SHSS Podcast

We were delighted to welcome Diarmuid Ó’Drisceoil to Sacred Heart to record the SHSS Podcast.

Diarmuid is a retired teacher, a writer, a storyteller, and TV personality. He grew up speaking Irish at home and went on to teach it for thirty years.

Well done to Alannah Ní Dhonnabháin and Aisling O’Gorman for leading this interesting interview.

Diarmuid then spoke to Transition Year, 5th year and 2nd year students in the ref about learning Irish and its value in our ever changing world. His candid approach appealed to the audience, especially when he criticised the Sraith Phictuirs!

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We were delighted to welcome back past pupil and rugby star, Laura Guest, to SHSS today to record the SHSS Podcast. Victoria Carcopino Tusoli and Gemma Deasy led the interview which was mainly about Laura’s sporting career.

Laura played in three World Cups for Ireland and has a total of 39 caps for her country. She has been awarded West Cork Sports Star of the Year, was on the Irish team that won the Six Nations and Grand Slam in 2013 and was head coach at Munster Women’s Rugby, having played on the team herself for years.

Her interview was interesting, insightful and modest. “I had to look up how many caps I had for Ireland,” she admitted. “I couldn’t remember.”

Now a teacher at Midleton College, she is also a star golfer.

Sacred Heart made history last week when our first ever rugby team played in Limerick. Laura was delighted to see the interest

People like Laura are an inspiration. She was a true trailblazer for women in sport.

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Gearoid, who attends Christian Brothers College in Cork, is a member of the U18 Munster Hockey team sponsored by UCC. He is also sponsored by Y1 Hockey, based in London. Andrew, who attends Midleton CBS, is also a member of the U18 Munster Hockey team. He is sponsored by Otter Hockey, based in Birmingham. The boys give some great advice about playing sport at a competitive level.

Well done to TY journalists, Lola O’Donnell and Ciara Pettit Mee, for leading the interview.

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Another guest for our SHSS Podcast - My Career and Me series!

Organised by Ms Sexton, this is a special podcast where different past pupils from various career paths come back to SHSS for a short, informative interview. Ms Sexton is on the mic, asking insightful questions about their journey thus far.

This podcast features Niamh Madden, a social care worker with Tusla - the Child and Family Agency. 

We were delighted to welcome Oein DeBhairduin to record the SHSS Podcast on 25 January 2023. Oein is a writer, activist and educator with a passion for preserving the beauty of Traveller tales and culture. He is the co-founder of LGBT Tara (Traveller and Roma Alliance).

This wonderful chat is now available download in Episode 3 of Season 4!

Well done to Izzy and Olivia for leading the interview. The interview was conducted over Zoom so apologies for the suboptimal audio in places! We do what we can, where we are with what we have. 

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We were delighted to welcome Kevin Cahill to Sacred Heart Secondary School  on 20 January 2023 to record an episode of  the SHSS Podcast.

Kevin is a lecturer in the School of Education in University College Cork and he spoke about inclusion and equality in education.

Well done to Meave O Sullivan for leading the interview.

Series organiser: Caragh Bell, Sacred Heart Secondary School

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Introducing our new careers podcast: SHSS Podcast - My Career and Me.

Organised by Ms Sexton, this is a special podcast where different past pupils from various career paths come back to SHSS for a short, informative interview. Ms Sexton is on the mic, asking insightful questions about their journey thus far.

We were delighted to welcome back Evie Clancy to talk about engineering, her career path to date and her schooldays. There’s lots of great advice in this interview.

We were delighted to welcome local singer/songwriter, Jessie Kennedy, and drum tech, Sam O’Sullivan, to record the first SHSS Podcast of Season 4.

Jessie, a talented violinist, spoke about what music means to her and how her mother, the late Mandy Murphy, was a big influence on her life. She explained the inspiration behind her second album, The Carbery Songs, and told us a story about meeting Nigel Kennedy and playing his Stradivarius violin when she was eight! She was also mentored by Donovan, the Scottish musician, songwriter and record producer.

Sam, who was studio manager for Irish rock stars U2 for thirty-six years, regaled us with stories from his years working with the famous band. He worked on 14 albums with Bono et al, and toured the world with them. He was even on the roof in LA when the police shut down  the music video for ‘Where the Streets Have No Name’.

This is the first dual podcast we’ve done and it was great! Well done to Evie Weller and Lola O’Donnell for leading the interview. 

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We were delighted to welcome past pupil, Karen Minihan, to Sacred Heart today to record the seventh SHSS Podcast of the third season. Karen is a writer, a playwright. a theatrical director, and singer who recently published a book called ‘Extraordinary Ordinary Women: Untold Stories from the Founding of the State. She has also written a play called Home Rules which was recently turned into a film.

Well done to Evie Weller and Victoria Ouflade who expertly led the interview.

The highlight? When Karen took up her guitar and sang ‘Mise Eire’.

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We were delighted to welcome Professor Xavier Carcopino-Tusoli to take part in the latest SHSS Podcast. The interview was via Zoom as our guest is based in Marseille. Well done to Nyah Coffey and Moya Knowles who led the interview.

Professor Carcopino-Tusoli is a surgeon who specialises in gynaecological cancer and is Vice-President of the European Federation of Colposcopy. He also lectures at the University of Aix-Marseille and is the author of many journals and books about his speciality which is gynaecological oncology.

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