From Cork with Love Adventure

The History of NaPodPoMo In 2007, 50 podcasters participated in the first-ever  National Podcast Post Month aka NaPodPoMo. Created by Jennifer Navarrete as an answer for an audio version to other 30 day challenges happening in the month of November. NaPodPoMo is a month-long event along the same vein as National Novel Writing Month aka NaNoWriMo. The difference? Well, instead of writing...

In which @omaniblog (Paul O’Mahony) greets people fondly - recorded with special thanks to @SM2N (Simon). This is mainly about the old days on @Audioboo - with a little @LimorApp on the side

Welcome Recorded on Royal Portrush Golf Club during Sunday. Day 4 of The Open starts with coffee & croissant - Disaster on the 1st hole of final round -   Towards & on to the 4th with Dylan Ashley Frittelli (South Africa) -  On the 4th with Kuchar & Noren (both must be disappointed) -  Too much beer drinking on the course? Hole 5 & 6 -  Rain is getting heavier a...

Welcome Recorded at Castlerock  & Royal Portrush Golf Clubs In the Castlerock clubhouse after playing golf with a father & son from New York, a bit of our conversation   Welcome back to Royal Portrush at 16:15 on Saturday -  After meeting Miguel Ángel Jiménez & Darren Clarke - Up the 1st hole at 16:25 Paul's on 12th With Jon Rahm & Patrick Reed On 12th & 13th wit...

Welcome THE OPEN CHRONICLES begins here The conversation in Limerick Almost a disaster with Booking.com Getting up for Day 1 of The Open Irish voices in the B&B over breakfast on Friday (Day 2) ___________ Recorded in Portrush, Northern Ireland Arriving in Portrush for The Open on Friday Paul will have a free golf lesson later today Paul can use LIMOR @TheOpen for first time On the putting gre...

Welcome Approaching Lahinch - driving through Ennistymon or Ennistimon Recorded in Lahinch, Co Clare, Munster, Ireland Parking the car The atmosphere in Kenny's Bar on Friday evening Live Music in Kenny's Bar More live music in Kenny's Saturday morning chatting Walking the links : grass, flowers, family & players On 17th hole on Saturday - a birdie & a par The tented village has music Main...

“There are no scooters in Cork” - declares Paul O’Mahony who’s lived in Cork for 13 years. “Scooters rule the roads in Italy” declares Paul who’s been to Puglia - for the wedding of his son Ben to Emma - and to Sorrento (close to Naples) for a holiday. “Cork & Naples should twin?”

This adventure begins with the sound of Paul O'Mahony panting.  He's recovering from his very slow run.  Out of breath, he utters words about golf.  He listens to birdsong, as his dog Louis pants.  You hear Paul wondering why the birds don't tweet from the top of the trees. Moanbaun Wood is Paul's favourite walking place, with gorse in yellow bloom alongside the trail. You hear...

You are a welcome companion on this walk around the estate.  Louis, the English Setter, and Puma the black cat, are with us on this adventure. Please listen with an amused ear. And thanks very much, Paul the poet

Google " Irish Epic Poem in 33 Cantos ". You'll find the Kindle Edition of Paul O'Mahony's "Inferno" .  Written in November 2009, 33,000 words crushed into one story. It's a crime poem, a shocking thriller, an autobiography. You better be warned: it's a fierce unrelenting attack on certain members of the Roman Catholic bishops' circle, members of government - the ruling class. But it's full o...

You hear a Cork perspective on the adventure that's Tiger Woods at Augusta Georgia USA 2019. Highlights include   "I thought Tiger Woods had gone to hell ..." Some of you detest golf - this is for you Who will win the Masters? Gambling my money A poem written for Tiger Woods The End

Cafe Beva in Glanmire is the venue for venting local frustrations with Roger Overall.   Republic of Work in Cork city centre is the venue for monologue about "Leadership" and a speech which Paul O'Mahony will make at Toastmasters . 

Recent Poems by Paul O'Mahony  Introduction Falling apart The walk Captivity Intimacy of everyday life The three Rs For Robert Neill Why does my wife not read my verse Pancake day - Nutella You must change your life #WeAreMuslim Picasso City of Sanctuary How's your swing? What is it like to be a man?

Letters 6-10: You hear Paul O'Mahony reading five letters to Mr Kappus - translation by Stephen Mitchell. 

The voice of Beniamino Gigli is interrupted by an announcement welcoming listeners to a unique show from Cork Ireland. Assembled for you on St Patrick's Day - 17th March 2019. What does Ireland & the Irish mean to you? What three words do you conjure up when you think of the green land & her folk? Have you met Carolan [Turlough O' Carolan , (1670 – 25 March 1738) blind Celtic harper, compo...

This episode is a rehearsal.   The speaker is on his way to a contest - first round of the "World Championship of Public Speaking" at Toastmasters International. The title of the speech is "Are You Wearing Your Hearing Aids Now?" This speech must not be shorter than 4.30 minutes, nor longer than 7.30 minutes. You hear Paul (the poet) O'Mahony at home preparing for a grand night at Blarney Toa...

One man in Cork in search of women. All sorts of women. “I love women” Paul the Poet wrote in 1995 - spoke out in 2012. International Womens’ Day on 8 March is a grand day to give you this gift.

Rilke, Rainer Maria Rilke, was a Bohemian-Austrian poet, letter-writer & composer of one novel.  He is one of the greatest poets in the German language - much translated into English. Paul (poet) O'Mahony introduces & reads the first five letters to a young poet.  The letters were published after Rilke died. How to be an artist  how to prepare to write poetry what it means t...

In this episode you hear the sound of a man (Paul O'Mahony) walking in a muddy field, the chilling wind, a coffee house & a cafe.  On top of that there's the historic sound of the "Echo" by the man selling the Cork Evening Echo outside the Post Office on Oliver Plunkett Street.

First of a series of interviews with some of the most engaging people whom Paul O'Mahony, poet, knows. ____________________ Ray Renati is a professional actor, theatre director, podcaster, photographer, comedian, singer, father, dog-walker and more.  He lives in California, USA. Paul & Ray met on social audio on the App Anchor, about three years ago. ____________________ The purpose of TH...

From 2012 to 2019 this adventure with Mary Oliver (Ohio 1935- Florida 2019)  Begins with how Paul O'Mahony contacted Mary's agent in 2018, followed by a recording from 2012, her poem "The Journey" for AJ Leon and Misfits Inc as they set out to go Round the World in 1,080 Days". http://aj-leon.com/pursuitofeverything/about/about-poe/ A segment inside the great coffee house "FilterCork" with Ma...

Paul O'Mahony produces three poems in one day. Poem No 1 :  "Emerging From Retirement" Poem No 2 : "My New Shoes" Poem No 3 : "Song of Wandering Fog" You can read these poems on Paul's website  https://paulhomahony.com/ 

It's raining outside.  There's shelter among the pines. A dog to walk.  

Paul O'Mahony's musical life in Limerick (1965 - 1968) Ireland included very little Irish music. Here Paul plays music he didn't like from Brendan Bowyer ("The Hucklebuck" - released in 1965) & Dickie Rock.  Alongside music he loved - the Doors ("Light My Fire" - released in January 1967). While recording this episode Paul remembers how much he used to like the music of Percy French (1854...

What will be the biggest surprise of this year? Imagine if a meteor landed here. I wrote about Santorini ... A recording device was sent out into space ... What’s it like to go on and on? Bouncing back ... What happened before the Big Bang? Happiness is a warm infinity. What is a mind? There’s a person with a dog ...