
Lesser Spotted Ireland with Joe Mahon: Discovering Hidden Gems Across Ireland
Lesser Spotted Ireland: the podcast of the much loved television programme made by Westway Films and first broadcast on UTV.
We will take viewers on an unforgettable journey through the breathtaking landscapes and rich heritage of Ireland (both North and South). Hosted by the Joe Mahon, the show delves into the hidden co... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 29 | Founded | a year ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | HistorySociety & CulturePlaces & Travel | |||

This episode finds Joe on the very distinctive village green of Freshford in County Kilkenny, training for the forthcoming Irish Conker Championships. He interrupts a Tai Chi class and, as a result, gets a fencing lesson from octogenarian swordswoman... more
Joe travels to County Louth, where he spends some time in the former medieval port of Carlingford.
There, he mints his own medieval coin and tries his hand at the Poc Fada, an annual hurling event based on a legend about Cuchulainn. He also visits ... more
Joe travels to the medieval town of Fethard in County Tipperary, where the legacy of its Anglo-Norman past is still very much in evidence. However, the Anglo-Normans who conquered the region from the O’Brien clan were all but defeated by an unexpecte... more
Joe visits Errismore in Connemara, Co. Galway, a place where the people have ‘one foot in the tide’, as the local saying goes. This was part of the former territory of the seafaring O’Flaherty clan, and archaeologist and local historian Michael Gibbo... more
Joe visits the seaside resort of Mullaghmore in County Sligo, where he finds out why it took two Scottish engineers and a British prime minister to build a harbour. He also discovers some fairy cures, and takes a trip across to the early Christian ru... more
Joe Mahon travels the length and breadth of the country in order to discover some of the most overlooked, yet beautiful and interesting, nooks and crannies of the Irish countryside.
In this episode, Joe visits one of the lesser known Glens of Antrim... more
Joe Mahon visits the seaside village of Laytown in County Meath, home of the only official horse race to be held on a beach in Ireland. Here he takes a keen interest in the origin of the local place-names, samples some very rare apples, and investiga... more
Joe Mahon dons the uniform of a United Irishman sharp-shooter while rehearsing for a re-enactment in Killala, County Mayo. He takes to the waters of the beautiful bay in search of mackerel and meets a blacksmith who made 3,000 identical nails in the ... more
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