Kilcullen Diary

The Daily Cast on Kilcullen Diary, a podcast to start Kilcullen's day, on Friday the 30th of April 2021. Today's Person of Interest is Eva Braun, the longtime companion of the man who started WW2. Our Feature of the Day is on the early days of Kilcullen Credit Union. As usual we also briefly nod at the stories of the day in our local and national news outlets. Produced by Brian Byrne.

The Daily Cast on Kilcullen Diary, a podcast to start Kilcullen's day, on Thursday the 29th of April 2021. Today's Person of Interest is Paul Cullen, a Kildare man who became a major force to be reckoned with in the church in Rome and in Ireland. Our Feature of the Day is on poetry, as it is Poetry Day Ireland 2021, and we talk with Kilcullen-born Daragh Byrne, these days being published in Oz and...

The Daily Cast on Kilcullen Diary, a podcast to start Kilcullen's day, on Wednesday the 28th of April 2021. Today's Person of Interest is Oskar Schindler, a Nazi businessman who is credited with saving 1,200 Jews from death. We talk to Cliona Kelliher about progress with the Kilcullen Community 4 Climate Action, and Cllr Tracey O'Dwyer tells us how the planning and costs to restaurants and cafes o...

The Daily Cast on Kilcullen Diary, a podcast to start Kilcullen's day on Tuesday the 27th of April 2021. Today's Person of Interest is Mary Ward, one of Ireland's great nature scientists. Our Feature of the Day is with Shirley Kavanagh Hallion and how video chats have brought her Secret Kloset women's clothing shop global. As usual we also briefly nod at the stories of the day in our local and nat...

The Daily Cast on Kilcullen Diary, a podcast to start Kilcullen's day on Monday the 26th of April 2021. Today's Person of Interest is Duane Eddy, the twangy guitarist who influenced many of the rock and roll greats. Our Feature of the Day is with Dawn Behan of Woodbine Books, about an online launch this week of Fionn and the Fianna. We also briefly nod at the stories of the day in our local and na...

The Daily Cast on Kilcullen Diary, a podcast to start Kilcullen's day, on Friday the 23rd of April 2021. Today's Person of Interest is Brian Boru, the High King of Ireland who died in battle on this day in 1014. Our Feature of the Day is with Gerard Miller on Kilcullen Tennis Club, where new courts open for action next week. We also briefly nod to the stories of the day in our local and national n...

The Daily Cast on Kilcullen Diary, a podcast to start Kilcullen's day, on Thursday the 22nd of April 2021. Today's Person of Interest is Bernadette Devlin, Northern Ireland activist and politician, who made her maiden speech at Westminster on this day in 1969. Our Feature of the Day is with James Nolan and the effect of the pandemic on his key fundraising effort for supporting kidney patients. We...

The Daily Cast on Kilcullen Diary, a podcast to start Kilcullen's day. It's Wednesday the 21st of April 2021. Today's Person of Interest is Charlotte Bronte, novelist and poet, born on this day in 1816. Our Feature of the Day is about gambling advertising and Senator Mark Wall's hopes to ban it. We continue our usual browsing through the local newspapers, and take a quick check on the national sto...

The Daily Cast on Kilcullen Diary, a podcast to start Kilcullen's day. It's Tuesday the 20th of April 2021. Today's Person of Interest is Dan Lowery, the man credited with bringing Music Hall to Dublin. Our Feature of the Day has Rani Grennell on the value of meditation and her plans to bring it to people by Zoom. We continue our usual browsing through the local newspapers, and take a quick check...

The Daily Cast on Kilcullen Diary, a podcast to start Kilcullen's day. It's Monday the 19th of April 2021. Today's Person of Interest is Pierre Curie, one half of a marriage dedicated to the study of radioactivity. Our Feature of the Day has Cllr Chris Pender on the provision of cycling infrastructure in and between local towns. We continue our browsing through our local newspapers, and take a qui...

The Daily Cast on Kilcullen Diary, a podcast to start Kilcullen's day. It's Friday the 16th of April 2021. Today's Person of Interest is one Mary Isabel O'Brien, a rock and roll rose by another name. Our Feature of the Day is on Fallons of Kilcullen on a year of challenge and optimism for the future. We continue our browsing through our local newspapers, and take a quick check on the national stor...

The Daily Cast on Kilcullen Diary is a podcast where we spread our net close and wide and see what we can draw in. It's Thursday the 15th of April 2021. Today's Person of Interest is one Ray Kroc, who has left a legacy on every continent and in every city in the world. Our Feature of the Day is on Harristown House Language School where Noella Beaumont tells how her new business had to shift direct...

The Daily Cast on Kilcullen Diary is a podcast where we cast our net close and wide and see what we can draw in. It's Wednesday the 14th of April 2021. Today's Person of Interest is Ann Sullivan, who became famous for her teaching of deaf and blind girl Helen Keller. Our Feature of the Day is the Kildare West Wicklow SPCA. And we take our usual short look at local and national newspaper stories. P...

The Daily Cast from Kilcullen Diary is a podcast where we cast our net close and wide and see what we can draw in. It's Tuesday the 13th of April 2021. Our Feature of the Day is Cllr Tracey O'Dwyer on the need for biodiversity to be part of every conversation between local authorities and residents associations. Produced by Brian Byrne.

The Daily Cast from Kilcullen Diary is a podcast where we cast our net close and wide and see what we can draw in. It's Monday the 12th of April 2021. Produced by Brian Byrne.

Michael Moran was born in Dublin's Liberties in the last decade of the 1700s. Blinded by illness from shortly after his birth, he was thus destined for a dark and dreary life, but on this day in 1846, as an established Dublin character, Zozimus, he passed away. Produced by Brian Byrne.

The Morning Digest on Kilcullen Diary for 2 April 2021. Produced by Brian Byrne.

The Morning Digest on Kilcullen Diary for 1 April 2021. Produced by Brian Byrne.

The Morning Digest on Kilcullen Diary for 31 March 2021. Produced by Brian Byrne.

The Morning Digest on Kilcullen Diary for Tuesday 30 March 2021. Produced by Brian Byrne.

The Morning Digest on Kilcullen Diary on Monday 29 March 2021. Produced by Brian Byrne.

The Morning Digest on Kilcullen Diary on 26 March 2021. Produced by Brian Byrne.

The Morning Digest on Kilcullen Diary for 25 March 2021. Produced by Brian Byrne.

Kilcullen Diary's Morning Digest on 24 March 2021. Produced by Brian Byrne.

The Morning Digest from Kilcullen Diary on Tuesday 23 March 2021. Produced by Brian Byrne.