TPOE 246: Ispíní na hEireann

Trad duo Ispíní na hEireann are the hardest working band on the island of Ireland and have just released their debut album called.... The Hard Working Men. On a wet Wednesday afternoon in the back of the Cobblestone bar in Smithfield, Dublin, we talk about the protests last year to save the pub and Ispíní's role in it. We also discuss how they got together and why the seisúin is so important. Then we talk through some of the tracks on the album, from Spancil Hill being set to the tune of Animals' House of the Rising Sun to Liveline ode Talk to Joe