, we chat with Eoin Madigan and Dom Keogh. Eoin Madigan is a sixth-generation stonemason and lime practitioner from the...

In our fourth episode, we chat with John Beattie. John resides in Dublin, and is an Assistant Architectural Conservation Officer at Dublin C...

In our third episode, we chat with Dr. Claudia Kinmonth. Claudia has published numerous books including Irish Country Furniture 1700-2000 (w...

In our second episode, we chat with Dr. Barry O’Reilly. Dr Barry O’Reilly’s background is in archaeology, folk tradition and architectural h...

This is it! Episode 01 of the first ever SPAB Ireland podcast. On our first episode you can hear our podcast hosts Tríona Byrne (Chairperson...

We are excited to launch SPAB Ireland's first ever Podcast series, 'Heart to Hearth: Chats about Irish vernacular buildings', a project supp...