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Sin Scéal Eile
Sin Scéal Eile is a brand new podcast and photo series from acclaimed Irish photographer Ruth Medjber that will see her meet and chat with 365 people in one year.
All the Stories, Portraits, Podcasts and Behind the Scenes content can be experienced on our dedicated website: sinscealeile.com
Sin Scéal Eile features original field recordings and soundscapes by Ronan Lally with additional original music by Elaine Mai. The podcast is produced by Dee Reddy at Poddle Audio.
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Episodes
Sin Scéal Eile238/365: Síomha Hennessy, Dublin
“Gaelmaxxing” is the title of Síomha’s new show at the Dublin Fringe this year. She was brought up speaking Irish as her first language in Dublin, which is…
Sin Scéal Eile237/365: Jade O’Doherty, Dublin
I’ll admit that Jade’s story was difficult to hear, simply because I naively thought we were beyond such experiences, especially since the marriage referendum…
Sin Scéal Eile236/365: Rachel Lally, Dublin
Ever heard of a Poetry Brothel? Rachel (amongst many other things) is the Madame of such a place. She pairs eager art lovers up with poets, tarot readers, and…
Sin Scéal Eile235/365: Barry Coleman, Dublin.
We all know dogs are class. But then there's Koda, who alerted his Dad to a medical condition that otherwise would have gone untreated. Now that's a VERY good…
Sin Scéal Eile234/365: Paul Reardon, Griffith Park, Drumcondra. Dublin.
Paul is loving his laid back but extremely busy life of late. He retired a few years back and now spends his time doing a bit of local tour guiding around…
Sin Scéal Eile233/365: Sean Conroy, Finglas, Dublin
Sean has taken a giant leap this week, he’s quit his job selling sheds and moved into the pin world full time. If you ever felt like you needed a pin to show…
Sin Scéal Eile232/365: Jamie T. Murphy, Enniscorthy
Jamie is as Enniscorthy as they come. He was born and raised here and we had the pleasure of joining him for a pint in his local to find out more about him…
Sin Scéal Eile231/365: Mat May, Skerries, Co. Dublin
Mat is a fixer of all things. If something breaks at home, he’ll try his hand at figuring it out, whether in his tool shed at home, or the workshop he shares…
Sin Scéal Eile230/365: Edel Fitzgerald, Argillan Castle, Dublin
Edel’s soulmate was her Mam. They were closer than anything. That’s why, when her Mam died, so did a part of Edel. It’s a heartbreaking story of grief, one…
Sin Scéal Eile229/365: Pam Butler, Co. Carlow
Pam mentioned in her directions that the path to her home was a little “off the beaten track” and she really wasn’t lying. As we drove our big camper down the…
Sin Scéal Eile228/365: Ken Binley, Dublin
Ken has such an epic career and it’s still on the up. He started out in the music business, touring the world as a backline tech (a life I know a bit about…
Sin Scéal Eile227/365: Andrea Morley, Kilkenny.
Andrea is an Irish woman who grew up in the States. She always knew she would return here one day, but her cushy, dependable job with the US government meant…
Sin Scéal Eile226/365: Susan Doyle, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford
Don’t listen to this episode unless you have a kayak on standby and are ready to paddle. Susan’s enthusiasm and passion for paddling is utterly infectious. 10…
Sin Scéal Eile225/365: Alina Kostenko, Dublin
Alina has faced so much in her life. She grew up in what she describes as “extreme poverty”. She is a member of the Roma community, something she didn’t always…
Sin Scéal Eile224/365: Danny Groenland, Feile Vegan, Carlow
Danny is a musician who I met while down at Feile Vegan (a vegan festival in Carlow). He was playing on the Friday night and I cornered him for a chat. He’s a…
Sin Scéal Eile223/365: Ray Bonner, Belfast
Ray is a professional artist. His work can be seen on the streets of Belfast, in galleries, and on t-shirts and hats in his own merch store. He’s a shrewd…
Sin Scéal Eile222/365: Shannon Plummer, East Belfast.
Shannon is a ceasefire baby. She’s also a young mother who has been loving the craic of the Belfast fleadh, hearing people speaking Irish and playing trad in…
Sin Scéal Eile221/365: Jonathan Browning. Belfast, Co. Antrim
Jonathan is a pal of mine who has one of those jobs that I’ll never really understand, though today I try my hardest. He’s got a PHD, he’s written theorems…
Sin Scéal Eile220/365: Joe Caslin, Co. Roscommon
Joe is a street artist, teacher, activist and old pal of mine. We sat in his back garden and discussed his phenomenal career as well as the obstructions and…
Sin Scéal Eile219/365: Azean, Co. Down.
Azean welcomed us to her gorgeous home. It’s decorated so precisely and so minimalistically, there’s a feeling of space, serenity and peace. This is the space…
Sin Scéal Eile218/365: Blezzing Dada, St. Stephens Green, Dublin
Blezzing is an extraordinary young woman who has stayed strong and faced down so many challenges in her life. She suffers from chronic illness, and in turn has…
Sin Scéal Eile217/365: Niamh Moloney, The Botanic Gardens, Belfast.
Niamh has lived a few lives. From working in tech, to relaunching herself with a masters degree in art in her 30s. She’s now living in Belfast and utterly…
Sin Scéal Eile216/365: Lucy McKenna, Belfast.
Lucy runs a wonderful business where she helps people and companies live their best lives. There’s absolutely no way I can describe her job and do it justice…
Sin Scéal Eile215/365: Emma Cassidy, Belfast
In the middle of the fleadh we popped over to Emma's lovely house for a cup of tea. She has a dream home, beautiful dog and the kind of job that makes you feel…
Sin Scéal Eile214/365: Maeve Monahan, Belfast.
Who knew that just beyond the back of a housing estate in North Belfast there was a tiny oasis. A place where you can go, switch off your phone, be at one with…
Sin Scéal Eile213/365: Abhishek Kumar, Santry Park, Dublin.
We caught up with Abhishek right before he headed to the airport to fly home to India. He arrived in Ireland 18 months ago and couldn’t love it more. In…
Sin Scéal Eile212/365 - Aoife Dunne at All Together Now
Aoife was our second guest on the All Curious Minds stage at All Together Now and there wasn’t a dry eye in the house. She took us on a fiercely emotional…
Sin Scéal Eile211/365: Faye O'Rourke at All Together Now
Wow. Just wow. We had our very first live podcast with an audience down at the All Together Now festival in Waterford. We packed out the tent, and I couldn't…
Sin Scéal Eile210/365: Fergus Farrell, Athenry, Co. Galway
I don’t think I’ve ever met a more genuine and down to earth fella. Against all odds, Fergus has learned to walk again after a spinal cord injury. He’s now…
Sin Scéal Eile209/365: Brian Ó Nualláin, Inishbofin, Co. Galway
Brian knows how to live a good life. After years of teaching, he has retired to his dream home on Inishbofin. He plays tunes in the local pub, cooks up a storm…
Sin Scéal Eile208/365: Nicky Broujos, Sligo
We meet some amazing people doing this series, none more so than the legendary Nicky Broujos. Admittedly, I know nothing about Irish football, but I know that…
Sin Scéal Eile207/364: Cillian O'Mara, Lough Derg, Donegal
Cillian didn’t intend on being in this project. His role for the day was to escort us onto the pilgrimage island and introduce us to Father La (episode 206)…
Sin Scéal Eile206/365: Father La Flynn, Lough Derg, Donegal
My call out for participants for this project reached Lough Derg, an inland island in Donegal, which many people know as ‘St Patrick's Purgatory’. It’s an…
Sin Scéal Eile205/365: Ciara O’Donnell, Pálás Cinema, Galway
I don’t think Ciara would mind if I called her a tech nerd, I think she’d take it as I mean it, as one of the biggest compliments going. She’s the kind of…
Sin Scéal Eile204/365: Gabriel Coyne, Galway
Gabriel was standing at his front door, awaiting our arrival with a cup of tea in his hands. He had his story prepared and boy was it a good one. His story…
Sin Scéal Eile203/365: Mandy Sarkis, Malahide, Co. Dublin
“Where are you from” is a loaded question for Mandy. She was brought up in so many places like London and Nigeria, her parents are from Lebanon. She’s spent…
Sin Scéal Eile202/365: Laura McIntyre, Co. Meath
When Laura first filled out the form to be in this project back in November 2025, she wanted to talk about her new home. It’s a home she had been planning for…
Sin Scéal Eile201/365: Catherine Moylan, Dublin
Catherine is on the cusp of something great. A new chapter in her life awaits her, she just needs to jump. Catherine applied to be in this project as she…
Sin Scéal Eile200/365: Jean Hughes, Beaumont, Dublin
Jean is a gorgeous, chatty soul and a great storyteller. For her whole life she was living with a cluster of tangled up arteries (like balled up Christmas tree…
Sin Scéal Eile199/365: Sean Downey, Cork City
Sean didn’t have the easiest start in life. He entered foster care when he was just 10 years old, and instantly had to start advocating for himself. By the age…
Sin Scéal Eile198/365: Adrian O'Connell, Hibernacle, Orlagh House, Dublin
I met Adrian down at the festival, his friend nominated him and told me that he’d be a great shout for the podcast. He wasn’t wrong. I met Adrian for a brief…
Sin Scéal Eile197/365: Sharon Moroney, Hibernacle, Orlagh House, Dublin
Well, if ever there was a person to say “music is life” it’s Sharon. She has lived what some would consider a “normal life”. Faced with very little job…
Sin Scéal Eile196/365: Emmet O’Brien, Hibernacle, Orlagh House, Dublin
Emmet is the MC for the weekend down at Hibernacle festival. It's a small, gorgeous gathering of art and music loving folk, so Emmet fits right in. He’s a…
Sin Scéal Eile195/365: Mark Earley, Kinvara, Co. Galway
If you ever wanted to nerd out about bees, this is the episode for you. We chatted to my pal Mark Earley about his new career change and passion project. He…
Sin Scéal Eile194/365: Jacinta Sheerin, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare
A Dub who has found her tribe in West Clare. Jacinta is an actor and a writer who moved to Miltown Malbay from Dublin’s inner city and has never looked back…
Sin Scéal Eile193/365: Kev Cotter, Thurles, Co. Tipperary
Kev has been through the wars recently. I sat with him in his front room, surrounded by his vinyl collection and with his tiny dog, Penny, on his lap. He was…
Sin Scéal Eile192:365: Esther-Mary D’Arcy. The Burren, Co. Galway
It was Esther-Mary who reached out to me first to nominate her husband Gordon (episode 191/365) to be in the project. It wasn’t long after meeting her that it…
Sin Scéal Eile191/365: Gordon D'Arcy, The Burren, Co. Galway
Gordon is a bit of a local legend out in the West of Ireland. His work as a Burren tour guide sees him meeting hoards of intrigued tourists each year and…
Sin Scéal Eile190/365: Holly Duffy, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare.
If ever there was an episode of this podcast that I would like the government to listen to, it’s this one. As we travel around all of Ireland and speak to a…
Sin Scéal Eile189/365: Katie Boyle, Woodquay, Galway City.
Katie is 22 years old, living and working in Galway city. She’s studying journalism and has a particular interest in documentary making. She works in a bar to…
Sin Scéal Eile188/365: Betsy Cornwell, Carraroe, Co. Galway.
Betsy is a writer, a single mother, and a survivor of domestic abuse. She left her home in America and moved to Ireland where she married an Irish man and had…
Sin Scéal Eile187/365: Dave Clancy, Cloughanover, Co. Galway
Dave has found his calling as a musician, and thankfully left his old life as a software programmer behind. He used his lucky winnings on the Basic Income for…
Sin Scéal Eile186/365: Sandie Byrne, The Rock of Cashel, Tipperary
Sandie is a full time psychic medium. Today, she took us up to the Rock of Cashel to see her great grandfather’s resting place and talk me through her job…
Sin Scéal Eile185/365: Darren Flynn, Cloughjordan, Co. Tipperary
Darren took us on a tour of the Eco Village in Cloughjordan, something I've always been fascinated with. It's an incredible community of wildly different…
Sin Scéal Eile184/365: Matt Whitby, Co. Tipperary
I’ve met Matt before today, but only through a screen. I was his mentor for a few sessions and was tasked with providing him with guidance with his…
Sin Scéal Eile183/365: Miceál Mullen, Newry, Co. Armagh
Miceál has been given a second and third chance at life. He is the recipient of two kidney transplants, one when he was 14 and another just last year. The…
Sin Scéal Eile182/365: Avery Milo Parducci, The Tenters, Dublin 8
Avery introduced me to the wonderful world of ceramics. In Dublin 8 there’s a fantastic community ceramics studio called Throwing Shapes where you can pay a…
Sin Scéal Eile181/365: Sian Horn, Cork
Sian is a woman’s woman. With each success she puts the ladder back down to help others come up. We met in her new home in Cork that’s surrounded by rubble as…
Sin Scéal Eile180/365: Robyn Appelbe, Clonakilty, Cork.
Robyn is a beautiful young woman, full of the joys of life. She’s in a relationship, living away from home in Cork city where she goes to college. This normal…
Sin Scéal Eile179/365: Caroline McNamara, West Cork
We met Caroline at her family home, and she gave us the grand tour (in the hopes that we might be prospective buyers). Caroline is grabbing life by the horns…