In this episode part 1 of our sporting section which will cover other areas in the country, Danny Houlihan will take a look back at an event the Ballybunion Races that were held in the area of the town in the year June 1888 and details the from the Kerry Evening Post and other old faded local historical sources which Danny has consulted and its ironic that this June the Ballybunion races will be held once more in Ballyeagh Strand. So I hope to get down there and sample the atmosphere and report back in another episode ..read more

In this short episode, I take a journey back into the past to our ancient Ogham Calendar and to another one of the famous Trees which are still here today on the landscape of Ireland and a link to our Ogham Past and Calendar. The Alder Tree can be seen in many parts of Ireland, on hillsides, and like other trees associated with the Ogham Calendar was located near places of worship and settlement, a throwback to a golden era in Ireland of Pre-Christian Settlements of Culdees holy men and holy women and ancient Irish rights and customs and not forgetting our Myths & Legends. In the Ogham Cal ..read more

May Eve Sunset Walk Lahadane 2023 Danny Houlihan. Welcome to the Wild Atlantic Way & Danny Houlihan's Irish Experience Show and our May Eve Sunset Walk Lahardane 2023. I guided a group during the May weekend  to the top of Knockanore the hill of slaughter on May Eve, where once the might of the Fianna was tested against Tailc Mhic Treoin a noted warrior from Greece over the beautiful female Niamh. Most of you will not be able to attend the walk on this occasion so I will just give you a taste of the sights we came across and its history and its people who are now long  gone as we ..read more

In this episode which is a first in the series Danny Houlihan deals with historic individuals along the Wild Atlantic Way. In this episode Danny covers a brief history of a local Priest and Champion of the People the late Fr Mortimer O' Connor Parish Priest of Ballybunion who lived in the area in the  1870s. This crusading Priest took on the power the money and the might of the Landlords to secure the small tenants their holdings and public rights in the area of Ballyeagh and Ballybunion and further afield. In this episode Danny Houlihan has consulted old faded newspapers of the day old s ..read more

Danny Houlihan looks back at the old faded newspapers of the times in 1900s and comments it made on the developing seaside resort in Ballybunion North Kerry Ireland. Again after years of praise like other places which will be covered in the series Danny describes the town and what was ongoing and according to the press what was needed in improvements. In the 1930s there was a drive to light the seaside resort in the North Kerry town with local people promoting the idea of a locally built power plant this was achieved after many meeting and many funny stories told. Danny Houlihan once again wea ..read more

The sun rose over Knockanore hill as the local workers made their way by foot and bike to the 72 acre wireless station to finalise the last mast the 500 foot on the Universal Radio Wireless Station YXQ, located on sandhill road Ballybunion North Kerry Ireland.  Morning tea was ready at the brown wooden buildings surrounding the site, in the months to follow the station would transmit morse messages to its sister station at Newcastle New Brunswick In Canada and intern would receive coded messages from Canada and monitor shipping activity on the Atlantic during World War 1. The day wou ..read more

St Patricks Day has arrived again and around the World Irish celebrations are under way with parades and our music song and dance that show case our rich diverse culture and heritage. In this episode Danny Houlihan’s Irish Experience celebrates the day with a taste of History and music which will put you feet tapping. Danny looks back at a few of his podcasts Holy Wells and Lisslaghtin Abbey in Ballylongford with a few tunes weaved into the story on his pipes along the way. Enjoy & Happy Saint Patricks Day 2023 ..read more

Welcome to the Wild Atlantic Way & Danny Houlihan’s Irish Experience. I Hope your all keeping well my friends. In this episode I will cover one of our native Irish tree The Ash Tree and its associated legends and lore. The Ash Tree or Crann Fuinseoige is highly regarded in Ireland along with the oak and yew trees and can traces its roots back to the dawn of time. A native tree which in bygone times was venerated by the people of Ireland and its ancient customs and our old Ogham Calendar of Trees ..read more

A New Church in Rattoo St Augustine Wilson Gun 1887 In this special episode Danny Houlihan returns once again to Ballyduff and through the faded brown documents and old newspaper clippings from old scrap books of the day takes a journey back in time at a part of a shared shared history between Ballyduff and Ballybunion a unique Church commissioned by the late Wilson Gun and his wife of Ballyduff North Kerry Ireland in the year of 1877 and 1879.  Indeed not many visitors to the area may know that located on Sandhill Road in Ballybunion there were two former Protestant Churches located ..read more

In this episode of the series Danny Houlihan visits a famous holy well along the Shannon side in North Kerry Ireland called Tobar Eoin and the associations with the famous America Out Law Jesse James and the John James family of the 1820s onwards from a long-forgotten place called Snugborough Asdee. Long lost names and tradespeople that made up the history and fabric that is Asdee North Kerry Ireland are spoken of once again. All are brought back in focus of the past lifeways with local historian Danny Houlihan consulting sourced information and tattered fragments of brown old books that remai ..read more