Voices of Boyle

Jane Suffin & Paul Forde - The Aldi Project in Boyle

Send us Fan Mail Ep 95--- 3,207 signatures in four days. That is what a table on The Crescent and an online petition gathered in support of Aldi's plans for the ol

Andrea Cosgrave - Family Travel & Making Memories

Send us Fan Mail Ep 94--- Andrea Cosgrave set up a travel page to document a family trip to Iceland. The trip never happened. It was the Saint Patrick's weekend th

Paul Connolly - Landed Estates of County Roscommon

Send us Fan Mail Ep 93--- Historian and author Paul Connolly joins Carlo for what turned into a proper local history lesson. It starts with a ruin across the road from

Nicola Wynne - War Zones, Skyscrapers and the Road Back To Boyle

Send us Fan Mail Ep 92--- This week, Carlo chats with Nicola Wynne, who grew up on the Carrick Road and went on to live a life you would struggle to believe. She spent

Vincent Beirne - The Truth

Send us Fan Mail Ep 91--- Carlo and Florence sit down with Vincent Beirne, originally from Plunkett Avenue in Boyle, now living in the west of Ireland, for a wide-rangi

Dolores Sheerin - You Leave With A Tale To Tell

Send us Fan Mail Ep 90--- Carlo and Florence sit down with Dolores Sheerin, a Termon woman with a life full of stories. From working as a telephonist in Galway in the

David McGee - Ships, Cameras and a Silver Play Button

Send us Fan Mail Ep 89--- Carlo sits down with David McGee, a young man from Boyle who has quietly built one of the most niche and impressive YouTube channels in Irelan

Mairead Cogan - Farming, Fitness and Volunteering

Send us Fan Mail Ep 88--- Carlo sits down with Mairead Cogan, the youngest of six children raised on a farm in the Curlew Mountains, who went on to play GAA, break her

Paul Forde - Boyle Post Office

Send us Fan Mail Ep 87--- In towns like Boyle, a post office was never just a place to buy stamps or send parcels. It was where news arrived before phones ever rang, wh

Maria Liddy - Our Home In Lough Key

Send us Fan Mail Ep 86--- Maria Liddy's story begins in Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow, where her parents ran a restaurant in Dalkey while the family lived up in the moun

David Cryan - Life Before and After

Send us Fan Mail Ep 85--- David Cryan grew up on a farm in Cloonloo, in a household where after-school hours meant feeding cattle, mucking out sheds and drinking raw mi

Georgette Marshall - Her Journey, Creativity, and the Rise of Sauna Hats

Send us Fan Mail Ep 84--- Florence sits down with Georgette, a Somerset-born creative who has been living just outside Boyle for the past ten years. Georgette grew up i

Colin & Aethel Beirne - Their Story

Send us Fan Mail Ep 83--- A lovely double episode this week as Carlo and Florence sit down with Colin, a Boyle native from Termon Road, and his partner Aethel, who grew

Martha Higgins - The Mysterious Irishman Erased From History

Send us Fan Mail Ep 82---  Carlo sits down with Martha Higgins, a writer from Keash, Co. Sligo, who has just published her debut novel Hiding from the Heart. Martha gre

Dorothy Shannon - Brewing Community Spirit at King House Tea Rooms

Send us Fan Mail Ep 81--- Florence sits down with Dorothy Shannon, the woman behind King House Tea Rooms in Boyle, just as the cafe approaches its tenth anniversary. 

Anna Marie Jehorek - Boyle Is The Heart of Ireland

Send us Fan Mail Ep 80--- Carlo and Florence sit down with Anna Marie Jehorek, a travel blogger, author and Irish dancer from North Carolina, whose connection to Boyle

Paul Little - Swimming The River Shannon

Send us Fan Mail Ep 79--- Paul recently completed an epic endurance swim....the full length of the River Shannon, clocking in at a staggering 230km over just eight days

Angela Chilton - Life In Boyle

Send us Fan Mail Ep 78--- We’re excited to welcome Angela Chilton to Voices of Boyle! In this episode, Angela shares her inspiring journey from growing up in the north

Sean Nicholson - From Boyle to London and Back

Send us Fan Mail Ep 77--- For episode 77 we have Sean Nicholson for a chat that’s heartfelt and full of laughs. Sean takes us back to his childhood at the foot of the C

Seamus Carr - Growing Up in Boyle

Send us Fan Mail Ep 76--- Welcome to episode 76 of the Voices of Boyle. I'm delighted to be joined by Seamie Carr for this one...a true Boyle native whose stories