{"id":200,"date":"2018-12-24T18:27:16","date_gmt":"2018-12-24T18:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=200"},"modified":"2020-05-07T15:06:01","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T14:06:01","slug":"interview-liam-byrne-the-limerick-pirates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/interview-liam-byrne-the-limerick-pirates\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Liam Byrne &#8211; the Limerick Pirates"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2290\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-200-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20180901_Liam_Byrne_Limerick_pirates.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20180901_Liam_Byrne_Limerick_pirates.mp3\">http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20180901_Liam_Byrne_Limerick_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\/20180901_Liam_Byrne_Limerick_pirates.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=200-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20180901_Liam_Byrne_Limerick_pirates.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20180901_Liam_Byrne_Limerick_pirates.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"349\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Hits-Poster.jpg\" alt=\"Interview: Liam Byrne - the Limerick Pirates\" class=\"wp-image-986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Hits-Poster.jpg 349w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Hits-Poster-218x300.jpg 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 349px) 100vw, 349px\" \/><figcaption>Hits 954 flyer courtesy of Ger Sweeney.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In this interview, John Walsh visited Limerick and spoke with anorak Liam Byrne who has all the details on the old Limerick pirate radio scene from the late 1970s to the pirate Radio Limerick One in the 1990s and beyond. 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