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The Limerick Lady Podcast
by The Limerick Lady Podcast
A podcast recorded in Limerick City • a discussion around gender, representation & equal opportunities in the creative industries • Hosted by Ann Blake & Emma Langford.
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Announcement: Live Event TEN YEARS OF THE LIMERICK LADY, Thursday 25th of June
Emma Langford & Ann Blake celebrate ten years shining a light on extraordinary women in the arts, politics, science, technology and sports! Ticket link: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/ten-years-of-the-limerick-lady-tickets-1991982549428 Join Emma Langford and Ann Blake in celebrating their tenth…
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The Limerick Lady 75: The End (For Now)
The FINAL EPISODE (maybe, probably, for now at least) of the Limerick Lady Podcast. After 7 years of cobbling these spiels together, we decided, for the craic, to let Zoom's "AI companion" take a swing at writing the episode summary for the show notes. "In this final episode of their podcast…
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2 minute thought on 10th Anniversary of Marriage Equality
On the 22nd of May 2015, Ireland became the first country in the world to legalise Marriage Equality by popular vote. That is exactly ten years ago today, at the time of recording of this short note by Ann, one half of The Limerick Lady. Ann briefly reflects on how conversations and openness were...
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The Limerick Lady 74: Róisín Ní Ghallóglaigh, Consent and Coercion in Irish Traditional Song
Welcome to the April edition of the Limerick Lady Podcast. Alternate title: "What gets me goin' about Bóinn". We were joined this month by the brilliant Róisín Ní Ghallóglaigh who recently gave a seminar on the sexist themes within lots of traditional Irish songs that for a long time we've all…
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The Limerick Lady 73: Sharon Slater, historian, "in the end everybody dies"
We're back! Did you miss us? Did you even notice we were gone for a month? Did you spot our new glasses? Our haircuts? Honestly, sometimes feels like you're just not paying attention... Anyway, WE'RE BACK with a March edition of the Limerick Lady Podcast. We're joined by sarcastic and all-knowing...
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The Limerick Lady 72: Eve Stafford "Art Is A Business, Business Is An Art"
For our first episode of 2025, we're joined by pun-lover, recovering graphic designer, style icon and professional soprano Eve Stafford: the brand new president of the Limerick branch of Network Ireland, and possibly the first artist to be president of the branch! Network Ireland is a non-profit,...
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The Limerick Lady 71: Our Ho-Ho-Hopes for a Better 2025
Ann and Emma reflect on the year gone by and hopes for a better 2025. In this "angry corner" we have a little cathartic rant about the state of Ireland's housing crisis, the lack of supports in Limerick for victims of sexual assault, the horror of what's happening in Afghanistan, and the…
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The Limerick Lady 70: Opera Workshop and Limerick's "Banned" Author
What happens when your books, for all the right reasons, are banned? Well sometimes the controversy just drives demand; unfortunately it also often means the author's name is all-but-lost to the mists of time, and relegated to the back of the collective mind. Such was the case for Limerick's own...
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Special Announcement: No Episode This Month October 2024
Rest in peace Annette Hannon and condolences to the Blakes and the Hannons
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The Limerick Lady 69: Sex-Positivity and Entrepreneurship with Shawna Scott, Sex Siopa
Come one, come all! This month we celebrate 69 episodes of the Limerick Lady with a chat about sex, sex myths, the sex toy industry and lots more with Seattle-born, Galway-based Shawna Scott the founder and owner of "Sex Siopa". Shawna talks to us about seeing a gap and choosing to fill it, about...
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The Limerick Lady 68: Playwright & Actor Georgina Miller On The Highs And Lows of Aerial Theatre
Limerick's Georgina Miller Georgina is an actress, writer and voice-over artist. She's also a graduate of the full-time actor training course at the Gaiety School of Acting. Georgina won the award for Best Actress from the Guinness ISDA Festival for her performance in "At the Black Pig's Dyke"...
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The Limerick Lady 67: Niamh Dunne On Songwriting, Vulnerability and Celebrating Traveler Heritage
In July we're joined by Niamh Dunne to chat about the highs and lows of a career in music, the value of vulnerability in art, and her latest project which involved traveling the length of the country with two pipers, her dad Mickey Dunne and Paddy Keenan of the Bothy Band, exploring and…
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The Limerick Lady 66: T.A. Narrative, Electro-Space-Pop-Punk with a Limerick Accent
HAPPY PRIDE MONTH! For our June episode, Emma and Ann got a twofer! We're joined this month by Anna Murphy AND Tara Nix of Limerick musical duo T.A. Narrative. We were also joined quietly (mostly) by Maeve the dog. The conversation danced with abandon through and around the topics of activism,...
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The Limerick Lady 65: Dr Emma Fisher-Owen: Theatre-Designer, Animator, and Master Of Puppets
As we said back in April, we knew it was coming, it was inevitable, we said: it's gonna be May. And here it is! Hello! This month we spoke to Dr Emma Fisher-Owen; writer, theatre designer, puppeteer and stop-motion animator. We spoke to Emma about her love of "promenade" theatre; about using 860...
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The Limerick Lady 64: Cartoonist, Illustrator & Friend To Crows "Ciaraíoch"
Happy April to all our lovely fools- I mean listeners. LISTENERS. You're lovely. Thank you! This month Emma spoke to Ciara Kenny aka Ciaraíoch, cartoonist and illustrator, about her first forays into illustration through the college paper, her inspirations and influences, her upcoming exhibition…
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The Limerick Lady 63: Why We Don't Just "Stick To The Music"
Emma Langford and Ann Blake shoot the breeze with a chat around arts and activism; how they're inextricably intwined for any artist with a social conscience; and about the ever-conflicting expectations the public have of artists to either "do more" or to "just shut up and do your job". We touch…
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The Limerick Lady 62: Ailbhe Smyth: Voting Yes and Yes on the 8th of March
On 8 March 2024, Irish citizens will be asked to vote in two referendums to change our Constitution. The first Referendum concerns the concept of Family in the Constitution. The second Referendum proposes to delete an existing part of the Constitution and insert new text providing recognition for...
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Special Announcement: No Episode This Month January 2024
Unfortunately there is no episode this month as Emma is on tour in the USA and Ann is in the middle of a big (good) life episode that she will be letting people know about soon. Find out more and get ticets for Emma's USA shows at www.emmalangfordmusic.com/tour The Limerick Lady is a grassroots...
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The Limerick Lady 61: Molly Cantwell: Bunratty singer, multi-media journalist, high level tin-whistle player
HAPPY CHRISTMAS! This month we spoke to Molly Cantwell about her charity cover of 'River' which was released on Wednesday the 20th of December in aid of GCN (Gay Community News), in memory of her late friend Joe Drennan who was killed this year in a hit-and-run incident in Limerick. We also…
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The Limerick Lady 60: Eilís Walsh: The Night Doesn't Belong To Us
For our November episode, we're joined by Eilís Walsh, a graduate of MSc in Marketing, Consumption and Society. Eilís is a blogger, photographer, and burgeoning social media marketer from Co Kilkenny, now living in Limerick. She is one of three project leaders of The Night Doesn't Belong To Us,...
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The Limerick Lady 59: Jennifer Moran Stritch, Thanatologist: Let's Talk About Death, Baby
Happy Halloween! This month we're joined by thanatologist and Death Café host Jennifer Moran-Stritch. Jennifer is a lecturer at the Technological University of the Shannon in Limerick. The focus of her teaching is in personal development, therapeutic group work skills, and loss and grief for the...
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The Limerick Lady 58: Róisín Stack: Writer/Performer "No Woman Is An Island"
Emma and Ann chat to theatre maker Róisín Stack whose show No Woman Is An Island is premiering at Dublin Theatre Festival 2023. The discussion covers the ins and outs, ups and downs of the creative process, which she humorously describes as 'stumbling blindly through the dark'. Given that Ann...
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The Limerick Lady 57: Tiffany Glenn AKA "Fannylander": Zines, Keith Green, and Coffee Machines
This month we talk to beloved Limerick-based collage artist, writer, and coffee slinger Tiffany Glenn aka Instagram's "Fannyland". Tiffany runs a monthly collage night at the Wickham Way market in Limerick City, and can be found in her blue/teal/robin-egg coloured shed in the same marketplace…
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The Limerick Lady 56: Tracy Bruen, DIY Musician: The Cost Is You
This month we talk to Galway artist Tracy Bruen. Tracy was on the lineup of the first ever Limerick Lady event at the Limerick Milk Market in the summer of 2016. She joins us 7 years on to catch us up on her life and career. Over the last ten years, Tracy has toured extensively throughout Ireland...
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The Limerick Lady 55: El Reid-Buckley, Alt-Pride, "The place in which I'll fit will not exist until I make it."
Special guest on the podcast this month is El Reid Buckley. El Reid-Buckley (they/them) is a sociologist, writer, and collage artist based in Limerick, Ireland. They are currently completing a PhD in Sociology on bisexualities in post-marriage equality Ireland – they're currently waiting on their...
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The Limerick Lady 54: Gráinne O'Brien, A Limerick Fairytale
Emma and Ann chat with Limerick woman, newly published author and children's book buyer for O'Mahony's Books, Gráinne O'Brien. Gráinne O'Brien has been the Children's Book Buyer at O'Mahony's, one of the largest independent booksellers open since 1902, for the last ten years. She's taught…
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The Limerick Lady 53: Laura O'Shea, Just Making The Thing
This month, Emma Langford and Ann Blake have a return guest in the form of IFTA nominated and award winning director, writer and actor Laura O'Shea. Having spent a number of years working in call centre and then a shoe shop, Laura's professional trajectory in film has been steadily rising. Taking...
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The Limerick Lady 52: Dr. Susan Liddy, Catalyst International Film Festival
Emma Langford and Ann Blake talk to Dr. Susan Liddy, founder of Catalyst International Film Festival, about the festival which is set to take place from the 30th of March to the 1st of April at various venues around Limerick City. The three consider the challenges faced by new and emerging...
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Special announcement. March episode out on March 23rd
This month our episode, once again, is going out a week later than usual.
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The Limerick Lady 51: Wallis Bird Talks Gráinne Mhaol the Pirate Queen
Just a short one this month, but a good one all the same! Singer/Songwriters Emma Langford and Wallis Bird talk about their forthcoming show, "Daughters Of The Pirate Queen: Spirit of Grace O'Malley" which will take place on the 8th of March (International Women's Day) at the National Concert…
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Special announcement. February episode out on February 23rd
This month our episode is going out a week later than usual.
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The Limerick Lady 50: The Limerick Lady LIVE, Limerick's Queer History, with Sharon Slater
Join podcasting duo The Limerick Lady at The Record Room in Limerick City on the 24th of November for an uplifting and illuminating celebration of the decade of centenaries. The Limerick Lady LIVE (part 1), hosted by Emma Langford and Ann Blake features expert guest, historian Sharon Slater, who...
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The Limerick Lady 49: Ann & Emma: The Year In Review
On the podcast this month, Ann and Emma reflect on the year that's been and gone, looking back on their personal peaks and troughs as well as highlights of 2022 for The Limerick Lady. This episode is about looking back, as well as looking forward to a new year. There are also some wild claims…
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The Limerick Lady 48: Dr Tracy Fahey: Samhain – Tying Together Past and Present
NEWS FIRST! We're doing a live show on the 24th of November at the Record Room (downstairs in The Commercial on Catherine Street, Limerick City) at 8pm. Special guests are historian Sharon Slater, musical comedy duo The Wild Geeze, and singer-songwriter Abe Soare. Doors at 8, kicking off at 8.30...
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The Limerick Lady 47: Helena Close & Marie Boylan, Co-playwrites, "we make each other better"
This month we meet Helena Close and Marie Boylan, the writing team behind brand new play "Red Army". Red Army is the flagship production for the Lime Tree Theatre in Limerick City, and is set to run from the 22nd to the 29th. The play centres on four women and their intersecting lives as they're...
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The Limerick Lady 46: Justyna Cwojdzińska: Forging Polish-Irish Friendships Through The Arts
In this episode Ann and Emma chat with honourary Limerick Lady and tour de force Justyna Cwojdzińska, the artistic director of The Polish Arts Festival. Our hosts and guest explore everything from common mythologies between Ireland and Poland, to Slavic Gymnastics, to how the never-ending...
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The Limerick Lady 45: Lauren Guilfoyle: Fixing Knees and Spilling Tea
Ann and Emma chat to Lauren Guilfoyle, a Chartered Physiotherapist, about women in sport. The discussion covers a wide variety of her experience and whether her life would be different if she had more visible female role models in sport in childhood. Emma reminisces that, as a child, she felt…
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The Limerick Lady 44: Ann & Emma, Life Isn't A Binary Experience
It's just the two of us building castles in the sky... This month Ann and Emma are without a guest, so sit back and enjoy what can simply be described as a meandering conversation about everything and anything. This episode is given over to reflecting on the month that's been; whiskey-tasting and...
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The Limerick Lady 43: Ailbhe Smyth, Lesbian, Academic and Feminist
In this episode Emma and Ann ambush poor Ailbhe and wrangle every conceivable bit of info out of her about her life, her activism, and where the feck she gets all the energy! In this episode Ailbhe Smyth – activist extraordinaire – gives us a first-hand perspective, whistle-stop tour of the…
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The Limerick Lady 42: Eva O'Connor, Future Limerick Climate Arts Festival
This month Eva O'Connor joins Ann Blake to talk about changing the focus and conversation around climate. Theatre maker, Eva, is the co-producer of the inaugural Future Limerick: Climate Arts Festival with Hildegarde Ryan and their company Sunday's Child Theatre. Eva, a prolific playwright and...
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The Limerick Lady 41: Tina Nsubuga, Put More Into The World Than You're Taking Out
On this month's episode your hosts Emma Langford and Ann Blake are joined from Barcelona by special guest Tina Nsubuga. Tina is a 29-year-old Ugandan-Irish Fashion-Tech entrepreneur. Ever evolving and exploring, she currently finds herself developing a company that influences not just our…
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The Limerick Lady 40: Taryn De Vere, Choosing Joy
Connecting to a "joy state"; writing as part of the healing process; self esteem and "sexual self-esteem"; teaching your kids kindness and respect; running a zero-drama household; establishing and practicing our boundaries... A mere handful of the subjects explored in this month's podcast episode...
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The Limerick Lady 39: Ruth Medjber, "Just Because It's Feckin' Music, Doesn't Mean It's Not Art!"
"I do genuinely adore my job, and I'm dancing in the crowd while I'm taking my photographs" To drastically paraphrase Jona Lewie, you will always find Ruth Medjber with a camera in her hand at parties. This month's guest talks to us about the things that elevated her to being selected to tour…
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The Limerick Lady 38: "244 Women Since 1996"
Ann and Emma record together, in person, for the first time since March of 2020. This month's episode is a reflection on gender-based violence, men's violence, and violence against women. According to Women's Aid, 244 women have died violently in Ireland since 1996. Of resolved cases, 87% were...
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The Limerick Lady 37: Mamobo Ogoro, Gorm Media: Keeping Your Cool This Christmas
Incredible, and incredibly busy woman Mamobo Ogoro joined Emma and Ann for this end-of-year episode! This conversation, recorded on the day of the Winter Solstice, takes in Christmas and Solstice traditions and rituals around turning over a new leaf. Christmas can be a tricky time for many…
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Minisode: Story Kid? The Winter Solstice with Roisin Little
"Story Kid?" is a new series of mini-podcasts from the Limerick Lady where Emma Langford and Ann Blake are joined by various guests with interesting insights & stories for a brief but enriching chat about life. The Winter Solstice falls on the 21st of December, it is historically the shortest…
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The Limerick Lady 36: Cassie Delaney, Tall Tales Podcasts: Creeping, Queerness and Organised Religion
This month Cassie Delaney joins Ann Blake to talk about the freedom and political power of podcasts, creepiness, queerness and being on the other side of an intense religious upbringing. A lot of fun was had in the making of this episode - just to be clear - even though Emma wasn't there. (She's...
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The Limerick Lady 35: Sandrine Ndahiro, Unapologetic Magazine: Choosing to Change the Narrative
Sandrine Uwase Ndahiro is this month's Limerick Lady podcast guest. She joins Ann Blake and Emma Langford to talk about her project, Unapologetic Magazine. She also speaks about the burden that falls to people to advocate for themselves, and the burden of representing all minority voices as an...
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The Limerick Lady 34: Dr. Belinda Vigors, Irish Women, As Cutting As We Are Kind
Ann and Emma chat with Dr. Belinda Vigors - she's a social scientist, and the host and curator of the Women of Ireland Project. An Irish woman living in the UK, Belinda became acutely aware of her 'Irishness' once she moved away. She has set out through the Women of Ireland Project to connect...
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The Limerick Lady 33: Caroline O'Donoghue, Reliving The Teenage Experience
Caroline O'Donoghue is the author of two novels, Scenes of a Graphic Nature and Promising Young Women - not to be mistaken with Promising Young Woman (singular) starring Carey Mulligan, unless you want to give Caroline an Oscar that is. Ann Blake and Emma Langford chat with the Cork-born novelist...
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