Ceol Agus Craic

A taped show from the lads as they are off playing golf in Portugal. Great Irish music, a few from back in the day and of course some new Irish music. The lads chat local and Irish stories.

Welcome to our show where we love to cover all local Irish events and news as well as sport from back home in Ireland, including GAA football, hurling, rugby, football (soccer), camogie and athletics.

Ceol agus Craic playing great Irish music. Wonderful interview with playwright, Megan Murphy from 4th Line Theatre about her upcoming play Wild Irish Geese.Great music from Derek Ryan, Liam O'Connor, Beoga and more...

Delighted to welcome to the program as our Reliance Home Comfort guest of the week, Member of Parliament for Etobicoke / Lakeshore, James Maloney as he kicks off his election campaign.Great Irish tunes from the likes of; DUG, David James, Amble, The Bothy Band, Trudi Lawlor and the Whileaways.Mother's Day in Ireland so we had a little musical theme to the Mammies. God bless them all.

Another show in the books, 1st week of Irish Heritage month completed. Irish Person of the Year luncheon and The Ireland Fund Luncheon, two mighty days in the community,

Our Reliance Home Comfort guests of the week are Shane O'Neill Chair of IPOY who will announce this year's Flag Raiser which will be on 16th March 9AMWe also have singer songwriter David Howley, formerly of We Banjo 3, he will be at the Rivoli on Wednesday 26th February and finally we have Irish comedian David Nihill, he recently appeared on the Late Late show and will be in town on Friday 28th February at the Queen Elizabeth theatre.We will cover all the sports and news stories as well as our Guinness community calendar of events. And of course you will hear some wonderful Irish musicians.

Our Reliance Home Comfort guest of the week is Emma Darmody from Toronto Irish Players. TIP have a new play 'The Hostage' by Brendan Behan. Directed by Aodhan Melly, produced by Geraldine Browne.Show opens on February 20th and runs until March 8th. There will be 2 matinees, Sunday 23rd February and Saturday 1st March.Joe Mulchay joins us to chat about the “Open your heart for the homeless” event at PJ O'Brien's Sunday 9th February.Check out the great music and the sports round up.

A great show of Irish music, sport and news

Our Reliance Home Comfort guest of the week is our good friend Terry Smith from Just Socks Foundation. Terry is in her 10th year of keeping those less fortunate a little warmer in these tough winter months.Terry needs our help over the next month to reach their goal of raising $30,000 to purchase new socks for those in need from January 15th - February 15th, 2025. This year, why not donate a box of socks! - A $100 donation buys one box of socks (60 pairs of socks in a box)- A $50 donation buys 30 pairs of socksDonors receive an immediate tax receipt for any gifts over $3. https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/123455

Mark is back from the sun and all tanned up and on the tunes. So many of our Irish artists that have passed away in the month of January and Mark will honour many of them with their tunes. the likes of, Delores, Philo, Seamus and Liam... Even Elvis would have been 90 this week.

Well here we go, the start of a new year and our first show for 2025. Today we remember the man that started this show back in 1998, Eamonn O'Loghlin. All the music will be dedicated to Eamonn and the fine county Clare. One edit, I said the last song Farewell to Miltown Malbay was song by Seamus Begley but it was Tim Dennehy. We hope you enjoy the show and as always we appreciate you listening. Ken and Mark

Our last show of 2024 some crackin tunes from Mark's selection. Looking forward to a great 2025 Thank you for listening to our show.

Well it's our Christmas show. Some best wishes from a few in the community. We reflect on our Christmas memories and favourite songs and things to do. We have a lovely selection box of Christmas songs sung by Irish artists some new and some old. What do ye think of the Christmas jumpers? Beannachtaí an tSéasúir agus Nollaig Shona daoibh a chairde. Tóg go réidh é!

Our Reliance Home Comfort guest of the week will be Lee Reeves, Irish boxer who will be fighting on Sunday December 8th Live @ Rebel Nightclub 11 Polson St. Toronto We will have the Guinness community calendar of events, a sports chat and great Irish music.

Ken spins some great new tunes from Ireland in this new show. We have fantastic new music releases from Christy Moore, Cathy Jordan, Lorraine Nash, James Vincent McMorrow, Mary Coughlan, Amble and Susan O'Neill kicks off the show with her new song Hail. Hope you enjoy the music!

Our Reliance Home comfort guests of the week are first a legend of Irish radio in Canada, our very own Colm O'Brien. Colm has hosted a radio show in the community for almost 39 years and is bringing it to an end. His final LIVE show will be this coming Tuesday at 2PM available on https://www.radioregent.com/ We will chat to Colm about the years on the airwaves and bringing the likes of The Bothy Band, DeDannan and Christy Moore to Canadian audiences.We will also welcome Sinead Canavan, Vice-Chair, Irish Cultural Society of Toronto to chat about The Pot O'Gold recent developments.We will have the Guinness community calendar of events and great Irish music and of course the sports round-up.

We have a packed show and are pleased that our Reliance Home Comfort guests of the week are Shane O'Neill, Chair of the IPOY, yes it is that time of year! We are also delighted to welcome singer Eve Stafford from Limerick (her new single 'The room next door' went to #1, written by Brendan Graham and music by Denis Carey) and last but not least MP for Etobicoke Lakeshore, James Maloney to chat about Irish night on Parliament Hill.We will have the Guinness community calendar of events and great Irish music and of course the sports round-up.

We have another great show lined up for ye and we look forward to your company (Saturday 9th November) 10AM - 11AM EST http://saturdayirishradio.com/ or you can also find us on https://ceolaguscraic.mixlr.com/We are pleased that our Reliance Home Comfort guest of the week is Maurice McGrath, singer, songwriter from Dublin and member of the band Ragged Amber.We will have the Guinness community calendar of events and great Irish music from the likes of Christy Moore, John Spillane, Mary Coughlan, Cherish the ladies and Ragged Amber and of course the sports round-up.

Our Reliance Home Comfort guest of the week is none other than Cork, Ireland legend John Spillane; musician, singer, songwriter, composer and now folk opera writer/composer. Is there anything this man can't do? John is always a great interview and we are pleased to welcome him back to our show. John's new album Fíoruisce - The Legend of the Lough is out now and available to purchase on https://www.fioruisce.ie/ or stream on Spotify.We will have the Guinness community calendar of events and great Irish music and of course the sports round-up. Who will be League of Ireland Champions? Shelbourne or Shamrock Rovers?

The second Tuesday club had a very successful fundraising event at PJ O'Brien's pub this past Sunday, tune in to hear the results. A massive thank you to the volunteers and donors and of course the wonderful entertainment by Kevin and Samantha Kennedy and Jonathan Lynn.We will have the Guinness community calendar of events and great Irish music from the likes of Noel Briody, John Spillane, Socks in the frying pan, Polly Barrett and The Mighty Ship.