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
78 episodes
Jack Fogarty, Irish singer in Toronto
Today, I’ll be chatting with Jack Fogarty. I came to know Jack when he began hurling with my club here in Toronto, Na Piarsaigh. Jack is a laid back character who has become a feature of the Irish community here in Toronto. Jack regularly...
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Episode 65
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40:41
Dave Berney, raising a family and starting a business in Toronto
Dave is founder and CFO of HAB Strategy as well as Irish Chartered Accountant Chapter Head here in the city of Toronto. Originally from the sunny south east, Dave & his wife Mags moved here in early 2018 in pursuit of adv...
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Episode 64
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56:43
Gearóid Ó Treasaigh, ICUF Irish Language Instructor at St. Thomas University, Fredericton, NB
Today, I’ll be chatting with Gearóid Ó Treasaigh. Gearóid is the Irish Language Instructor at St. Thomas University in Fredericton, New Brunswick. He is in the middle of his second year of his ICUF scholarship. ICUF, being the Ireland Can...
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Episode 63
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24:34
Gearóid Ó Treasaigh, Teagascóir ICUF in St. Thomas University, Fredericton, NB
Today, I’ll be chatting with Gearóid Ó Treasaigh. Gearóid is the Irish Language Instructor at St. Thomas University in Fredericton, New Brunswick. He is in the middle of his second year of his ICUF scholarship. ICUF, being the Ireland Can...
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Episode 62
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22:32
Shane O'Neill, Chair Irish Person of the Year Committee
Today, I’ll be chatting with Shane O’Neill. I came to know Shane last year when I finally answered one of his many phone calls and he told me that I would be raising the Irish flag at Toronto City Hall on St. Patrick’s Day. Shane is the C...
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Episode 61
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1:00:30
Conor Mangan, professional American Football player based out of Toronto
Today, I’ll be chatting with Conor Mangan. Conor is a current professional American Football player based out of Toronto, as well as an accomplished Real Estate Agent. A proud Cork man, he moved to Canada in 2013, playing profession...
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Episode 60
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50:36
Cathal O'Neill, ag múineadh na Gaeilge i dTalamh an Éisc
Today, I’ll be chatting with Cathal O’Neill. Cathal is the Irish Language Instructor at Memorial University in St. John’s, Newfoundland. He is in the middle of his second stint as the ICUF scholar in St. John’s. ICUF, being the Ireland Ca...
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Episode 59
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18:20
Cathal O'Neill, teaching Irish in Newfoundland
Today, I’ll be chatting with Cathal O’Neill. Cathal is the Irish Language Instructor at Memorial University in St. John’s, Newfoundland. He is in the middle of his second stint as the ICUF scholar in St. John’s. ICUF, being the Ireland Ca...
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Episode 58
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35:21
Gemma Ní Luain, Teagascóir ICUF in Concordia University, Montréal
Today, I’ll be chatting with Gemma Ní Luain. Gemma is the Irish Language Instructor at Concordia University in Montréal, Québec. She is in the middle of her second stint as the ICUF scholar in Montréal. ICUF, being the Ireland Canada Univ...
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Episode 57
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13:05
Gemma Ní Luain, ICUF Irish Instructor at Concordia University, Montréal
Today, I’ll be chatting with Gemma Ní Luain. Gemma is the Irish Language Instructor at the Concordia University in Montréal, Québec. She is in the middle of her second stint as the ICUF scholar in Montréal. ICUF, being the Ireland Canada ...
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Episode 56
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33:24
Katie Kirkpatrick, learning Irish in Toronto
Today, I’ll be chatting with Katie Kirkpatrick. Katie is from Saskatchewan but began taking beginner’s Irish with me two years ago here at the University of St. Michael’s College. Since then, she has gone on to win an ICUF Canadian Irish ...
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Episode 55
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51:30
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