In The Lamplight

Kieran sets the scene for the episode, alluding to the rancour that has been created between the three lads regarding the theme tune vote. The tension rises as the vote results get ever closer. The lads then chat about their highlights of the season. From indelible images of Rory and Luke’s childhood to some masterful guitar playing, some amateur violin playing, and finally a pleasant surprise for...

This week's show opens with a version of our theme song that we made up especially for our guest, "Famous" Dave Flynn. This leads to a bit of chat between Kieran, Luke and Rory before they welcome Dave to the show. After reaffirming his hatred of first-beat-third-beat clappers everywhere, Dave takes us through his musical twenties, a time when he played bass guitar with some of Irish music's most...

In part one, we heard about Sandy's upbringing, her musical roots, her early family life and her work and friendship with Johnny cash, a friendship borne out of him hearing her on the radio one night when he was in Ireland on tour. In part two, we hear about Sandy's reluctance to record some of her biggest hits such as her highly successful version of "Crazy". The song was originally written by Wi...

Kieran and Luke use the lads' intro to have some fun at Rory's expense by poking fun at some innocent ignorance that was exposed in the St Patrick's Day Special when revealed that he had never heard of embroidery before. Rory tells us about a recent near-death experience he had while out surfing. Sandy sits into the guest seat as Kieran asks her about her origins as a performer. Hear Sandy talk ab...

Luke talks to Catherine Rhatigan about her ongoing musical projects and work. Having been involved in various projects of Catherine's together over the last few years, Luke and Catherine aren't strangers to each other. Catherine's roots are in Sligo but she is now based near Zürich in Switzerland. Luke and Catherine discuss her upcoming musical endeavours, how the pandemic has affected her both pe...

Órla Sweeney is In The Lamplight! Hear all about Órla's amazing life starting from when she was a newborn baby and her dad placed her next to a record player for a musical christening by Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin. As a child, Órla attended more gigs than most people will in their entire lifetime, accompanying her dad, Oliver, who worked as a journalist for the music magazine Hot Press. As a child, Ór...

The show opens with this week's variation on our opening theme, a merging of Kieran's original melody movement with a chord progression and instrumentation similar to The Saw Doctors' hit "N17". The lads discuss the feeling of finding yourself in the middle of a performance with someone unexpected in the crowd, be they a famous person or a musical peer whose opinion you value and respect, and the...

It's Luke's turn in the Lamplight hot seat as he becomes the last of the show's trio of hosts to become a guest on his own podcast. The show opens with a swing jazz interpretation of the theme song, arranged and recorded by Luke. In lieu of the usual poem, Kieran (along with some help from friend-of-the-show, "Famous" Dave Flynn) presents a version of Pat Shortt's "Jumbo Breakfast Role", rewritten...

The proverbial tables are turned on this week's episode of In The Lamplight as Kieran becomes the interviewee. Rory and Luke ask him all the tough questions, questions like "Why did your football friends call you five-ninety?" and "How do you feel about your brother beating you every year in the Warrior's Run?", a statement that Kieran assures us isn't true. The episode opens with a longer intro,...

After a Covid-imposed break, In The Lamplight returns with Season 1.5 and one of its own as the special guest, barber extraordinaire and cinematographer supreme, Rory Maitland. Hear about Rory's experiences in musical theatre growing up, including the time he swore on stage as a child a production of "Oliver!" where he first crossed paths with Luke. Luke and Rory re-enact one of the scenes they sh...

Part two of In The Lamplight's End-of-Year Special for 2020. Kieran, Luke & Rory continue where they left off at the end of part one, discussing the imminent streaming of Theme Night 26 - Ireland In Song. Hear about the last minute hurdles that cropped up shortly before the show. The lads move on to Theme Night 27, chatting about how it differed from Theme Night 26. Hear stories about how they...

Luke opens the show with a gentle Christmas lullaby written by John Denver called "Christmas for Cowboys", playing guitar and harmonica and delivering the vocal. Aileen joins the guys to discuss her job and how it fits into the bigger picture of the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. Aileen chats about her memories of working on the two Kieran Quinn Online Theme Nights that took place this year,...

The lads bring season one of the podcast to a close, opening the episode by swapping stories of encounters with famous people which leads into a discussion about how Irish people treat famous people and whether or not we might just be a little bit unique. Kieran, Luke and Rory are joined by their guest, Steve Wickham. From fuzz fiddle to traditional Irish fiddle, from John Prine to Country Jack, S...

Before introducing this week's guest, Kieran asks Luke and Rory if either of them could recall saying yes to a question which had much further-reaching consequences than they could ever have imagined at the time. This week's guest, Brian Devaney, certainly could. Brian joins the podcast to talk about his life on and off the stage as one of the pillars of the Coolera Dramatic Society, a group who p...

Kieran kicks off the podcast with a story from his GAA days, telling us how his off-pitch life as a piano player became a target during an on-pitch butting of heads.  Kieran introduces Mabel Chah, a former asylum seeker from Cameroon who has lovingly adopted Sligo as her new home. Mabel talks about the process of seeking asylum and how, after being placed in other direct provision centres elsewher...

Luke opens the show with an update on the lads' ongoing legal troubles resulting from their accidental infringement on the intellectual property of Mark Kennedy and Ray McAndrew of 'The Kendy & Raybo Podcast'. Mark Kennedy (also known as Kendy) joins the lads as their guest and wastes no time generating an atmosphere of absolute craic, while Kieran wastes no time asking Mark his first question...

Kieran dives straight into the chat with a story about how he and his wife almost moved their family abroad a number of years ago before asking Luke and Rory if they had ever had any similar intentions or ideas, leading Rory to reveal a fantasy. The guys welcome Felip Carbonell to the podcast to talk about his journeys musical and geographical. Felip takes us through his childhood on his native Is...

On this week's episode, Kieran, Luke and Rory open with a chat about the merits of "making it big" versus finding personal fulfillment working at something you enjoy.  The lads welcome Sinéad Conway to the podcast to talk about her career as a singer. Sinéad takes us from her childhood right up to the present day, stopping to talk about the major musical milestones that shaped her into the vocal p...

Kieran, Rory and Luke open with a discussion on abrupt changes in career direction and Kieran asks the lads if they had always wanted to be doing what they currently do. Kieran welcomes Niamh to the podcast to tell her story including how she made her own career pivot following a realisation in her early twenties that didn't want to continue going down the path she was on. Hear about how her life...

Kieran, Luke and Rory chat about how they are feeling after the launch of their podcast and some of the feedback they received from listeners. Kieran and Rory confront Luke with something they noticed when listening back to the pilot episode. The lads welcome their first special guest, the legend that is Seamie O'Dowd. Seamie chats about his musical upbringing and the influences that led him to wh...