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Vanishing Ireland

Turtle Bunbury Histories

Turtle Bunbury discusses life and its learnings with Ireland's elders, celebrating voices of courage, kindness and humour for future generations. The Vanishing Ireland project was co-founded...

Vanishing Ireland Podcast Guide

Listen to Vanishing Ireland, a Society & Culture podcast by Turtle Bunbury Histories. Stream 17 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.

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Episodes

17 episodes are available for this podcast.

Episodes

17 episodes

Season 1 Finale

Vanishing Ireland co-founder Turtle Bunbury looks back on how a dream to travel around Ireland on a tractor developed into a best-selling bo...

19:26Oct 1, 2021

Michael Johnson

An unexpected flood, cattle going into a bank and the indispensable Tailor's Goose are among the recollections of the charming, pipe-smoking...

29:02Sep 24, 2021

Freda Jones

"Journeying to her West Cork school on the back of her father's milk cart is among the earliest memories of 91-year-old Freda Jones, a much...

14:31Sep 17, 2021

Freda Jones

"Journeying to her West Cork school on the back of her father's milk cart is among the earliest memories of 91-year-old Freda Jones, a much...

14:31Sep 17, 2021

Con 'Durrihy' O'Sullivan

Con 'Durrihy' O'Sullivan, who was a teacher in Castletownbere for over four decades, applies his superb 80-year-old memory to recalling the...

24:52Sep 10, 2021

Helen Fegan-Joyce

From her family's ancestral sword-making business in Sligo to her own experiences of the damp and hunger of wartime Dublin, 94-year-old Hele...

35:05Sep 3, 2021

Oliver Reed

Priests on horseback, women in snugs and serving as a waiter to the King of Siam in Switzerland are some of the recollections of this week's...

24:25Aug 27, 2021

Philip Lecane

In the latest episode, 97-year old Philip Lecane, of Cork City, says he stopped the ageing clock when he was 21. He is certainly one of the...

32:47Aug 20, 2021

Miriam Moore

Bareback riding into the Irish Sea, tasting ice cream for the family dairy and watching cattle being driven through the streets of Dublin ar...

35:08Aug 13, 2021

Jack Roche

This week's interview features 77 year old Jack Roche, who spent his working career as greengrocer in Dublin's Liberties on the city's south...

18:10Aug 6, 2021

Dessie Hynes

This week, Turtle speaks with 92 year old Dessie Hynes, an independent spirit if there was one. Dessie has enjoyed a fabulous career as an e...

25:42Jul 30, 2021

George Knight

This week's interview features 76-year-old George Knight about growing up in Clones, County Monaghan, during its last days as a railway boom...

41:09Jul 23, 2021

Betty Ashe

This week, Turtle speaks with Betty Ashe, an icon of the Dublin Docklands who has spent the past 80 years watching the world around her evol...

23:08Jul 16, 2021

Eddie Lenihan

This week's interview features 71 year-old folklorist, Eddie Lenihan, who as a young man journeyed around his homeland listening to the voic...

30:11Jul 9, 2021

Rosemary Smith

This week's interview features 84-year-old sporting legend Rosemary Smith of Sandyford, Co. Dublin, the most successful female racing car dr...

49:39Jul 2, 2021

Myles Clarke

On this week's interview, 84-year-old mountain farmer Myles Clarke of Valleymount, County Wicklow, reflects on a time when the Tilley lamp a...

24:35Jun 25, 2021

Mary Stack

In this episode, Turtle speaks to 88 year old Mary Stack from Listowel, County Kerry, about living next door to John B. Keane, growing up in...

30:35Jun 14, 2021

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Vanishing Ireland is listed as a Society & Culture show by Turtle Bunbury Histories.

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