{"id":172,"date":"2018-12-23T21:08:56","date_gmt":"2018-12-23T21:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=172"},"modified":"2021-08-07T14:54:24","modified_gmt":"2021-08-07T13:54:24","slug":"panel-the-louth-pirates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/panel-the-louth-pirates\/","title":{"rendered":"Panel: The Louth Pirates"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4740\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-172-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181020_Richard_McCullen_Michael_Hughes_Eddie_Caffrey_Louth_pirates.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181020_Richard_McCullen_Michael_Hughes_Eddie_Caffrey_Louth_pirates.mp3\">http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181020_Richard_McCullen_Michael_Hughes_Eddie_Caffrey_Louth_pirates.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181020_Richard_McCullen_Michael_Hughes_Eddie_Caffrey_Louth_pirates.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=172-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181020_Richard_McCullen_Michael_Hughes_Eddie_Caffrey_Louth_pirates.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20181020_Richard_McCullen_Michael_Hughes_Eddie_Caffrey_Louth_pirates.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Louth-panel-picture-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Panel: The Louth Pirates\" class=\"wp-image-2275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Louth-panel-picture-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Louth-panel-picture-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Louth-panel-picture.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption>John Walsh interviewing (L-R) Eddie Caffrey, Michael Hughes and Richard McCullen in October 2018 (photo courtesy of Eddie Bohan). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Co. Louth was an important county in Irish pirate radio history, with several successful commercial stations often beaming their signals across the border. In this panel discussion on the Louth pirates, Richard McCullen, Michael Hughes and Eddie Caffrey share their memories of the county&#8217;s lively pirate scene. Stations featured include Radio Dundalk, Radio Carousel and Boyneside Radio. The interviewer is John Walsh and the discussion was recorded on the 20th of October 2018 at a special event held in Dublin to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the closure of the pirates. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Co. Louth was an important county in Irish pirate radio history, with several successful commercial stations often beaming their signals across the border. In this panel discussion on the Louth pirates, Richard McCullen, Michael Hughes and Eddie Caffrey share their memories of the county&#8217;s lively pirate scene. 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