{"id":11153,"date":"2025-11-19T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=11153"},"modified":"2025-11-14T19:14:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T19:14:25","slug":"charity-fundraiser-on-radio-leinster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/charity-fundraiser-on-radio-leinster\/","title":{"rendered":"Charity fundraiser on Radio Leinster"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2823\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11153-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AI05454-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AI05454-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AI05454-192.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AI05454-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=11153-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AI05454-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"AI05454-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/738-R-Leinster-sticker-20230603_152824-SM-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Charity fundraiser on Radio Leinster\" class=\"wp-image-8660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/738-R-Leinster-sticker-20230603_152824-SM-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/738-R-Leinster-sticker-20230603_152824-SM-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/738-R-Leinster-sticker-20230603_152824-SM-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/738-R-Leinster-sticker-20230603_152824-SM-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/738-R-Leinster-sticker-20230603_152824-SM-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Radio Leinster sticker (Anoraks Ireland Collection). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Radio Leinster was a talk and specialist station serving Dublin from 1981-1983. This recording of a mid-morning show from autumn 1981 features a charity fundraiser for the Palatine Fathers\u2019 mission in Tanzania. Fr Mike Culloty was a Palatine priest who presented a religious programme every Sunday morning on the station. Encouraging listeners to phone in pledges are Mike Moran and Vinnie Connell. Commercial breaks include adverts for businesses around Dublin and after much excitement at the generous response to the appeal, Mike and Vinnie are followed by the lunchtime programme presented by station manager Justin James.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recording is from the Anoraks Ireland Collection and was made on Saturday 26<sup>th<\/sup> September 1981 from 738 kHz, announcing 406 metres, between 1155-1327.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Radio Leinster was a talk and specialist station serving Dublin from 1981-1983. 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Encouraging listeners to phone in &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/charity-fundraiser-on-radio-leinster\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Charity fundraiser on Radio Leinster&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[152],"tags":[486,46,564,153,711,496,37,791],"class_list":["post-11153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-486","tag-am","tag-anoraks-ireland-collection","tag-dublin","tag-justin-james","tag-mike-moran","tag-radio-leinster","tag-vinnie-connell"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Charity fundraiser on Radio Leinster - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/charity-fundraiser-on-radio-leinster\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Charity fundraiser on Radio Leinster - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Radio Leinster was a talk and specialist station serving Dublin from 1981-1983. 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