Irish in Toronto
This podcast showcases the Irish living in Toronto today. We discuss why they came, what made them stay, what they miss about home and will their future be in Canada or in Ireland. Subscribe and share with your friends and family. Please send any feedback, positive or negative to pasheehan31@gmail.com. Thanks to Shannon Heaton for the music. Please listen to her podcast, 'Irish Music Stories', a show about traditional music. Thanks to Natalie Barbuzzi for our lovely logo. Thanks to Barry Conway for convincing me this was a good idea. Bain taitneamh as! Enjoy!
Episodes
68 episodes
Clíodhna Ní Chorráin, Teagascóir ICUF na Gaeilge in Ollscoil Ottawa
Today, I’ll be chatting with Clíodhna Ní Chorráin. Clíodhna is the Irish Language Instructor at the University of Ottawa. She is in the middle of her second year of her ICUF scholarship. ICUF, being the Ireland Canada University Foundatio...
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Episode 53
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17:12
Clíodhna Ní Chorráin, Irish Language Instructor at the University of Ottawa
Today, I’ll be chatting with Clíodhna Ní Chorráin. Clíodhna is the Irish Language Instructor at the University of Ottawa. She is in the middle of her second year of her ICUF scholarship. ICUF, being the Ireland Canada University Foundatio...
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Episode 54
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37:25
Dr. Vanita Jassal and Kevin McAnena - Alumni of Queen's University, Belfast
Today, I’ll be chatting with Vanita Jassal and Kevin McAnena. This was the first ever live episode of Irish in Toronto and I would like to thank Daniel Patton for making it happen. Daniel is the Development and Engagement Manager for Nort...
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Episode 51
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58:25
Colm de Fréine, Conradh na Gaeilge - Craobh Thorontó
Today, I’ll be chatting with Com de Fréine. I know Colm through our love of the Irish language. He is a member of the committee of the branch of Conradh na Gaeilge which we established here in Toronto. Such is our love of the lan...
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Episode 50
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44:32
Ciara Ní Lúing, from Dingle to Toronto
Today, I’ll be chatting with Ciara Ní Lúing. Ciara left her beautiful hometown of Dingle, Co. Kerry for the big city of Toronto eight years ago. I got to know Ciara through our work with Conradh na Gaeilge here in Toronto where w...
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Episode 49
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1:02:20
Ken Tracey, Ceol agus Craic
Today, I’ll be chatting with Ken Tracey. Ken arrived in Toronto in 1989 on the first ever direct flight from Shannon. I got to know Ken through his work presenting ‘Ceol agus Craic’, a Saturday morning Irish radio show here in Can...
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Episode 48
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1:02:36
Sharon Nolan, Mindfulness in Toronto
Today, I’ll be chatting with Sharon Nolan. Sharon left Ireland 18 years ago and has been in Toronto for the past 12 years. Originally a PE teacher, she is now studying to be a psychotherapist. We discuss topics such as distractions, disso...
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Episode 47
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1:04:59
Shane Firus and Carolane Soucisse, Irish ice dancers
Today, I’ll be chatting with Shane Firus and Carolane Soucisse. Shane and Carolane, hailing from British Columbia and Québec respectively, have represented Canada in ice dance. However, due to Shane’s Irish roots, the pair now ice dance f...
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Episode 46
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44:14
Shaun Ruddy, Chair of St. Patrick's Parade Society
Today, I’ll be chatting with Shaun Ruddy, one of the greatest characters in the Irish community in Toronto. Shaun’s father emigrated from Donegal to Canada and Shaun was very aware of his Irish routes from a young age.
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Episode 45
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47:18
Alan McConnell, Lawyer and President of Friends of Sinn Féin (Canada)
Today, I’ll be chatting with Alan McConnell. Born in Larne, County Antrim, Alan moved to Vancouver as a young boy in 1973, admittedly with little interest in Irish affairs at the time. Following his teenage years in British Columbia and h...
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Episode 44
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49:47
Michael Barton, Invest Northern Ireland
Today, I’ll be chatting with Michael Barton who is a Regional Director at Invest Northern Ireland where he promotes Northern Ireland Trade and Investment opportunities here in Canada. Born in Antrim but reared in Greystones, County Wic...
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Episode 43
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59:01
Poppy Keogh, East Coast 'Gal'
We have a more unusual episode for you today. I’ll be chatting with Poppy Keogh from Wicklow who has been living in Canada for the past five years, spending her first two years in St. John’s, Newfoundland and the past three years in Halifax, No...
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Episode 42
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52:30
William Jenkins, Associate Professor at York University
Today, I’ll be chatting with William Jenkins, Associate Professor in the Department of History at York University here in Toronto. I got to know William through his immense work with the Canadian Association of Irish Studies who have enabled me...
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Episode 41
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1:07:13
Emer Maguire, ICUF Scholar at the University of St. Michael's College
Today, I’ll be chatting with Emer Maguire. Emer is my colleague here in the Celtic Studies Program at the University of St. Michael’s College, having received an award from the Ireland Canada University Foundation to teach Irish in Toronto. Eme...
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Episode 40
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56:35
Bill Jermyn, Only Dead Fish Swim with the Current
Today, I’ll be speaking with Bill Jermyn. Bill came to Toronto forty years ago having grown up in West Cork and studying at Trinity College Dublin. We speak about a number of topics in our chat including the decision to move him and his family ...
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Episode 39
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52:29
Teagascóirí ICUF 2023/24
Clár i nGaeilge ina labhraím leis na teagascóirí ICUF (Ireland Canada University Foundation) don bhliain 2023/24: Clíodhna Ní Chorráin - University of Ottawa Gearóid Ó Treasaigh - St. Thomas' University, Fredericton, New B...
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Episode 38
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35:45
Tracey Lyng, Secretary of Toronto GAA
Today, I’ll be speaking with Tracey Lyng, Secretary of Toronto GAA. It is not only the GAA with which Tracey volunteers, she also sits on the board of ICAN, the Irish Canadian Immigration Center as well as volunteering for a committee which hel...
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Episode 37
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45:51
Eddie Moley, Chairperson of Toronto GAA
Today, I’ll be speaking with Eddie Moley, Chairperson of Toronto GAA. Being two big GAA men, you would assume we would talk about nothing but hurling and football. This conversation goes a lot deeper than that, however. Eddie speaks candidly ab...
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Episode 36
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1:02:58
Lauren Curran, Registered Psychotherapist, West Belfast to Burlington
In this episode, Lauren tells us about how she first began coming to Canada as a child in the summertime to visit family who had moved here before permanently relocating here after finishing her university degree. Unlike many previous guests...
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Episode 35
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56:31
Elizabeth Hughes
How I came across Elizabeth is a little bit more unusual than most of the guests on this podcast. I run most mornings and I like to run on the Lakeshore here in Toronto. Elizabeth works as a crossing guard some mornings on Bathurst and Queen’s ...
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Episode 34
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57:55
Jack Armstrong, Toronto Raptors Sportscaster
Today, I’ll be chatting with Jack Armstrong. Jack has an interesting relationship with Ireland. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, both of his parents were immigrants from the west of Ireland. Jack speaks about how this shaped his identi...
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Episode 33
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30:26
Robert Kearns, Chair and Founder of the Canada Ireland Foundation
I would still encourage people to download the episodes and to share them with friends and family. Downloads are the easiest indicator for me to gauge how many people I am reaching with these conversations so I would really appreciate it.&nb...
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Episode 32
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50:28
Girlies in the 6ix, Danielle Olivierre and Casey Egan
Today, I’ll be chatting with Danielle Olivierre and Casey Egan, better known as Girlies in the 6ix. Two best friends from Dublin with two very different stories. Brought together as teenagers thanks to their shared love of Canadian Justin Bi...
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Episode 31
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1:34:32
Gemma Healy-Murphy, raising a family and becoming a lawyer in Toronto
Today, I’ll be chatting with Gemma Healy-Murphy. Born and raised in Tralee, County Kerry, Gemma came to Toronto in 2011 with her then boyfriend, now husband, Barry. Gemma is a litigator at McMillan LLP. She sits on the board of I/CAN, the Ir...
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Episode 29
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55:24
Erin and Paul Loughnane, the 'peas and carrots' of Toronto GAA
Today, I’ll be chatting with Erin and Paul Loughnane. They are both driving forces of the St. Mike’s club here in the city, playing a massive role in playing and coaching over the past 20 to 30 years. Erin and Paul were both born in Canada b...
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Episode 28
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