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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 Eile178/365: Jonathan Parson, Ballydehob, West Cork
Jonathan has the coolest job. He makes title animations for TV & film, something that I find truly fascinating as it sets the scene for the whole show. Of…
Sin Scéal Eile177/365: Lavie Olupona, Clonakilty, Co. Cork
At just 20 years old, Cork native Lavie Olupona is no stranger to the spotlight. Through her work as a spoken word poet she has performed at Electric Picnic…
Sin Scéal Eile176/365: Donncha O’Connell, Cork
Donncha is a dark horse. He’s been a dairy farmer all his life (as was his father, and his father’s father). He dotes on his herd and loves to see them so calm…
Sin Scéal Eile175/365: Valerie Noonan, Co. Clare.
Valerie is a busy woman. She’s a single Mam to three kids from ages 28 down to four (one with additional needs), she works as a lecturer in TUS and is also…
Sin Scéal Eile174/365: Richard Scriven, Cork.
I met Richard in a scout den, which made no sense at first but becomes clear once we chat. He’s an academic, a researcher and a geographer. He’s fascinated…
Sin Scéal Eile173/365: Dan Mooney in Limerick
Dan describes himself as having a “cranky” face, but I don’t see it. We had summer evening cans out his back garden in Limerick and he told us all about his…
Sin Scéal Eile172/365 - Sahar Malik, Cork City.
Sahar is young, free and very much in love, not just with her boyfriend, but with life, the music scene and Cork! Originally from New Delhi, life in Cork can…
Sin Scéal Eile171/365: Anna Hutchinson, Glin, Co Limerick
Anna had a revelation later in life thanks to amazing doctors in her local menopause clinic. Her kids were on their way to being raised and she just wasn’t…
Sin Scéal Eile170/365 - Eleanor Brosnan, Limerick
Eleanor is a beautiful soul with a huge heart and the best of intentions. Through her work in the trans community in Limerick, she regularly offers peer…
Sin Scéal Eile169/365: Shane Courtney, Glin, Co Limerick
Shane is not what I expected at all. He was nominated by his wife Kate who told me that Shane is an Ultra Cyclist who does 2,500kms with not a bother on him…
Sin Scéal Eile168/365: Mary O'Sullivan, Limerick
You know the feeling you get when you meet someone who is really sound, but also destined for great things? That’s how I feel about Mary. It’s hard to explain…
Sin Scéal Eile167/365: Michelle Daly Hayes, Pery Square, Limerick
Michelle takes us on a French themed trip around the world, there’s love, heartbreak, excitement, a best friend who knows exactly what to do in every crisis…
Sin Scéal Eile166/365: Sharon Slater, Limerick City
Sharon has had a very full life, but not one without its ups and downs. She’s proud of the fact that when she was a very young woman she got “justice” (air…
Sin Scéal Eile165/365: Amy Dowds, Adare, Co. Limerick
Amy is a cheery, happy soul. She has recently emigrated to Ireland from the United States after 30 years of choosing it as her preferred holiday destination…
Sin Scéal Eile164/365: Gaël Gaudin, Marino
I met Gaël in a Saturday market a few years back. He has a little van from which he made the most amazing crepes. Today, we sat in his very quaint wee house…
Sin Scéal Eile163/365: Enda McGrattan, Dublin 8
Enda has been busy this week on the lead up to Irish Aids Day (June 15th) and meets us today utterly exhausted. Enda is an incredible queer icon, known also as…
Sin Scéal Eile162/365: Éanna Brown, Dublin
Éanna is mad about emo music. It’s something he came to later in life after leading what he describes as a “sheltered” life. He has found his passion and his…
Sin Scéal Eile161/365: Johanne Heraty, Beyond the Pale
Here is a woman who has found her passion. Johanne lives by Samba, it’s her be all and end all. It’s her community and her joy. What’s most amazing is the…
Sin Scéal Eile160/365:Sinead Bailey Kelly, Beyond the Pale.
Sinead exudes art in everything she does. In her professional capacity she endeavors to create spaces that people can be in awe of. This weekend at the…
Sin Scéal Eile159/365: Michal Mencnarowski at Beyond the Pale
We’re down at Beyond the Pale this weekend doing the day job (photography) and so we thought we’d interview some of the lovely folk around us, like Michal…
Sin Scéal Eile158/365: Val Hourigan in Rialto
Val makes us a cuppa in her lovely home and we fall instantly into the rhythm of a very quick Irish conversation. Val has lived in more counties than I’ve…
Sin Scéal Eile157/365: Jill Meghen, at The 40 Foot, Dublin
Jill is a trailblazer, even though she would probably never describe herself as one. Jill has been swimming in Sandycove for nearly 50 years. In 1974, she was…
Sin Scéal Eile156/365: Barry Coyle, Co. Cavan
Barry left Dublin for Cavan, and is living a lot of people’s dream. During the pandemic things got a little noisy in their apartment in Portobello. Yvonne…
Sin Scéal Eile155/365: Stevie Darcy, Crumlin, Dublin
Stevie is a new Dad and is taking stock on all that means and how his life and perspective has changed. While also taking us on an emotional rollercoaster of a…
Sin Scéal Eile154/365: Doris Hone, Carrick on Shannon, Co. Leitrim
I’ve never met a woman like Doris before. She’s full of the chats and leads quite the adventurous life. She whipped around Mondello in a Ferrari in her 80s…
Sin Scéal Eile153/365: Naomhán Dowling, Sandycove, Dublin
Naomhán is a dapper gent, sporting a brand new hat for this occasion. When I go to meet him down in Sandycove, he’s surrounded by friends of every generation…
Sin Scéal Eile152/365: Daragh Fleming, Sandymount, Dublin
Daragh was lucky enough to have a relationship with all of his four grandparents growing up and I think that could be the reason why he’s got such a mature…
Sin Scéal Eile151/365: Conor Flynn, Clane, Co. Kildare
Conor describes himself as “ordinary and normal”, and he is, and it’s so lovely. He has 3 kids which he dotes on. He has all the usual anxieties that I imagine…
Sin Scéal Eile150/365: Ruth Ennis, Maynooth, Co. Kildare
Ruth has been through the wars and out the other side. Just over 2 years ago she developed a neurological disorder which left her paralysed. A fatigue and pins…
Sin Scéal Eile149/365: Imelda Connolly, Co. Meath
As we approached Imelda’s driveway, we ran into a bit of an issue. There was no way we were getting our very tall campervan under her very gorgeous, but very…
Sin Scéal Eile148/365: Sinéad Reil, Waterford City
Sinéad didn’t always know what she wanted to do in life. She studied and moved and kept her mind wide open to opportunities. Eventually she found something…
Sin Scéal Eile147/365: Eugene Nolan, Waterford
I’m going to preface this by saying I love trains and I love miniature models of anything. Meeting Eugene in his garage was a dream. He has converted the whole…
Sin Scéal Eile146/365: Michael Lonergan, Paulstown, Co. Kilkenny
We hit the road to Kilkenny this week to meet Mick, the mechanic. Out the back of his “home home” is where he works away, he only just started this business in…
Sin Scéal Eile145/365: Sophia Wren, Co. Kildare
What’s amazing about Sophia is her honesty but also her incredibly sharp sense of humour. She’s intelligent and strong, you need to be when you’re a female…
Sin Scéal Eile144/365: Dee Ryan, Co Kildare
I stumbled upon a really interesting cafe in the woods a while back and approached the woman behind the wooden till to find out more. When I say stumbled, I…
Sin Scéal Eile143/365: John (Johno) Phelan in Co. Laois
It was Johno’s daughter who nominated him to be in this project. She describes her dad with great affection and admires his passion for life. Johno is many…
Sin Scéal Eile142/365: Kasandra O'Connell, Whitehall, Dublin
Kasandra wants to remind us just how common bowel cancer is, but also how disruptive to your life it can be. Guided by a gut instinct, she knew the doctor was…
Sin Scéal Eile141/365 : Debbie Chapman in Chapelizod
When Debbie answers the door of her studio she’s flustered, wearing a paint encrusted apron and brandishing a painting tool around. She says “I just need to…
Sin Scéal Eile140/365: Suad Aldarra in South Dublin
Suad is a dote. She’s welcoming, warm and so so friendly. She’s originally from Syria but has been living in Ireland for many years, and if you’ve read her…
Sin Scéal Eile139/365: Naomi Sheedy in Dublin
Naomi had a high-powered career in finance at a young age. She felt it was destined for her, since it was the path that most educated Indian people took. She…
Sin Scéal Eile138/365: Colum McNamee at Castleknock College, Dublin
This project is amazing for lots of reasons, my favourite being human connection. We’re all hearing little snapshots of other people’s lives and it brings us…
Sin Scéal Eile137/365: Nuala Mulqueeney at Aillwee Caves, Co Clare.
Some people are just sound. Happy, buzzy, salt of the earth, good people. Like Nuala. She grew up in the caves, literally. Her parents opened the famous show…
Sin Scéal Eile136/365 : Rowan McDonagh in County Clare
Rowan is brave, resilient and strong. Even though he says he felt much stronger when he was 8 years old. When he was 8 he was sexually abused by three…
Sin Scéal Eile135/365: Aindrias de Staic, Ennistymon, Co. Clare.
Aindrias sits in the back of a pub with us in Ennistymon, drinking herbal tea and holding court. He seems to be the most famous man in Clare today with all…
Sin Scéal Eile134/365 : Fiona Byrne in Dublin
Sitting with a glass of wine in Fiona’s home feels very natural. We sink into a deep and meaningful conversation almost immediately. Fiona is warm, open but…
Sin Scéal Eile133/365 : Theresa Murray in Malahide, Co. Dublin.
I’d like to think that Theresa and I would have been good friends back in the day. By all accounts she seems to have led a very free and independent life, not…
Sin Scéal Eile132/365 : PJ Gallagher at Bull Island, Dublin.
PJ is an open book. He’s honest, direct, and provides counselling sessions in ALDI apparently. He’s a father to 2 year old twins, motorbike obsessed and his…
Sin Scéal Eile131/365: Sarah McAvinchey, Clontarf, Dublin
Genetics were not on Sarah’s side growing up. By the age of 13, her Mother had gotten a breast cancer diagnosis, one that was known to be hereditary. Sarah had…
Sin Scéal Eile130/365: Kieran Clifford, Ringsend, Dublin.
What a life Kieran has led. She was born in America but always felt a pull towards Ireland (her parents of course were Irish too, and desperate to use the name…
Sin Scéal Eile129/365: Derbáil Kinsella at Malahide Castle, Co. Dublin
Like many people her age, Derbáil felt the pull of far away lands. She emigrated to the states when she was in her twenties, followed by a stint in Australia…
Sin Scéal Eile128/365: Tom Connolly in Dingle
“Sauna Tom” as he's known around Dingle is a blow in whom the town loves. He moved down from Dublin a few years back and had the notion of setting up a sauna…
Sin Scéal Eile127/365: Emily Savage in Dublin.
The little charmer who sits on Emily’s knee for our whole chat is Cara. She’s Emily’s baby and is the cutest wee dote of all time. Emily loves taking her for…
Sin Scéal Eile126/365: George Kane, Aungier Street, Dublin.
George is a director of films and TV. I’ve never been 100% sure what a director does, even though I’ve worked as a stills photographer on his productions…
Sin Scéal Eile125/365: Ged Walsh, Rathgar, Dublin.
Ged loves history, reading and Dexter (his dog). He’s an avid collector of signed books, and spends his time in his reading nook (akin to a garden shed) out…
Sin Scéal Eile124/365: Amelhyne O'Regan-Farineau in Grangegorman, Dublin
Ah the joys of being 22 and just handing in your last college assignment. Amelhyne reflects on her 4 years of college where she solidified her passion as an…
Sin Scéal Eile123/365: Catherine Galway in Co. Kerry
We pulled our campervan up outside Catherine’s home in Kerry that she shares with her husband, Maurice. It’s the home where she raised her 4, now grown…
Sin Scéal Eile122/365: Maurice Galway in Co. Kerry
Maurice is a natural born story teller. We sat at his kitchen table and he brought me on an incredible journey through his life. From his work as an artist and…
Sin Scéal Eile121/365: Frances Fogarty in Dingle
After an epiphany on holidays, Frances packed in her manic life in hospitality and started a slow life, in the form of The Slow Concept. It’s a clothes shop in…
Sin Scéal Eile120/365: Kevin Flannery at the Dingle Aquarium. Dingle
Kevin greeted us at the door of the Dingle aquarium and gave us a sneaky behind the scenes tour of the place (including the top of the shark tank). It's much…
Sin Scéal Eile119/365: John Murphy, Pearse Street Train Station, Dublin.
You know those beautiful pianos you see in various train stations around? They’re the brain child of John Murphy (and his wife). He petitioned Irish Rail to…