Episodios

  • Teampeailin Ban Listowel Famine Burial Ground Danny Houlihan's Irish Experience Show
    Jul 15 2025

    In this episode Danny Houlihan travels out from his research base on the Shannon to the quiet secluded grave yard of Teampeaillin Ban Listowel County Kerry.

    It was here during the Great Irish Famine or Holocaust of 1846 and Black 1847 thousands were buried here a sad reminder of the areas history. The deaths were massive in the area of North Kerry during the period and the landscape lost its people culture and its precious Irish language. Danny explores the area and again weaves a history and a Story of an area of North Kerry often forgotten in the history books.

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    16 m
  • Ballybunion Burning Part 3 Danny Houlihan's Irish Experience Show
    Jun 5 2025

    Danny Houlihan returns to the Seaside Resort of of Ballybunion in the final episode of the current research on the evictions in the famous North Kerry Resort in 1915. The picture painted of the place and its people and the fight to rid the town of the greedy landlords and evictors.

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    15 m
  • Ballybunion Burning 1914-1915 Part 2 Danny Houlihan's Irish Experience Show
    Apr 28 2025

    In this the second in the series the seaside town of Ballybunion braces itself for evictions as the situation escalates 1914-1915. Danny Houlihan weaves through the old faded and lost newspapers of the day and pays a visit to a Court Room of the day uncovering local history that was long since forgotten in time. This was Ballybunion Burning a Period and a history lesson for all students and adults alike local history at its best.

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    16 m
  • Ballybunion Burning 1914-1915 Part 1 Danny Houlihan's Irish Experience Show
    Apr 23 2025

    In the years of 1914 & 1915 Ballybunion was experiencing a time of change with the threat of evictions looming and the loss of their hard enterprise by a landlord and his greedy company. As documented in the media of the time a threat to their homes and their way of life indeed the seaside resort itself was on the brink. In this episode which is part one explores the events that were unfolding in a place which to all is a seaside resort. Danny Houlihan explores this hidden history of his area not known to most locals and lost to time and buried. This is Ballybunion Burning Part 1

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    15 m
  • The Landlord Parade Ballybunion 1874 -St Patrick's Day Show 2025 Danny Houlihan
    Mar 29 2025

    In 1874 a unique parade took place in the village of Ballybunion North Kerry Ireland to honor a Landlord from Foots Cray Kent London England this event was steeped in history and its background is any historians dream. Danny Houlihan has undertook a massive trawl of all available material in Ireland and has linked up with the Bexley Library to uncover the hidden past of one of the areas Landlords now lost in time and the connection with a place in North Kerry now lost in time Ballyeagh and the Cashen and the small fishing village of Ballybunion in the year of 1874 . This episode is just a fore taste of what Houlihan has uncovered and will be featuring in the next year on his famous Podcast Series.

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    33 m
  • Christmas Show 2024 The Lia Fail Danny Houlihan's Irish Experience
    Jan 12 2025

    In this Special Christmas Show Danny Houlihan reflects on a past Christmas in North Kerry and its people he witnessed. This Podcast also covers the background of the famous Lia Fail or Stone of Destiny which has captivated historians in Ireland and Scotland for years. This is only an introduction to the Lia Fail The Stone of Destiny. Danny Houlihan's Irish Experience.

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    26 m
  • Sheela Na Gigs Danny Houlihan's Irish Experience Show
    Dec 5 2024

    In this episode Danny Houlihan travelled out to a number of Historical Places in North Kerry Ireland where the famous Images can be found on stone secreted away in the forgotten Past Life Ways of North Kerry. The Sheela Na Gig or as they have been called fertility symbols dot the landscape of Ireland many are hidden away from the eyes of the public while others are found in museums. In this exploratory episode Danny examines the applications and the places where the famous Shell Na Gig are found.

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    14 m
  • The Field Exchange Brookfield Farm 2024 Danny Houlihan's Irish Experience Show
    Nov 8 2024

    In this episode Danny Houlihan travels out from his Research Centre in North Kerry Ireland to the Banks of Loughderg to the famous Brookfield Farm with his friends in Brilliant Ballybunion and the 2024 Filed Exchange. This is the second in the outside broadcast series recorded live on location in Ireland by Danny Houlihan.

    The Field Exchange is pioneering the rebirth of our old Irish customs and and culture linking with the creative artistic talents with a strong emphasis on climate change and the re development of forestry and local food producers in Ireland and the relationship with our land and our agricultural sector who are developing a new strategy to become more eco based within their local area and being self sufficient in many aspects.

    This is being funded by Creative Ireland who are supporting many of these unique journeys. Danny Houlihan met some of the participants on the day and recorded just a sample of the event it was inspirational and this episode will give us all food for thought. so sit back and put on the kettle and enjoy another taste and it is just only a taste of a unique Irish Experience once more.

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    1 h y 30 m