{"id":2982,"date":"2020-11-04T15:00:53","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T15:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=2982"},"modified":"2020-11-04T17:34:19","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T17:34:19","slug":"documentary-heartland-pirates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/documentary-heartland-pirates\/","title":{"rendered":"Documentary: Heartland Pirates"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1616\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2982-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201103_Heartland_pirates_Athlone_Community_Radio.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201103_Heartland_pirates_Athlone_Community_Radio.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201103_Heartland_pirates_Athlone_Community_Radio.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\/2020\/11\/20201103_Heartland_pirates_Athlone_Community_Radio.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=2982-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201103_Heartland_pirates_Athlone_Community_Radio.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20201103_Heartland_pirates_Athlone_Community_Radio.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"379\" height=\"378\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/HeartLand-Pirates-Disc-with-logos.jpg\" alt=\"Documentary: Heartland Pirates\" class=\"wp-image-2981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/HeartLand-Pirates-Disc-with-logos.jpg 379w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/HeartLand-Pirates-Disc-with-logos-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/HeartLand-Pirates-Disc-with-logos-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/HeartLand-Pirates-Disc-with-logos-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 379px) 100vw, 379px\" \/><figcaption>Heartland Pirates publicity image (courtesy of Irena Djak Cvetkovic, Athlone Community Radio).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We are delighted to host a documentary about the 1980s pirates in and around Athlone, Co. Westmeath with the kind permission of <a href=\"https:\/\/athlonecommunityradio.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Athlone Community Radio<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;Heartland Pirates&#8217; was originally broadcast on 2<sup>nd<\/sup> November 2020 from 1700-1755 and features stations such as Signal 102, Midland Radio and Radio Carol Ann. Among those taking part are many of those involved in the original Athlone pirates including Pete Casey, TR Dallas, Noel Lackey, Roy Jennings, Peter Mooney, Geraldine O\u2019Sullivan, Barry Flynn, Val Beaumont and Gerry O\u2019Reilly. Our own interview with Gerry is available <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/interview-gerry-oreilly-transmitter-man\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;Heartland Pirates&#8217; was edited and produced by Athlone Community Radio manager Irena Djak Cvetkovic. The documentary was supported by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland with the television licence fee. For further information, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westmeathindependent.ie\/2020\/10\/26\/relive-the-glory-days-of-pirate-radio-in-athlone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are delighted to host a documentary about the 1980s pirates in and around Athlone, Co. Westmeath with the kind permission of Athlone Community Radio. &#8216;Heartland Pirates&#8217; was originally broadcast on 2nd November 2020 from 1700-1755 and features stations such as Signal 102, Midland Radio and Radio Carol Ann. Among those taking part are many &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/documentary-heartland-pirates\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Documentary: Heartland Pirates&#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":[28],"tags":[419,423,133,422,156,421,420,303],"class_list":["post-2982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-background","tag-athlone-community-radio","tag-gerry-reilly","tag-history","tag-midland-radio","tag-midlands","tag-radio-carol-ann","tag-signal-102","tag-westmeath"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Documentary: Heartland Pirates - 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\/documentary-heartland-pirates\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Documentary: Heartland Pirates - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We are delighted to host a documentary about the 1980s pirates in and around Athlone, Co. 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