Hidden Histories: Saor Raidió Chonamara
On The Record with Gavan Reilly Highlights
English - July 17, 2022 12:10 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MBEducation radio Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of Raidió na Gaeltachta, a station that began broadcasting from Galway in 1972. A landmark moment in Irish broadcasting history, it initially went out for just two hours a day. So, what took us fifty years to do it, and what was the catalyst. More than anything, a pirate radio station - Saor Raidió Chonamara - was the push.
Donal Fallon joined Gavan on next episode of Hidden Histories to discuss.