The Kish Podcast

Claire Ryan's love for all things outdoor and adventure started in her early 20's. She's a secondary school teacher who changed career to become a photographer who changed again to go back to teaching. She was never very sporty growing up and describes herself as an introvert who always enjoyed being outdoors and loves to challenge herself. 
Claire is now in her "very early 40's" and loves the outdoors, adventure, hiking, swimming and has taken part in many "Ice Miles" - The Ice Mile is the International Ice Swimming Association’s ultimate achievement where each swimmer has to complete an endurance swim in water with a temperature of 5°c or less.

At the age of 22 Helen O'Rahilly left Dublin and moved to London where she began what would become a 30 year media career, most of it working for the BBC. Helen was also the first woman to become Director of Television with RTÉ. Helen's mother passed away in 2019 which along with numerous other issues, including Brexit, made Helen decide to move back to Ireland. Helen made the move  just before the pandemic of Covid 19 and found herself caring for the same person who helped care for her Mother, her Aunt. Helen tells us her heart-warming story and also how her Aunt has helped Helen become even more famous on twitter which has since led to a pre Christmas book deal.

Michelle Dooley Mahon is an award winning Author & Playwright. Michelle documented her Mother's final years living with Alzheimer's disease. She went on to release her book Scourged which later was produced into a play called The Scourge. The play debuted in Wexford and then went on to tour Ireland and also had a run on Broadway just before the world went into lockdown. Michelle is an inspirational person who has truths to tell. This podcast episode will inspire, educate and entertain you.

Former Mayo Ladies Football manager and Dublin Camogie Manager, Frank Browne talks to The Kish Podcast about all things football and hurling. 
He has some interesting comments about the rift that happened within the Mayo ladies team that led to 12 players walking away from inter-county football. 
He also predicts the winner of both the men's football and hurling championship for 2020 and lots more! 

David Shannon is probably well known for his appearances in many West End theatre productions. He played many leading roles including; The Phantom and Raoul in Phantom of the Opera, Jean Valjean in Les Misérables and most recently he played numerous characters in the Tony and Olivier winning production of Come From Away.
David is now back in Ireland with his family and spends a lot of his time with family and also helping his wife Katie with her business A Green Way - all about natural cleaning products and household products without toxins and chemicals.

Polly and Dee From The Sea are avid sea swimmers. They talk to us about how they got into long distance sea swimming and how you can get involved in this new craze!

Conor O'Keeffe is a 28 year old ultra runner and Adventurer from Cork. Conor has a really interesting story to tell in relation to getting his ass into gear and motivating himself, his body and his mind into becoming an endurance athlete. You can follow Conor on his Instagram page here @cokeeeffe

Joe Ladrigan has a fascinating story to tell. Joe Ladrigan is a commercial filmmaker and photographer based in Dublin, Ireland. His work consists of travel, lifestyle and commercial projects for a wide range of clients. Over the last several years, his creative journey has allowed him to work on countless campaigns on both a local and international scale. Joe gave up a 9 to 5 to pursue a photography passion that he discovered he had. Joe can be found on Instagram @Joe.IRE and on his website www.joeladrigan.com check him out, we hope you enjoy this episode. Joe is available for video and photography projects worldwide. 

First up in Season 2. Tony interviews Eimear and Eimear interviews Tony. We're calling this... Get to know the Producers and Presenters episode.