http://www.thegaelichour.ca/archives.htmlThe Gaelic Hour broadcasts on CHIN 97.9FM every Sunday at 8am EST. The show now airs for two hours. The first hour has a magazine format and some interviews are made available as podcasts. The second hour is devoted to music. Live streams can be heard at http://www.thegaelichour.caaustin@thegaelichour.caaustin@thegaelichour.caThe Gaelic Hour 2011Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:26:01 GMTThu, 06 Mar 2008 01:00:44 +0500Advanced RSS Publisherhttp://www.thegaelichour.ca/image/GH_SQ_SM.jpghttp://www.thegaelichour.ca/archives.html8080Ottawa's Only Irish Radio ShowIrish Radio - Magazine and MusicTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday0The Gaelic Hour OttawaA selection of stories to welcome the New Yearhttp://www.thegaelichour.ca/mp3/20110102.mp3Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:35:39 GMTThe Gaelic Hour OttawaDr Garret FitzGerald on the economic situation and political scene in Ireland. Gabriel McCaffrey with an update on the Ireland-Canada Chamber of Commerce, Ottawa Chapter.http://www.thegaelichour.ca/mp3/20110109.mp3Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:36:50 GMTThe Gaelic Hour OttawaNiall O'Dowd went from being an ordinary Irish emigrant to the US in the late '70s to playing a key role in An Irish Voicethe peace process.Niall O'Dowd has written an outstanding book which tells, with sympathy, how such attitudes were formed. But An Irish Voice is more than that. On one hand, it is a classic work of emigrant literature which, in the Irish canon, deserves to be assessed alongside such works as Patrick McGill's Children of the Dead End and Donal MacAmlaigh's Diallan Diorat or, in the American, with Barak Obama's Dreams from my Father. On the other, it is a fascinating tale of how, arriving in the US some 30 years ago as a penniless ex-teacher seeking work as a labourer, he rose to a position in American society wherein he has rubbed shoulders with Obama himself, to say nothing of the Clintons and the Kennedys. Understandably, O'Dowd loves America for its opportunities and generosities. But he is Irish to his core, with all the emigrant's nostalgia for and irritation at the land that moulded, nurtured -- and ultimately failed them. Eamonn O'Loghlin provides an update on the arrival of Irish to Toronto and the response by the Ireland-Toronto Chamber of Commerce. http://www.thegaelichour.ca/mp3/20110116.mp3Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:47:53 GMTThe Gaelic Hour OttawaBobbi Watt, from Scotland, settled in the Ottawa area many years ago and still revels in January to celebrate Burns Day. Charlie Inglis, Bryan Llyal, Alex Munro all share stories about Burns suppers and traditions.http://www.thegaelichour.ca/mp3/20110123.mp3Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:50:23 GMTThe Gaelic Hour OttawaEnterprise Ireland works to assist Irish companies find markets abroad. Nick Marmion, VP Canada at Enterprise Ireland recently hosted a Telecom Advisory Board meeting where 4 Irish Telecom Companies presented to Canadian Industry specialists. Kieran Kelly, John O'Hare, Roy Gillingham all made presentations and Brian Barry, Don O'Brien were part of the advisory board.http://www.thegaelichour.ca/mp3/20110130.mp3Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:52:33 GMTThe Gaelic Hour OttawaThe Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse was established in 2000 with functions including the investigation of abuse of children in institutions in the State. It was dependent on people giving evidence which they did in large numbers. The Commission expresses its gratitude to all those who participated and contributed with their testimony and documents. The witnesses who came to the Confidential and the Investigation Committees ensured that the Inquiry had sufficient information to investigate the difficult issues that it was mandated to explore. The Commission was impressed by the dignity, courage and fortitude of witnesses who endeavoured to recall events that had happened many years ago.http://www.thegaelichour.ca/mp3/20110206.mp3Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:55:23 GMTThe Gaelic Hour OttawaThe Toronto Irish Film Festival was founded in April 2009 by Michael Barry and John Galway. Collectively, Michael and John have over 30 years experience in the Canadian film and television industry. Michael’s career has focused on programming and content for Canada’s major national broadcasters, including Rogers, Bell and TELUS. John’s career has seen him hold senior positions at the Canadian Television Fund, Telefilm Canada and Astral Media The Harold Greenberg Fund. This community based festival will celebrate Irish cinema from Ireland and Canada. It will promote Irish filmmakers to the Greater Toronto Irish community and the Toronto film festival public. Increasingly filmmakers from Ireland and the Irish diaspora are turning to the visual media arts to express themselves and their culture. The festival is unique within the Toronto Irish cultural calendar as there is currently no other Irish film festival in the Greater Toronto Area. The festival intends to provide a cultural destination for Toronto based ex-patriots to connect with the culture and language of back home through the magic of cinema. Bernard Jackman from Tullow, County Carlow is an Irish former rugby union player who played for Leinster. At international level, he has also played for Ireland. Since 2005 Jackman has represented Leinster. A broken leg hindered his early Leinster career but he eventually established himself as a first team regular. He was a prominent member of the team that won the 2007-08 Magners League title and he also earned himself a recall into the senior Ireland squad.He has now retired from the professional game after a bad season of injury. Blue Blood is the story of one man’s passionate 13-year fight to reach the highest level of the professional game of rugby union. • Blue Blood, also, is the inside story of Leinster’s five-years journey under Michael Cheika to become the No.1 team in European rugby. Bernard Jackman offers, for the first time, a brutally honest portrait of the Leinster dressing-room, and reveals the tyrannical, maddening ways of the team’s Australian Heineken Cup winning coach, Michael Cheika. Also, contained within ‘Blue Blood’ is an unforgettable, fly-on-the-wall diary of Leinster’s brave, but doomed attempt to retain their Heineken Cup title in the 2009/10 season. ‘Blue Blood’ is one of the most insightful and courageous books ever written in the modern era of professional rugby in Ireland.http://www.thegaelichour.ca/mp3/20110213.mp3Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:56:12 GMTThe Gaelic Hour OttawaKevin Dooley The Angira Legacy and The Catalyst complete the Angira Trilogy, "The explicit characters and graphic scenes both in the historical and the modern, weave the imprint of racial and phsyological memories of a Celtic people" This is Kevin's third published novel. Kevin Dooley, Irish born and bred, came to Canada in 1977 after 11 years at sea and living in Britain, Australia and South Africa. A former Machinist and Marine Engineer, now Author, Heritage Activist and Musician. Other publications include Heritage articles. Kevin lives in Ottawa with his wife and family. see KevinDooleyAuthor.blogspot.com. Jack Powell , who qualified in as a vet in 1936 (no typo!!)...looks back on a long careerhttp://www.thegaelichour.ca/mp3/20110220.mp3Mon, 21 Feb 2011 17:00:32 GMTThe Gaelic Hour OttawaDiana Beresford-Kroeger is a gardener who likes to combine her medical training with her love of botany. Having studied classical botany, medical biochemistry, organic and radio nuclear chemistry, and experimental surgery, Diana believes that the cures for cancer and other ailments can be found in her garden located in Merrickville, Ontario. Among Diana's prized plants are 150 year-old morello sour cherries, chocolate smelling peonies and rare breeds of trees and plants long thought lost to deforestation. http://www.thegaelichour.ca/mp3/20110227.mp3Mon, 04 Apr 2011 21:34:19 GMTThe Gaelic Hour OttawaAn update on what's happening during the Ottawa Irish Festival 2011http://www.thegaelichour.ca/mp3/20110306.mp3Mon, 04 Apr 2011 21:36:13 GMTThe Gaelic Hour OttawaOttawa will select the 2011 Ottawa Rose of Tralee on March 13th. Six young ladies have come forward hoping to win a trip to Ireland and represent the Ottawa Centre. The regional selection event is held in Ireland on June 3 - 5. If the Ottawa Rose is selected, she will return to Ireland in August for the Rose of Tralee festival. The Roses will be in the Parade and will then visit the Post Parade Party. You can also meet the Roses at the St Patrick's Comhaltas Ceili (see below) and at the Pancake Breakfast on Sunday Morning at St Brigid's. The Roses will also guest on The Gaelic Hour (now webcasting) on Sunday morning and visit St Patrick's Home to meet the residents before making their way to the selection event at the Irish Ambassador's Residence, 291 Park Road Rockcliffe. http://www.thegaelichour.ca/mp3/20110313.mp3Mon, 04 Apr 2011 21:37:34 GMTThe Gaelic Hour OttawaClare Muireann Murphy is an international performer, writer and social entrepreneur. She has played many stages including: the Globe Theatre, London; The Barbican Theatre London, The Times Cheltenham Literature Festival, The Kilkenny Arts Festival, The Unicorn Theatre, London and Cape Clear International Storytelling Festival Cork, Ireland. She has toured the UK with the Storytelling Café in 2008 and 2009. http://www.thegaelichour.ca/mp3/20110320.mp3Thu, 14 Apr 2011 19:42:25 GMTThe Gaelic Hour OttawaAn exclusive interview with Sinead O'Connor. Sinéad O'Connor is an Irish singer-songwriter. She rose to fame in the late 1980s with her debut album The Lion and the Cobra and achieved worldwide success in 1990 with a cover of the song "Nothing Compares 2 U".Sinead Since then, she has occasionally encountered controversy, partly due to her forthright statements and gestures, ordination as a priest, and expressed strong views on organized religion, women's rights, war, and child abuse while still maintaining a singing career. Her body of work includes a number of collaborations with other artists and appearances at charity fundraising concerts, in addition to her own solo albums. http://www.thegaelichour.ca/mp3/20110327.mp3Thu, 14 Apr 2011 19:44:44 GMTThe Gaelic Hour OttawaTerry Tully is the Pipe Major of ST.LAURENCE O'TOOLE PIPE BAND, Dublin In 1910 a meeting was organised by the St. Laurence O'Toole Gaelic Athletic Association Club in the CBS school,Seville Place,Dublin. The result was the St. Laurence O'Toole which is still very active and performing at a world class level. See full story below. Graham Muir: The Pipe Bands of the Ottawa Police Service and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (National Capital Region) are presenting a joint concert on Sunday, April 10, 2011 at 2:00pm at Dominion-Chalmers United Church, 355 Cooper Street, in Ottawa. Randhi Waugh, talks about 2nd Annual Ar n-Òran Ceòl an Earraich Spring Fundraiser Concert Bethany Bisaillion, Tartan Day is a celebration of Scottish heritage on April 6, the date on which the Declaration of Arbroath Tartanwas signed in 1320. A one-off event was held in New York City in 1982, but the current format originated in Canada in the mid 1980s. It spread to other communities of the Scottish diaspora in the 1990s. In Australasia the similar International Tartan Day is held on July 1, the anniversary of the repeal of the 1747 Act of Proscription that banned the wearing of tartan. Tartan Days typically have parades of pipe bands, Highland dancing and other Scottish-themed events. Born in Montreal, Sharon Callaghan completed her Bachelor of Arts in sociology, with a minor in anthropology, following early retirement from the Canadian Forces. A long-time interest in genealogy has revealed mostly Irish connections, though her earliest Canadian roots reach back to the early 1600s in Quebec. She has written articles for genealogy journals and newsletters and also given presentations on Quebec Land Records research. A history and research enthusiast, she has completed two books pertaining to Irish Montreal. http://www.thegaelichour.ca/mp3/20110403.mp3Thu, 14 Apr 2011 19:46:40 GMTThe Gaelic Hour Ottawaom McElvogue was born in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England in 1968 - that makes me 40 something? Youngest of family with Tom McElvoguethree sisters. My grandfather on my Mother's side was from BallyConneely, Connemara. This was enough of a connection for my Mother to strongly encourage all of us kids to participate in full Irish indoctrination. All three sisters took part in Irish dancing classes which meant I used to hear the same Irish Dance records over and over and over again when I was young. Thankfully there was a couple of records which weren't too bad musically. After actually dancing in competitions myself, I decided that I actually preferred the music. I also realised that it wasn't as embarrasing explaining that I played Irish music rather than doing Irish Dancing. I started playing tin whistle at about age eight/nine and also attempted the fiddle at this early age. Fiddle seemed way too hard so I stuck to the whistle. I was taught and mentored by Patrick Knight, one of the kindest and generous of people around the music scene in Newcastle. I moved onto the wooden flute at age 12/13 and progressed steadily thereafter. I won several fleadh titles at various levels and eventually won the All-Ireland Senior Flute through shear persistence. I continued playing until aged 23 and then stopped playing almost completely for about four years. I moved to Ireland and started playing again at 26/27. I've been based in Dublin, Ireland since then and have moved around a good bit through work but I have tried to keep playing throughout. Colin Farrell was born in Manchester in 1977 into a very musical family. His mother Mary hails from Co.Galway and his father On The MoveTom comes from Co.Cavan. All of Colin's four siblings are multi-talented musicians, holding both All-Britain and All-Ireland titles in the various array of instrumets they play. Colin's older brother Paul is also an excellent fiddle player and also holds an All-Ireland placement on the mandolin. Colin's eldest sister Michelle is an accomplished accordion and piano player, whilst younger brother Shane is a banjo virtuoso and All-Ireland fiddle champion. Colin's youngest sister Adele holds All-Ireland titles on the tin whistle, piano and accordion Eleanor McGrath, has just completed a documentary on the Irish in Canada. The film is a family album of sorts containing interviews with Irish immigrants from both sides of the border. On topics such as religion, politics and culture, Eleanor has created a personal story with universal appeal. To learn more about KANATA: AN IRISH STORYhttp://www.thegaelichour.ca/mp3/20110410.mp3Thu, 14 Apr 2011 19:48:37 GMTThe Gaelic Hour OttawaMícheál Ó Muircheartaigh was born in Dún Síon just outside Dingle, County Kerry, in 1930. He was christened Michael MichaelMoriarty and was the fourth child in a family of eight. Like many homes in Ireland at the time Ó Muircheartaigh's house contained no radio. His earliest memory of listening to a match commentary was at a neighbour's house in 1939. From that point on he was fascinated by the radio and the voice of Micheál O'Hehir in particular. Ó Muircheartaigh grew up on the family farm and was educated locally in Dingle. In September 1945 he began studying at Coláiste Íosagáin in Baile Bhúirne in the County Cork Gaeltacht where he was in training to be a teacher. It was at this all-Irish school that his name changed from Michael Moriarty to the Irish version Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh. In September 1948 he began the final year of his teacher training at St. Patrick's College in Dublin. In early March 1949 Ó Muircheartaigh, along with ten other students from the college, and several from other colleges, did a test commentary on a hurling game at Croke Park. Each student had to commentate for five minutes in Irish and the most successful would be selected for further commentary work. Ó Muircheartaigh had never seen a game of hurling before in his life. But he knew that those adjudicators judging his commentary were not able to see the game. Ó Muircheartaigh's commentaries for RTÉ Radio 1's Sunday Sport show won him a Jacob's Award in 1992. He was also the Parade Grand Marshal for the 2007 St. Patrick’s Festival - having been given the honour by the chairman of the Festival in recognition and appreciation of his unique contribution to Irish culture. He will be the Parade Grand Marshal for the 2011 St. Patrick’s Parade in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, also in recognition and appreciation of his unique contribution to Irish culture. On September 16, 2010 he announced his retirement from broadcasting. The last All-Ireland he commentated on was the 2010 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final on 19 September 2010. On October 29, 2010 it was announced that the 2nd International Rules test at Croke Park would be Ó Muircheartaigh's final broadcast as commentator on RTÉ Radio 1. On October 30, 2010 Micheál commentated his final commentary alongside RTÉ's pundit and former Meath footballer Bernard Flynn.http://www.thegaelichour.ca/mp3/20110417.mp3Wed, 27 Apr 2011 19:34:30 GMTThe Gaelic Hour OttawaThe Ireland Canada Business Association (“ICBA”) visited in March with a view to raising the profile of Irish Canada linkages. The fifteen strong delegation headed up by former Hamiltonian Malachy Smith are visiting Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto where they will meet with, among others, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, the Irish Canadian Parliamentarian group, and senior executives from both Air Canada and Air Transat. In Toronto on Thursday March 10th the ICBA is hosting an Ireland Canada Business summit. This is open to all members of the Toronto Chamber, and indeed anyone with an interest in advancing the Ireland Canada agenda. Speakers will include Sandra Pupatello, Ontario Minister for Economic Development and Trade; His Excellency Ray Basset, Ireland’s Ambassador to Canada; Danny McCoy, Director General of the Irish Business and Employers Confederation; Kevin Elliot of IDA Ireland, and our very own Nick Marmion, Head of Enterprise Ireland in Canada. We encourage as many of our members as possible to attend – a great opportunity to strengthen transatlantic bonds. If you would like to attend please contact Drew Sutherland at the Ireland Fund office who is coordinating the attendee list. Drew’s contact info is as follows: http://www.thegaelichour.ca/mp3/20110424.mp3Wed, 27 Apr 2011 19:36:05 GMTThe Gaelic Hour OttawaForImage the past 27 years, Ray Johnson, aka "Other Feller," has been keeping crowds in stitches with the help of his Buddy Wasisname bandmates, all the while spreading Newfoundland and Labrador pride both at home and abroad. Annie Coyle Martin has been inventing stories for more than 50 years. She was born in Co. Cavan. Her parents were primary school teachers. Because there was no secondary school available she was sent as a boarder to St. Mary’s College Mountmellick, Co. Laois, and later to The Cross and Passion College in Kilcullen, Co. Kildare. Dominic Campbell is the freelance Artistic Director of the Bealtaine festival. May belongs to the Bealtaine festival, celebrating creativity in older age! Danial O'Donnel is scheduled to phone in for a short interviewhttp://www.thegaelichour.ca/mp3/20110501.mp3Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:03:34 GMTThe Gaelic Hour OttawaTommy Tiernan (is an Irish comedian, actor and writer. Tommy was born in Carndonagh,Co Donegal. His father is a native of Co Meath while his mother is from Co Tipperary. He moved, with his family, from Donegal as a child. After spells living in Zambia and London, he attended the same school as Irish television presenter Hector Ó hEochagáin and Dylan Moran, in St. Patrick's Classical School, Navan, Co Meath, a former Roman Catholic junior seminary. He later attended a boarding school, Garbally College, in Ballinasloe, Co Galway.http://www.thegaelichour.ca/mp3/20110508.mp3Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:05:23 GMTThe Gaelic Hour OttawaThe RISE Foundation is a registered charity founded by the singer Frances BlackFrances Black in 2008, focussed on the family of those in addiction (alcohol, drugs, gambling, food or sex addiction).http://www.thegaelichour.ca/mp3/20110515.mp3Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:06:33 GMTThe Gaelic Hour OttawaDr Geraldine Osborne In 1990 Irish woman Geraldine Osborne decided on an adventure - to move with her young family to an entirely new world - Ellesmare Island far up in Northern Canada. Deep within the artic circle, she became part of the local Inuit community (First broadcast on RTE in1990). Dr. Osborne is currently the Chief Medical Officer of Health with the Government of Nunavut and a follow up interview is scheduled to be aired in June. Dr Osborne will share her experiences and how she and her family have adapted to Nunavut.http://www.thegaelichour.ca/mp3/20110522.mp3Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:07:15 GMTThe Gaelic Hour OttawaDaniel O'Donnell was born and brought up in the village of Kincasslagh, in the Rosses Daniel O'Donnellregion of County Donegal. He grew up as the youngest of a Roman Catholic family, with his parents Julia (née McGonagle born 1919)[8] and Francis O'Donnell and his siblings: John (the eldest), Margaret (Margo), Kathleen, and James. He has described his upbringing as mostly happy, with the exception of the death of his father after a heart attack when O'Donnell was just six.http://www.thegaelichour.ca/mp3/20110531.mp3Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:08:02 GMTThe Gaelic Hour OttawaRony Bridges is an actor and playwrite and recently wrote a Play called 'Six and A Tanner' that is touring Scotland at the moment. The play stars well known Scottish Actor David Hayman. David Hayman was born in Glasgow and first started his working life as an apprentice in a Glasgow steel yard. After studying at the RSAMD he spent the first 10 years of his career at the Citizens Theatre, Glasgow playing such roles as Hamlet, Troilus, Nijinsky, Lady Macbeth, Al Capone, Petrucio, Bosola and, among many others, Mother Goose. He played Jimmy Boyle in ‘A Sense of Freedom’ and followed that with over 40 appearances in films such as Hope and Glory, Syd and Nancy, The Jackal, Ordinary Decent Criminal, Vertical Limit, Where the Truth Lies, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, Burke and Hare and the soon to be released, Screwed and The Domino Effect. John P. Kelly has just returned from Ireland where he was John P. Kellythe adjudicator at The All-Ireland Amateur Drama Festival in Athlone. Sarah Thorenton with an update on The Rose of Tralee and The Maureen O'Hara Film Festivalhttp://www.thegaelichour.ca/mp3/20110605.mp3Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:09:43 GMTThe Gaelic Hour OttawaLoyola Hearn is the Canadian Ambassador to Ireland. He served as a Member of Loyola Hearnthe Canadian House of Commons from 2000 to 2008, and as Minister of Fisheries and Oceans from Feb, 2006 to Oct, 2008. Ambassador Hearn was born in the fishing village of Renews, Newfoundland where he received his early education. After graduating from high school, he began his studies at Memorial University of Newfoundland and the University of New Brunswick. He went on to enter federal politics and was a member of the Conservative Party of Canada in the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of St. John's West from 2000 to 2003 and St. John's South—Mount Pearl from 2003 to 2008. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 2000 to 2004, and was active in representing the party during its merger discussions with the Canadian Alliance. Those discussions culminated in the merger of the two parties in December 2003, to the Conservative Party of Canada. Hearn served as the first House Leader of the newly-created party until it had its first leadership convention. He has served (either before or after the merger) as the Progressive Conservative Party House Leader, Conservative Party House Leader, Opposition House Leader, Canadian Heritage Critic, Public Works and Government Services Critic, and Critic of the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons.http://www.thegaelichour.ca/mp3/20110612.mp3Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:11:42 GMTThe Gaelic Hour OttawaRory Flynn, daughter of Hollywood's great swashbuckler Errol Flynn to talk about The Maureen O’Hara Classic Film Festival in West Cork Jun 17th 26th Sheila Scott to talk about how July 1, 2011 will mark an exciting time for the Irish language and arts outside of Ireland! The first ever Oireachtas Cheanada will kick-off a three day competition held in the Irish language and feature events in singing, dancing, music and literature. http://www.thegaelichour.ca/mp3/20110619.mp3Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:12:31 GMTThe Gaelic Hour OttawaThis is a follow up to the program broadcast in May. Dr Geraldine OsborneIn 1990 Irish woman Geraldine Osborne decided on an adventure - to move with her young family to an entirely new world - Ellesmare Island far up in Northern Canada. Deep within the artic circle, she became part of the local Inuit community (First broadcast on RTE in1990). Dr. Osborne is currently the Chief Medical Officer of Health with the Government of Nunavut and a follow up interview is scheduled to be aired in June. Dr Osborne will share her experiences and how she and her family have adapted to Nunavut. http://www.thegaelichour.ca/mp3/20110626.mp3Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:13:59 GMTThe Gaelic Hour OttawaJim Mountain, The 15th Annual Almonte Celtfest, July 8 to 10. Celebrate with us the great traditional and contemporary music, song and dance of the Ottawa Valley region. Discover your “inner Celt “ ! Co-Walkers Hermmine Steinberg's parents were born in Poland and came to Canada (via Israel) after World War Two and she was born in Toronto into a working class immigrant neighbourhood. She started writing The Co-Walkers as a short story for her children. It evolved over time from a short story to a novel. It took on some experiences and knowledge gathered along the way – trips to Ireland and Watkin’s Glen, readings about Celtic mythology and pagan philosophy. Joann McCann: The first Sheenboro Irish Heritage Festival will be held from July 15-17,2011 celebrating Sheen's Irish roots through music, dance, storytelling, family history and a Celtic Mass.http://www.thegaelichour.ca/mp3/20110703.mp3Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:22:44 GMTThe Gaelic Hour OttawaAl Hutchinson is a former RCMP Assistant Commissioner, who served as the Police Al HutchinsonOversight Commissioner in Northern Ireland, who in November 2007 became the second Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland. A graduate of Carleton University, Ottawa and Queen's University, Belfast (MBA), Al served nearly 34 years in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), rising through the ranks to Assistant Commissioner. http://www.thegaelichour.ca/mp3/20110710.mp3Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:24:56 GMTThe Gaelic Hour OttawaThe National Capital Writing Contest Poetry Winner Joan McKay , Ann Godbold received Caregiver of the Year Award for 2010 earlier this year. Bridget Guglich shares some stories from Mayo.http://www.thegaelichour.ca/mp3/20110717.mp3Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:28:22 GMTThe Gaelic Hour OttawaMichel Gauthier,The first Rideau Canal Festival was launched in 2008 during August long-weekend driven by the communities desire to celebrate it World Heritage site. The festival has developed to include a strong Irish and Scottish components. Eoin O Meachair Caladh Nua, This very unique band was founded in early 2009. Like many of the great Irish traditional bands Caladh Nua simply formed as a result of some great musicians crossing paths, realizing a special connection and then wanting to share it with the world audience. Bethany Bisaillion with an update on the Sons of Scotland Pipe Band experience playing for Will and Kate and details of "B In The Parkhttp://www.thegaelichour.ca/mp3/20110724.mp3Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:30:17 GMTThe Gaelic Hour OttawaDr Ciaran Duffy was recently appointed chief of pediatrics at Dr Ciaran DuffyCHEO. After moving to Canada from Ireland, Dr. Duffy did a research and clinical fellowship at the Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto, his pediatric residency at the Children’s Hospital of Western Ontario in London, and a Master’s degree in Science (Clinical Epidemiology and Bio-statistics) at McMaster University in Hamilton. He has wide experience in teaching and is a very active researcher.http://www.thegaelichour.ca/mp3/20110731.mp3Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:31:22 GMTThe Gaelic Hour OttawaPete Brennan India to Ireland Years of studying, working and of course, playing, have finally brought both Pete and Keara Brennan to a stage in life where fulfillment one of one of those ideas often-discussed but is rarely completed. A 6 month, 11000km, self-supported cycle ride from Goa to their native town of Donegal. Pete Brennan A professional photographer for over 10 years, Pete’ s images have graced the covers of many publications in British Columbia, Canada. Pete has a successful wedding photography business in Vancouver, BC. He also works as a registered nurse in acute medicine at Vancouver General Hospital. Pete is an avid outdoorsman with a passion for climbing, surfing, cycle touring, kayaking, backcountry skiing, kitesurfing and extreme jenga. Pete has 2 long distance cycling trips under his belt. At age 18, he cycled from Sydney to Darwin (6000km) and a few years later, he cycled from Vancouver to Alaska and back (6000km). Pete recently sea kayaked 500 miles up to Alaska with Keara. Pete’s rear end has mostly healed from these trips and he’ s eager to get back in the saddle. Needless to say, the images on this site are all Pete’s beautiful handiwork. Check out www.oneearthphotography.com for more of his work.http://www.thegaelichour.ca/mp3/20110807.mp3Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:32:45 GMTThe Gaelic Hour OttawaRichard Elichuck Talks about Tara Players production ot The Partick Pearse Motel Linda Welby is a native of Loughrea, a young mother of eight children, who now resides in Roscahill, Co. Galway. Her album 'A Story to Tell' and more recently 'The Best of Times' is a collection of contemporary songs and music all written and composed by herself. Linda Welby has a very defined vision of where she is going and what is important to her in life. As a composer, songwriter, multi instrumentalist and singer, music has always been at the forefront for Linda. Linda's grandfather Paddy Doorhy was an accomplished fiddle player and played with the first Ballinakill ceili band. Linda's Dad, also Paddy Doorhy, played drums and toured extensively with many bands and noted musicians. Linda gets her musical inspiration from her dad, whom she regards as her hero, and has no hesitation in linking all her achievements back to this musical heritage. "My dad's a real inspiration to me". She featured on RTE Nationwide Television and TG4 and won the award for Best Female Artist of 2008 on West Limerick Radio,The 2010 Texas International Artist of the year,2010 Youghal Songwriter of the year and many more... http://www.thegaelichour.ca/mp3/20110814.mp3Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:33:42 GMTThe Gaelic Hour OttawaCanadian Roses at the 2011 Rose of Tralee Festival and Daithi O'Se who presents the TV show.http://www.thegaelichour.ca/mp3/20110821.mp3Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:36:23 GMTThe Gaelic Hour OttawaJohn P. arrived in Canada from Ireland in 2004. Since his arrival he has immersed himself in the theatre scene in Ottawa and has achieved acclaim for his work. John worked for RTE and as a Radio Drama producer/director, as well as a Managing Editor of Features and Arts. John recently adjuciated the All Ireland Drama Festival in Athlone. More recently he has undertaken a lease on The Gladstone Theatre and is directing The 39 Steps as the season opener. Plans to stage Michael Flatley’s ‘Lord of Dance’ at the Cliffs of Moher have come undone. The event’s promoter Oliver O'Connell blames the bleak economic landscapehttp://www.thegaelichour.ca/mp3/20110828.mp3Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:37:51 GMTThe Gaelic Hour OttawaAn update for many of the Irish and Scottish organizations in the city outlining their plans and programs for the upcoming season.http://www.thegaelichour.ca/mp3/20110904.mp3Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:40:05 GMTThe Gaelic Hour OttawaDr David Shanahan is a professional Historian, working primarily with First Nations across Canada, with particular focus on Ontario. He has run his own consulting firm since 1989. David has his Doctorate in Canadian History. He is the published author of The Jesuit Residential School at Spanish: More Than Mere Talent, 2004, David arrived in Canada from his native Ireland in 1982 to work on a Masters in History at Lakehead University. He remained to complete a PhD at Carleton in 1987, and never went home again. He has continued to publish and present papers on his academic area of interest, the Irish in Canada in the nineteenth century, but has been working professionally in the field of First Nations history since 1989 Neil Byrne, Celtic Thunder is a singing group composed of five male soloists who perform both solo and ensemble numbers. Celtic Thunder debuted in August 2007 at The Helix in Dublin, Ireland.They are accompanied by the Celtic Concert Orchestra under the direction of Phil Coulter, the musical director of the group Glenn Wright Glenn Wright is the President of the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa and the society has it's annual conference later this month.http://www.thegaelichour.ca/mp3/20110911.mp3Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:41:41 GMTThe Gaelic Hour OttawaFather Brian D'Arcy C.P. is a Passionist priest based in Enniskillen, County Fr Brian D'Arcy Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. A noted author, newspaper columnist, broadcaster and preacher, he serves as Rector of St. Gabriel's Retreat, the Graan. D'Arcy has authored over ten books including A Little Bit of Religion and A Little Bit of Healing. After the publication of the Murphy Report Fr. D'Arcy accused the Vatican of hiding behind legal procedures in not dealing with allegations of child abuse within the church.Following the report's publication he has called for a radical re-formation of the church's structures and resignations of high-ranking figures within the Irish Catholic Churchhttp://www.thegaelichour.ca/mp3/20110918.mp3Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:44:01 GMTThe Gaelic Hour OttawaThe March of the Choctaw is a feature-documentary for festival, cinematic-release, digital download and DVD. In 1996 Gary White Deer was invited to Mayo to commemorate the $175 donation his people made in 1847, equivalent $10,000 today, from their very meager resources to the people of Ireland during The Great Famine -an Gorta Mór. Later invited to Derry to paint a mural he was caught up in a sectarian riot. Inspired by these events and the Irish peace process, he began to reflect on the sovereignty of his own people, the recurring conflict between freedom and security and how tribal prophecies might illuminate these perpetual issues. Director: Peter J McCarthy’s previous film “Fight-or-Flight” won a number of International-awards at film festivals including Long-Island & Hamburg festivals, broadcast on US and European cable-channels.http://www.thegaelichour.ca/mp3/20110925.mp3Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:45:55 GMTThe Gaelic Hour OttawaDr Bassett was scheduled to come on The Gaelic Hour on Sept 25th but needed to reschedule due to conflicting engagements. Dr Ray Bassett will review the past year covering the Irish economic situation and Irish Canadian issues. Ray has completed his first year of his Canadian posting and has visited many of the Irish communities in Canada. The past year has also seen a change of govenment in Ireland and an ongoing troublesome economic climate. Oct 9: Denise Trottier, Rebecca Campbell, Michaela Foster Marsh. Imelda May Denise Trottier of The Irish Society. Daniel GIvern has written a new play abour W.B Yates and it is being staged by of The St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival. Singer and songwriter Michaela Foster March has completed the draft of her first novel. Irish singer Imelda May is taking North America by storm. An interview recorded in Tralee, Ireland, where Imelda was performing.http://www.thegaelichour.ca/mp3/20111002.mp3Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:29:34 GMTThe Gaelic Hour OttawaDenise Trottier of The Irish Society. Daniel GIvern has written a new play abour W.B Yates and it is being staged by of The St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival. Singer and songwriter Michaela Foster March has completed the draft of her first novel. Irish singer Imelda May is taking North America by storm. An interview recorded in Tralee, Ireland, where Imelda was performing.http://www.thegaelichour.ca/mp3/20111009.mp3Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:30:37 GMTThe Gaelic Hour OttawaEnterprise Ireland is participating at the GTEC conference for the first time in Ottawa this year. Some of the companies participating provide an overview of their technology and expectations.http://www.thegaelichour.ca/mp3/20111016.mp3Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:33:45 GMTThe Gaelic Hour OttawaIt was 50 years ago this year that the Makem Brothers’ legendary father Tommy hit the big time with the Clancy Brothers, bursting onto the North American scene with their record-breaking appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show. The folk scene would never be the same as Ireland’s fab four dominated Irish music in the 1960’s with their rousing songs of rebellion, drinking, fun and mischief. Their influence continues to this day. Caroline Pignat has just published the third book in her Irish Famine series. David Wilson is about to launch the 2nd part of his biographical work on Thomas D'Arcy McGeehttp://www.thegaelichour.ca/mp3/20111023.mp3Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:35:52 GMT