The BlogSledder

I keep a close eye on the boys at the Irish Stew Podcast. They support their wonderful podcast with great, innovative marketing. I have emulated (ahem.. 'copied') many of their promotional tactics, albeit in less bulk–and who can keep up?&nda…

The Irish American community is changing, in some ways for the better, with more inclusion and diversity.  There is great strength, but there are also new challenges to the sustainability of its identity. US immigration law is so restrictive i…

Our most recent centerpiece, Jacqueline Keely, stage and movie actress, is the proverbial poster-child for the biggest category of Irish immigrant to the United States: independent, adventurous, talented, optimistic and... female.  Here's a qu…

The guy behind our podcast was himself a guest recently on the Irish Stew Podcast, hosted by fellow-podcasters (and bitter cross-town rivals) John Lee and Martin Nutty.   Have a listen. It's a good way to get to know Paul better: '…

Shortly after we released our episode with radio legend Adrian Flannelly, it was announced by Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney, that Adrian is one of 11 recipients of the Presidential Distinguished Services Award this year. &…

The restful summer hiatus has come to an end and Season Two is underway. We're back with a pre-season friendly chat (released Thursday September 23rd).  Host Paul Finnegan takes on premier league comedian (and blood relative!), the mighty Colm…

Eyre Square, Galway City. [Photo by John Herbert] The Irish Echo, the most widely read Irish American source of news in the United States, penned an article about our podcast, skillfully written by journalist Peter McDermott.  You can ch…

So, this Thursday July 22nd at 6PM a few us New York Irish podcasters are getting together for a pow wow. We are meeting up at St. Patrick's pub on W46th 'tween 5th and 6th Avenues–further info about the venue can be seen here.  It's a ve…

by Maddison Rhoa.   Maddison with Oscar Wilde in the city center... I’ve always thought of Galway as a city of contradictions – one must only take a stroll down its famous Shop Street to see that. It’s simultaneously a di…

It's always been my intention to make the telling of this epic story, and the story of one of its main protagonists in particular, the centerpiece of an episode of this podcast, and now, in the merry month of May, in episode 9, season 1, it has come…