As history progresses, and we learn of our respective pasts, a theme begins to present itself.Those in power would like to display this theme as something they had developed.They would like you to believe that it is as a result of their decisions that things became better.They would like you to believe that they were the architects of change.That they were the decision makers which led to you having the freedoms you hold.They would like you to believe that they gave you the freedom to do what yo...
Apr 16, 2021•16 min
This episode tells the story of the County Down woman who saved hundreds of children from the horrors of child prostitution.
Apr 09, 2021•21 min
What would you do for freedom?Would you give everything for it?Give up all life’s comforts?What if this meant your efforts would lead to you a prison cell?Would you bargain the freedom you have in order to gain more for others?What if you had to pay the ultimate price for freedom and could not then enjoy it yourself?Would that sacrifice justify to you your cause?It’s the life of the son of a British Soldier which answers these questions for us.This is his story.This episodes music was written, p...
Apr 02, 2021•25 min
What is revenge?Is it something you must achieve in order to feel better within yourself about pastgrievances?Or is it something which you use to get even rather than to find peace through?What if the initial hurt was not inflicted on you directly but someone close to you?Does that still give you the right to seek revenge?It’s the life of a man from Cork which answers these questions for us.This is his story.This episodes music was written, preformed and produced by Ryhan O’HalloranThe story was...
Mar 27, 2021•22 min
What does marriage mean to you?Is it for the sake of a day out?The rest of your life?Or is it for eternity?What is the importance of it?What does the wearing of a ring bounding you to another mean to your soul?It is the life of a woman from Dublin which answers these questions for us.This is her story.The music for this episode 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 and...
Mar 20, 2021•23 min
In Dublin City, in the early 20th century, a series of revolutions began.The world watched as the oppressed attempted to become the equal.Differences were set aside for common goals of freedom.Dreams and ambitions were abandoned so that others, not yet born could have their dreams and ambitions realised.That was the cost of freedom.Had you been there, could you have done the same?Could you have given yourself for the freedom of those you would never meet 100 years later?What would it take for yo...
Mar 13, 2021•29 min
What does loyalty mean to you?What lengths would it take for your loyalty to be broken?What would be required to gain your loyalty?If this loyalty was at your expense, would you break it?Or would you accept that perhaps that is the idea of loyalty.It’s the life of a Wicklow woman which answers these questions for us.This is her story.The music was written, preformed and produced by Ryhan O’Halloran.The story was research and scripted by Oran.If you want to help support us in creating this podcas...
Mar 06, 2021•30 min
What could you achieve if you believed you were protected by gods?Not the gods we recognised today in the western world, but ancient gods.Ones with dedication to war.Ones who banished fear.Ones who understood and provided courage.Would you become god like yourself, or would you understand your role in passing this protection to others?It’s the life of a Limerick man which answers these questions for us.This is his story.The music for this episode was written preformed and produced by Ryhan O’Hal...
Feb 27, 2021•17 min
What would you do if you were born into a world which didn’t want you.A world which saw you as unworthy from the time before your birth.What is this continued through your early life.Would you resent those who resented you?What if you became bitter?Where would your life take you?Where would you belong?It is the life of a Cork woman which answers these questions for us.This is her story.The music for this episode was written, produced and preformed by Ryhan O’HalloranThe story was researched and ...
Feb 20, 2021•17 min
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 co...
Feb 13, 2021•15 min
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 co...
Feb 06, 2021•17 min
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 s...
Jan 30, 2021•22 min
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 s...
Jan 23, 2021•12 min
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...
Jan 16, 2021•17 min
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 a...
Jan 09, 2021•15 min
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 f...
Jan 02, 2021•12 min
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 ...
Dec 26, 2020•14 min
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 wa...
Dec 19, 2020•19 min
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 a...
Dec 12, 2020•21 min
Did you know, the most decorated American soldier of all time was an Irishman?This is his story. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Dec 05, 2020•21 min
We are conditioned to think Magic isn't real.It is just something made up for stories.Or something they used in ancient times to explain the things which lacked reasonable explanation.But what if this wasn't the case.What if we took it as fact that it did indeed exist.That it did play a role in our lives whether we could see it or not.What would this mean for the unexplained.For the blind spots of science.It is the life of a Kilkenny woman which answers these questions for us.This is her story.T...
Nov 28, 2020•17 min
Is there any real consequence to our actions?Newtons law would tell us, for every action, there is both an equal and opposite reaction.But is this law exclusive to the sciences?Does this include human nature?Or even the nature of those in the position of power?What if a series of actions led to a reaction so disproportionate to the others it defide logic?What would be the effect of this on your life or those around you?It is the life of a man born in Galway which answers these questions for us.T...
Nov 21, 2020•21 min
What would you do for a loved one?Who you give up everything to save them should they face trouble?Would you give your own life for theirs?How far would you go to help?IT's the life of a Kildare woman which answers these questions for us.This is her story.The music for this episode was written, produced and preformed by Ryhan O'HalloranThe story was researched and scripted by Oran.If you enjoyed this episode and want to help support this podcast, you can buy us a coffee at www.buymeacoffee.com/w...
Nov 14, 2020•27 min
What is a cause?Is it something you rally behind for your own sake or for the sake of others?Often the reason you might join a cause is not always the primary aim of the cause.What if you joined a cause for selfish reasons to get what you wanted rather than for the greater good of the cause itself?Would your efforts be enough to get what you wanted?Or would you be better off joining a cause with the same exclusive goals as your own.Although it would be a smaller rallying call, would this joined ...
Nov 07, 2020•19 min
Do you always do what is expected of you?The things expected by your friends, family and society?Or do you on occasion go against these set rules for you in order to do what you want to do?What could you achieve if you did?What goals could you set for yourself?What could become your norm?It is the life of a Wicklow woman which answers these questions for us.This is her story.This episodes music was written, performed and produced by Ryhan O'Halloran.The story was researched and scripted by Oran....
Oct 31, 2020•17 min
What is a legacy?Is it something which you look back on in pride in the later stages of your life.Or is it something you leave after you are gone for others to marvel over?What if your rightful legacy was stolen from you?What if the collective memory of you was tarnished because of who you were, not what you did?How would history treat you?How would time treat your name?It’s the life of a man from Cork which answers these questions for us.This is his story.Today's music was written, performed an...
Oct 24, 2020•19 min
Often, we view revolutionary figures from the point of view of what they achieved, or what they tried to achieve.We read their quotes, peruse their battles and reminisce over their speeches.Often we forget that they did not just exist in the public world.To raise those who required revolution was not their only role in life.We often fail to recognise that aside from how we knew them, there as another side to them.A side where they were not known as the creators of a new world but rather as a fat...
Oct 17, 2020•32 min
As we move through life, we meet different people and learn of the variety of life experiences available to us.Seldom however, do we step outside of our comfort zone to sample something totally alien to our own individual norms.But want if you took a leap of faith and tried something totally new.So new, the world did not know of anyone having tried it before you.So new, you didn't know the names of the places you would go before you left.So new, you didn't know of the inner strength you would be...
Oct 10, 2020•17 min
What is bravery?Is it the ability to always take on a challenge?Or is it the ability to face up to a challenge even though all your inner workings are screaming at you to run.Could you only be brave for you?What if the bravery required put your life in danger in order to save others?Could you be brave enough to do this?Is the life of a man from Youghal which answers these questions for us.This is his story.The music for this story was written, produced and preforemed by Ryhan O'Halloran.The stor...
Oct 03, 2020•23 min
In 1991, the world suffered through an everyday fear that at any moment, a flash of light would explode into the sky and darkness would fall across life as they knew it.This impending doom was caused by the Cold between America and the Soviet Union.Both feared at any moment, the ego of the other would lead to the push of a button and an atomic bomb would travel across the worlds skies.This fear was very much based in reality and fact.Just 46 years before the end of the Cold War, the world witnes...
Sep 26, 2020•17 min
