The HedgeRadio Podcast

In episode 2 of Not Sponsored by the Luftwaffe, we get up close and personal with retired Commandant Larry Scallan as he helps families re-remember the lost lives of their relatives who died in WWI. Ben is our guide as he tells how he heard Larry give a lecture and it jogged his memory about his great-granduncle from Castlecomer in Kilkenny, he reached out to Larry who pieced together the lost story of James Heffernan. Larry points to our new Irish Republic and the identity politics that tried to bury these stories and punish their families. Stay, have a listen. The Hedgeradio Podcast is produced by Crannog Media, for more information visit the website at www.crannogmedia.ie Instagram: @crannogfilms Facebook: @crannogmedia

In this episode, we discover the first of two incredible stories from one family and their involvement in both World Wars. Historian Ben MaCoillte tells us about his journey along with his grandfather back to his landing spot on D-Day in 1944.  Ben shares the details of that landing and what his grandfather encountered on that beach and what it was like to go back for the first time 60 years later.  Stay and have a listen The Hedgeradio Podcast is produced by Crannog Media, for more information visit the website at www.crannogmedia.ie Instagram: @crannogfilms Facebook: @crannogmedia

Sometimes the amazing stories of real-life characters are hijacked by myths and the essence of what makes them great is sometimes overlooked. Part 2 continues the story of one such character, a legend in Mexico but almost unheard of in his homeland of Ireland. William Lamport lived an incredible life, from the tender age of 14 he had a King's ransom on his head, and in Mexico, he would write a Declaration of Independence that shook the foundations of the Spanish Empire and marked him out as someone ahead of his time. So why did Zorro hijack him and hide him from us for all these years? Stay, and have a listen Follow us on Instagram @crannogfilms

Sometimes the amazing stories of real life characters are hijacked by myths and the essence of what makes them great are sometimes overlooked. This episode is about one such character, a legend in Mexico but almost unheard of in his homeland of Ireland. William Lamport lived an incredible life, from the tender age of 14 he had a King's ransom on his head and in Mexico he would write a Declaration of Independence that shook the foundations of the Spanish Empire and marked him out as a someone ahead of his time. So why did Zorro hijack him and hide him from us for all these years? Stay, and have a listen

The pandemic has changed so many of the patterns in our lives. None more so than around death and dying. Following on from a project we did for the Irish Hospice Foundation, we catch up with some of the people charged with caring for not only those we have lost but also those of us left behind.