We, The Irish

What would you do if you were banished from your home?What if you were never allowed to return?And should you disobey this order, you would face death.Where would you go?What might you achieve?What paths would life take you through?It’s the life of a limerick man which answers these questions for us.This is his storyThis episodes music was written, produced and preformed by Ryhan O’HalloranThe story was researched and scripted by Oran.If you want to help support this podcast, you can buy us a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirish or leave us a review on your podcast app.

What would you do for your loved ones?Would you give up all your beliefs to protect them?Would you give your own life for them?Would you give up your legacy for them?Or would you put yourself and the legacy you created first?It is the life of a Mayo woman which answers these questions for us.This is her story.The music for this episode was written, preformed and produced by RyhanO’Halloran.The story was researched and scripted by Oran.If you want to help support this podcast, you can buy us a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirish

Do you believe in supernatural beings?That there is a higher being, or guardian angel protecting you from harm?Have you ever seen any proof this could be true?What if your entire life and reputation was based on it being true?Would you bring hope or fear into the lives of others?What could you achieve if you believed it to be true?It’s the life of a Carlow man which answers these questions for us.This is his story.This episode's music was written, produced and preformed by Ryhan O’Halloran.The story was researched and scripted by Oran.If you want to help support this podcast you can buy us a coffee atwww.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirish or leave us a review on your podcast app. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

If you saw a wrong done on another, would you stand up for them?Would you be willing to take the hit for someone else?What if you didn’t really have to?If you could stay in your own comfortable life and not have to concern yourself with the plight of others?Would you leave them suffer on?Or would you be compelled to act.It is the life of a Belfast woman which answers these questions for us.This is her story.This music for this episode was written, preformed and produced by Ryhan O'Halloran.The story was researched and scripted by Oran.You can support this podcast by buying us a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirish See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What do you expect from your day each time you leave the house for work?Do you expect there to be traffic.Do you expect to have to search for a parking space or perhaps for the bus to be late.Do you expect to take the first 30 minutes of the day to ease yourself into it.What happens when there is a slight disruption to any of your daily routines, does it throwyou?What if instead, when you left the house, you didn’t know what the next 8 hours would belike every time you left?What if when the door closed behind you and you started your journey, you weren’t fullycertain would you ever open that door into your home again?Could you do it?Not just once, but everyday?What kind of courage would you need to have?It’s the life of a man born in New York to Leitrim Immigrants which answers these questionsfor us.This is his story.Today’s music was written, preformed and produced by Ryhan O’Halloran.The story was researched and scripted by Oran.You can support this podcast by buying us a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com /wetheirishor leave us a review on your podcast app. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What does it mean to be an sporting icon?Are you only an icon for the time you are part of the distractions from life as your preform?Or do you remain an icon until the day you die, and if memorable enough, past that too?Are our sporting icons dispensable? Do we just continually replace one with another until such time as we no longer require their existence?What is the cost of that on the individual?The person who took their worth from that icon status.It is the life of a Kilkenny woman which answers these questions for us.This is her story.Today’s music was written, produced and preformed by Ryhan O’HalloranThe story was scripted and researched by Oran.If you enjoyed this story and want to help us support this podcast, you can buy us a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirish or leave us a review on your podcast appWe, the Irish is an Ireland Loves production. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What would you do if you were witness to a secret?A really horrible secret.One which included kidnapping, death and exile.What if you knew, those in power also knew of the secret, but nobody else.What if you were one of a handful of people outside of the elite circles who knew it.Would you take the information and burry it in your mind hoping one day it would go away.Or would you step up and act?It’s the life of a man from Dublin which answers these questions for us.This is his story.The music for this episode was written, preformed and produced by Ryhan O’Halloran.The story was researched and scripted by Oran.If you enjoyed this episode and want to help support the podcast, you can buy us a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirish.We the irish is an Ireland loves production. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In another lifetime, one of gore and blood, men were thrust into the chaos of war.They decision to go, for some was not one made through own agency or with true visions ofwar.Death, destruction, gore and suffering were not the messages on the flyers distributed tothe young men of the world.Instead, glory, glory, glorious glory was the theme of those in politics looking to fulfil theirown sadistic egos which disregarded death as just another tax the name on the street mustpay.With no real images of war available to be streamed into homes as can be done today, therealities of war were not a reality one ordinary people were accustomed to.Visions of foreign lands were shared with the young and war would be their avenue toexplore the planet which remained alien for them.If you lived in this time, what might your life have looked like?What would your Christmas look like?It is the story of a man from Greystones, Wicklow which answers these questions for us.This is his story.This episodes music was written, preformed and produced by Ryhan O’HalloranThe story was researched and scripted by Oran.If you want to help support this podcast, you can do so by buying us a coffee atwww.buymeacofee.com/wetheirish or leave us a review on your podcast app.We the Irish is an Ireland loves production See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What does compassion mean to you?Is it the act we partake in when trying to help someone elses stresses?Is it acting out of the ordinary to help someone you've never met?It is something you use as a currency?What power does its use, or lack of use, have over your life or the lives of those around you?It's the lives of a mothers sons in Waterford which answers these questions for us.This is their story.The music for this episode was written, performed and produced by Ryhan O'Halloran.The story was researched and scripted by Oran.If you enjoyed this episode and want to help support the podcast, you can buy us a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirish or leave us a review on your podcast app.We, The Irish is an Ireland Loves production. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Who are you more likely to help when they need it most?Just the people you feel are close to your heart?Or would you reach out the hand of care for those opposed to your vision of the world.What state would they need to be in for you to help?Or would you see passed this and see them too as human and lend a hand?What would you consider to be the right thing to do?It is the life of a woman from Sligo which answers these questions for us.This is her story.This episodes music was written, produced and preformed by Ryhan O'Halloran.The story was researched and scripted by Oran.If you want to help support this podcast, you can buy us a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirishWe, The Irish is an Ireland Loves production See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.