What would you do if you were wronged but couldn't explain why?What if you knew your lack of an explanation would lead to death?What if you couldn't explain it because you didn't know why something had happened or how you definitely weren't involved.What if you were simply the victim of being in the wrong place at the wrong time.What could it cost you?It's the life on an Irishwoman which answers these questions for us.This is her story.This story was narrated by Ryhan O’HalloranThe music was wri...
Sep 18, 2020•17 min
What would you do if you were wronged?I mean really wronged?Wronged to the extent that your life would be taken away from you as a result of actions you never took?What if it was the path your life was on that led you to this stage?Would you accept that this was just another turn your life was always destined to take?Or would you fight it?Would you fight until there was no more fight in you?Or would you continue past that point?It's the life of an Irishman from Chicago which answers these questi...
Sep 11, 2020•24 min
What is bravery?Is it the ability to fight when backed against a wall?Or is it the ability to power on through your biggest fears?What if your source of bravery wasn’t in aid of personal gain, but rather a gain for everyone else?What if it was the opposite, what if your bravery took away the goals of others, against some of their wishes in order to protect them?Would you be able to do this?Or would you follow along with the group think?It’s the life of a Dublin woman which answers these question...
Sep 04, 2020•17 min
Think of all the Comic Book heroes you know.There’s Batman, Superman, Wonderwoman, Storm and Captain Marvel for examples.These’s are all fictional characters.No basis in reality.No fact behind the fiction.They are just stories for children, young adults and those who are lucky enough to hold onto elements of imagination as they grow older and take on the worlds responsibilities.But what if this wasn’t always true.What if one of the hero’s sketched onto cheap paper, who’s face was first crafted o...
Aug 28, 2020•20 min
What is tragedy?Is it an all encompassing thing which happens in your life that you cannot recover from?Or something you must put behind you to survive?What if your life was a series of tragedies?Would you let it cripple your goals?What if you say the tragedy in the lives of others?Would do you something to stop it?Or would you watch it go by without ever lending a hand?It’s the life of a Tipperary woman which answers these questions for us.This is her story.The music for this episode was writte...
Aug 21, 2020•17 min
What would you do if someone sacrificed everything they had for you?What if they left their life goals behind in order to make your goals their own?Would you accept the responsibility of their goals?Or would you squander the opportunity they created for you?It’s the life of a Donegal woman which answers these questions for us.This is her story.The music for this story was written, produced and preformed by Ryhan O’Halloran.If you want to help support this podcast you can buy us a coffee at www.b...
Aug 14, 2020•13 min
What is identity?Is it your name?is it the colour of your skin?Is it where you live?Or is it where you are from?And how do you decide where you are from?Do you decide or do others decide that for you?It’s the life of a man named Jack which answers these questions for us.This is his story.The music for this week was written preformed and produced by Ryhan O’Halloran.You can support this podcast by buying us a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/wetheirishWe, The Irish is an Ireland Loves production. S...
Aug 07, 2020•16 min
What levels of rebelleion have you showed your parents?Have you gotten a haircut they disapproved of?Or maybe a tattoo?What if you really wanted them to feel you had the right to make your own decisions and wanted to display this at any cost.Would you go to full extremes to do it?It is the life of a cork man which answers these questions for us.This is his story.The music for this episode was written, preformed and produced by Ryhan O’Halloran.If you want to support this podcast, you can buy us ...
Aug 01, 2020•19 min
What levels would you go to in order to protect people you have never met before in your life?Would you through a few pounds to a charity in the hope they would spend it right?Or would you role up your selves and get involved yourself?If you did, what consequences would you have to pay for your actions?It is the life of a women from Cork which answers these questions for us.This is her story.The music for this episode was written, produced and preformed by Ryhan O’Halloran.If you want to help th...
Jul 24, 2020•22 min
What would you do for a cause you believed in?Would you be willing to give to it financially whatever the cost?What if the cost was your life?What if this price meant the achievement of your cause?Would you sacrifice yourself for it?It’s the life of a boy 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.If you enjoyed this episode and want to help us create more you can buy us a coffee at www.buy...
Jul 17, 2020•16 min
What would you do if you had the opportunity to do something remarkable but there were barriers in your way?I don’t mean physical barriers, I mean the barriers created by the society you lived it.What if you had the opportunity to remove these barriers for all who would follow you and created a new world for those like you?What if it meant you were to be paraded as someone who needed to learn their place in the world while going for the opportunity?Would you keep going, or would you fold back in...
Jul 10, 2020•15 min
Have you ever had a dream?A dream where you see things nobody else has ever seen?A dream where you imagine what could be, not what is?A dream so out there, you couldn’t fully describe it to others.Do you think you could ever make it a reality?Often, we place our dreams in the mental storage unit laballed “farfetched”.But what if you actually just went and did it?What could you achieve?It’s the life of a man from County Clare which answers these questions for us.This is his story.Today’s music wa...
Jul 03, 2020•17 min
In Ireland, we pride ourselves on having a good education system.We take for granted, the ease of access we have to gain the ability to learn.The value it gives us as a nation is unmeasurable.But this wasn’t always the case.What if your access to education was limited because of your identity?What if you had all the ability in the world to learn, but not the access?Would you accept it for what it was and prevent learning be a part of your life?Or would you find away around it in order to unleash...
Jun 27, 2020•15 min
At what point is it OK to go against authority?Is it when you don’t like how things are being done?Or is it just when it becomes an issue life or death?When is the appropriate time to ignore those superior to you for the sake of your own good?It is the life of a man from Down which answers these questions for us.This is his story.The music for this episode is written, produced and preformed by the brilliant Ryhan O’Halloran.You can support both Ryhan & Oran by donating a coffee to us at htt...
Jun 19, 2020•24 min
What does a legacy mean to you?Is it something you insist your life to have after your gone?What if you don’t get the chance to complete what you had started?What if you were knew the person who was gone and had the opportunity to finish what they had started?Would you step up to complete the job?Or would you leave the legacy fade in time?It’s the life of a Cork woman which answers these questions for us.This is her story"The music for this episode is written, produced and preformed by the brill...
Jun 12, 2020•18 min
What influence can your parents have on your life?Are your experiences pre-determined by their attitude to life which engrosses you from an early age and molds how you will experience all of life's events.Will this encompassing mold set you on a path before your life has begun?Or are you able to forge your own path, your own ideals and your own world vision?It is the life of a Dublin man which answers these questions for us.This is his story.The music for this episode is written, produced and pr...
Jun 05, 2020•26 min
What does your birthplace mean to you?Is it the center of your identity?Or, can your birthplace, just simply be your birthplace, and your home be where your ancestors and blood line are from?Which of these places would be your world?What would you do for your home?What would you do for your people?It is the life of a woman born in Scotland to Irish immigrants which answers these questions for us.This is her story.The music for this episode was written, produced and preformed by Ryhan O'Halloran....
May 29, 2020•22 min
As we move through life, we pass through different stages.Each of these stages create new aspects to our personalities, mannerisms and character.Through all these changes, we do hold a number of things close to us.One of the things about your life you can never change is where you come from.It is a constant given to you through chance.But what if this constant was center to your being regardless of the changes you were to go through.What if you had entirely changed as a person, changed your name...
May 22, 2020•14 min
If you had a dream, how far would you go to ensure it became your reality?How much of yourself would you give to it?Would you sacrifice everything to become the person you felt you were meant to be?What if that meant sacrificing everything about who you are to begin with?It is the life of a Cork man which answers these questions for us.This is his story.Music by the Brilliant Ryhan O'HalloranYou can support us and this podcast by donating a pint or a coffee at www.patreon.com/irelandloves See ac...
May 15, 2020•15 min
If you had a particular gift, how would you use it?Would you use it to become a world famous celebrity and take all the plaudits that would come with this fame?Or would you squander it as society would tell you not only is it a skill not worth having, but you yourself don’t deserve the success that comes with this skill because of the blood that runs through your veins?What if this skill gave you the opportunity to inspire others, at their weakest, to rise up and be counted as human beings?Would...
May 08, 2020•18 min
We all like to imagine, at times of great tragedy or urgency, we would not shirk from our responsibilities or hide when other would need us most.We assume we would be the heroes in all situations and we are the only ones who can solve a situation.But time and time again, we fail to stand up when those entirely unconnected to us need us most.We wait until such a time as their afflictions become our own before we begin to think about helping.Often, it is too late for us to have acted by the time w...
May 01, 2020•17 min
The Irish have never been known as an invasive people.Yes there are over 80 million of us living away from the Island, but we have never dominated another nation or its peoples through force.We instead invaded and infected the world with songs, poetry, music and stories.The stories you hear of Irish people fighting in fierce battles away from the island, are always under a different flag and for a different nations ideals.But what if, almost by accident, the small nation of Ireland could become ...
Apr 24, 2020•13 min
What if your life was one born into hardship and struggle?What if the hardship you met as you entered the world, wasn’t going to be the worst your life would see?What if your life was destined to be a series of heartbreaking events, each of which more devastating on your soul than the last?What if all of these events were entirely out of your control and regardless of the choices you made in your life, all roads would lead to tragedy?Would you let the darkness chasing you be all consuming and de...
Apr 17, 2020•24 min
Different symbols can mean different things to different people.Symbology is a tremendous thing, a series of colours, words or images portrayed in a very specific order can evoke great emotions in us all, both positive and negative.Individually, a mix of colours rarely mean anything.But what happens when you organise the colours in a specific fashion that it becomes the centre of an ideology, a cause or a reason for being.What if you add a design to these colours, does it begin to mean more as o...
Apr 10, 2020•18 min
Often, we find it easy to blame the instances in our early life for being the reasons preventing us from where we want to (or believe we should) be.We allow the circumstances we are born into be the chains to hold us from self-actualisation, self-liberation and self-determination.And if not that, we find other reasons or people around us to be the reasons for our lack of inner pride or belief.True, they can play a part, but what if the most dire negative circumstances could be used as a spring b...
Apr 03, 2020•20 min
Irish people have never been strangers to war, battle, sacrifice or death.By the early 1900s, the flowing of blood was a much a common sight as the flow of streams.Countless rebellions, battles and mass graves are a common sight.The people, hardened by the experiences life continues to through at them, never back down from a challenge.Coupled with this, is a confused sense of identity, having been under British rule for 800 years, but having rebelled at every opportunity, there is a mixed feelin...
Mar 28, 2020•14 min
In 1869, in a town called Cookstown, County Tyrone, a woman was born.This woman was born into poverty as a result of being the child of famine survivors.In the hope of a better life, in 1883 she left the Emerald Isle, got on a boat and set sail for New York.There, she would live with an uncle and aunt who had left during the famine and begin to make a life for herself.It was in New York, she rose to eternal fame. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Mar 21, 2020•14 min
Sometimes, people are moulded by the time they live in.Others, mould the time.It was a time of hope.A time of wonder.But more importantly, it was a time of revolution.It was 1916.Across the world, people were driven to the slaughter by their oppressors, both domestic and foreign.A symbol was looked for across the world that one day, small nations might be free.From a small village in North Kerry, a light shown bright.Music by Ryhan O’Halloran. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out inform...
Mar 14, 2020•18 min
As people get older, they tend to change or reassess some of their life choices. Often, this can begin to a lead in change in personality, a change in your outlook on life and a change in what gets you up in the morning. This is a totally natural part of aging and gaining life experience, it’s a completely normal thing to do. But what if those around you didn’t see it as normal. What if they thought it was so abnormal that they suspected this wasn’t your doing. What if they believed this was a a...
Mar 07, 2020•22 min
