Leitrim Daily

As the Leitrim Club Championships heat up Derek Kelleher joins Breifne Earley to look back over all the action of last weekend and preview the upcoming games in the Connacht Gold Senior and Smith Monumentals Intermediate Football Championships as well as the looking back at the opening weekend of the Gotham Drywall Ladies Senior Football Championships. As well as rounding up the games played across the county we get post match reaction from some of the players and managers involved in games...

This week Allen Gaels manager Martin McGowan discusses his side's challenging start to the Senior Championship as well as profiling the sides starting the Ladies Football Championships at all levels this Sunday. We also feature reaction from JP Kane (25:44) and Martin McHugh () react to the clash between Ballinaglera and Aughnasheelin in the Intermediate Championship last weekend. Martin McGowan (32:16) enjoyed a welcome relief to the games for Allen Gaels after two heavy defeats for the...

This week we're looking back at the 2020 Intermediate & Junior Finals with the respective managers and the man of the match winners from both games which were played last weekend while we also speak to Leitrim minor manager Adrian Dockery ahead of his side's Connacht Semi Final this evening. Derek Kelleher caught up with Paul Maguire and Jack Heslin after Gortletteragh secured the Intermediate Championship on Sunday and confirmed their promotion to the Senior grade for this years Senior...

This week on the Leitrim GAA Podcast we're excited about the return of Championship football with the refixed finals from last year at Intermediate, Junior and Junior 'B' grades taking the focus of attention for the next two weeks as the Leitrim Ladies secure their Quarter Final slot. Derek Kelleher is proudly waving his Gortletteragh colours on the show this week as he previews the 2020 Intermediate and Junior Championship Finals which take place this weekend. Leitrim Ladies manager Hugh...

We welcome back "Kiss My Arts" to the Leitrim Daily schedule as Mary Blake is joined by the Director of The Dock Arts Centre in Carrick on Shannon, Sarah Searson. They chat about the planning and plotting for new performances in the centre after the cancellations of most of their programme for the last 16 months. Sarah discusses their focus for the last year or so during lockdown with investing in artists, commissioning work and remote collaborations with some local talent. Sarah also...

This week's guest is a previous winner of the Leitrim Person of the Year award, hailing from Drumshanbo Noel McPartland has played a large part in the development of the food hub from the premises he spend decades working with Bo Peep Jams and Lairds Foods. They chat about his experience of growing up in rural Ireland, making inroads in the food export in the middle east, far east and North America and dealing with the wonders of the communication technology in the 1970's and 1980's. Noel...

This week's guest is former county librarian Seán Ó Súilleabháin drops in for a chat with Tommy about his life in the town having moved from this native Longford decades ago. They chat about his love of the Irish language and his work promoting the language in Ballinamore. They touch on his involvement with the promotion of gaelic games and specifically hurling as well as other cultural activities through scór. Tommy and Sean reminisce about their shared experiences threading the boards as...

This week's show focuses on the start of Leitrim's four intercounty adult sides with the Senior Footballers, Ladies and U20's starting their campaign after the Hurler's started their season with defeat in Mayo last weekend. We're joined by Leitrim manager Terry Hyland and former captain Gary Reynolds on this week's podcast episode. Co Hosts Derek Kelleher and Breifne Earley discuss the footballers chances in what is deemed to be a mismatch by most pundits on Castlebar on Sunday and what's...

He's one of Leitrim's most recognisable characters and here at Leitrim Daily we felt it was about time Tommy Moran had his own chat show as he approaches his 80th birthday. A former school teacher, chairman of Connacht GAA, long serving secretary of Leitrim GAA, formerly editor and current chairman of The Leitrim Guardian and veteran of countless drama productions amongst many other interests we felt he was the perfect person to share stories of interesting people around the county. We...

With the huge number of games on the calendar at the moment we’ve an equally busy show this weekend as the Ladies deal with their League Final disappointment, our hurlers get their season up and running and the club season progresses steady with the Masonite Leagues. Former Connacht Champion Aidan Rooney (1:22) joins Breifne Earley to work through the last week including Sligo’s defeat to Mayo, Leitrim’s opponents in the upcoming Connacht Championship semi final before previewing Leitrim's...

The Book Club @ Leitrim Daily is in session for June 2021. Our Book Club panel met once again to share their thoughts on their latest selection, the multiple award winning debut novel from Douglas Stuart, ’Shuggie Bain’. The club’s host Mary Blake is joined by retired librarian Hilda King, Orlagh Kelly of The Reading Room Bookshop in Carrick on Shannon and Michael Geoghegan to work their way through this first full length novel from the winner of The Sunday Times Audible Short Story...

We're looking back at the end of our county sides disappointing campaigns in the National Football League and Hurling Leagues in recent weeks while we catch up with the Ladies Football team preparing for their Semi Final showdown with Limerick on Sunday. Aidan Rooney (2:30) takes a look back at some of the lessons learned from the winless route through Division 4 of the National Football League last month and where our senior side are currently ahead of a crunch Connacht Senior Championship...

It's been a rough weekend for most of Leitrim Gaelic Games with national league defeats for the county senior footballers and hurlers although the Ladies footballers did manage to put some sunshine with an eight point victory on Sunday afternoon. This week's co-host Colin Regan (1:01) takes a look back at the National Football League defeat with Breifne Earley. Leitrim manager Terry Hyland (3:02) joins the show to reflect on his side's reversal at the hands of Mickey Harte's Louth side in...

The Book Club @ Leitrim Daily is in session for May 2021. Our Book Club panel met once again to share their thoughts on their latest selection, the best selling memoir from Hadley Freeman ’House of Glass’. The club’s host Mary Blake is joined by retired librarian Hilda King, Orlagh Kelly of The Reading Room Bookshop in Carrick on Shannon and Michael Geoghegan to work their way through this first full length novel from the winner of The Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award. We also find...

The Book Club @ Leitrim Daily is in session for April 2021. Our Book Club panel met once again to share their thoughts on their latest selection, the debut novel from Cork auther Danielle McLaughlin ’The Art of Falling’. The club’s host Mary Blake is joined by retired librarian Hilda King, Orlagh Kelly of The Reading Room Bookshop in Carrick on Shannon and this month's guest Michael Geoghegan from Aughacashel to work their way through this first full length novel from the winner of The...

The Book Club @ Leitrim Daily is in session for February 2021. Our Book Club panel met once again to share their thoughts on the latest selection, number one best seller and Irish Book Awards Novel of the Year ’Strange Flowers’, from Booker nominated Irish writer Donal Ryan. The club’s host Mary Blake is joined by retired librarian Hilda King, Orlagh Kelly of The Reading Room Bookshop in Carrick on Shannon and special guest Rosemarie Donnelly of Blaney Bookworms in Castleblaney, Monaghan to...

The Book Club @ Leitrim Daily is in session for February 2021. Our Book Club panel met once again to share their thoughts on the latest selection, international bestseller ’Such A Fun Age’ by Kiley Reid. The club’s host Mary Blake is joined by retired librarian Hilda King, Orlagh Kelly of The Reading Room Bookshop in Carrick on Shannon to work their way through this story about race & privilege. We also find our which book has been selected for this month to be discussed in the next episode...

The Book Club @ Leitrim Daily is back. Despite the coronavirus restrictions our Book Club panel were eager to share their thoughts on the latest episode of our series with ’Travelling in a Strange Land’ by award winning Irish author David Park. The club's host Mary Blake is joined by retired librarian Hilda King, Orlagh Kelly of The Reading Room Bookshop in Carrick on Shannon and the thoughts of author Kevin McManus are also included in the show. We also find our which book has been selected...

The Book Club @ Leitrim Daily is back. Despite the coronavirus restrictions our Book Club panel were eager to share their thoughts on the second episode of our series with '10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World’ by Turkish writer Elif Shafak. The club host Mary Blake is joined by retired librarian Hilda King, Orlagh Kelly of The Reading Room Bookshop in Carrick on Shannon and the thoughts of author Kevin McManus are also included in the show. We also find our which book has been...

Today the lovely Eleanor Shanley was in the Leitrim Daily studio with Mary Blake for a conversation about her career in music and her new album. The two ladies had a chat about her childhood origins in music, being her own first concert promoter and her brand new album 'Cancion de Amor' recorded with classical guitarist John Feeley. She talks about her varied career and memories with working with some of Ireland's great's including De Danann, Ronnie Drew & Charlie McGettigan amongst many,...