{"id":3043,"date":"2020-11-14T11:20:19","date_gmt":"2020-11-14T11:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=3043"},"modified":"2021-08-06T17:08:53","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T16:08:53","slug":"pop-up-community-radio-radio-sandymount-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/pop-up-community-radio-radio-sandymount-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Pop-up community radio: Radio Sandymount"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_381\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3043-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/19850500_Radio-Sandymount_Mike_Butt_Charlie_Sheehan_DR.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/19850500_Radio-Sandymount_Mike_Butt_Charlie_Sheehan_DR.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/19850500_Radio-Sandymount_Mike_Butt_Charlie_Sheehan_DR.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\/19850500_Radio-Sandymount_Mike_Butt_Charlie_Sheehan_DR.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=3043-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/19850500_Radio-Sandymount_Mike_Butt_Charlie_Sheehan_DR.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19850500_Radio-Sandymount_Mike_Butt_Charlie_Sheehan_DR.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"943\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Charlie-Sheehan-via-Dave-Reddy-943x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Pop-up community radio: Radio Sandymount\" class=\"wp-image-3003\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Charlie-Sheehan-via-Dave-Reddy-943x1024.jpg 943w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Charlie-Sheehan-via-Dave-Reddy-276x300.jpg 276w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Charlie-Sheehan-via-Dave-Reddy-768x834.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Charlie-Sheehan-via-Dave-Reddy-1414x1536.jpg 1414w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Charlie-Sheehan-via-Dave-Reddy.jpg 1458w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Charlie Sheehan in the Radio Sandymount studio (photo courtesy of Dave Reddy). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Today we bring you a fascinating recording from pop-up community station Radio Sandymount in 1985. Charlie Sheehan, who worked as a postman in Sandymount, was a popular presenter on the station. In this recording, he interviews Mahmood &#8216;Mike&#8217; Butt, the man credited with introducing Ireland to curry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"389\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mike-Butt-photo-final.jpg\" alt=\"Pop-up community radio: Radio Sandymount\" class=\"wp-image-3044\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mike-Butt-photo-final.jpg 389w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Mike-Butt-photo-final-265x300.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><figcaption>Mahmood &#8216;Mike&#8217; Butt (photo credit M\u00e1irt\u00edn Mac Con Iomaire).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Mike Butt was born in Kenya in 1927 and came to Ireland in 1949. In 1956 he opened what was then the only Indian restaurant in Ireland, the Golden Orient in Leeson Street in Dublin. He is also credited with bringing the ice lolly to the Irish market. Mike opened Browne&#8217;s spice shop in Sandymount in 1984 and was therefore of particular interest to Radio Sandymount&#8217;s listeners. He died in 1988. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This interview gives a great sense of how people like Mike Butt were early pioneers in the diversification of Irish food tastes and the popularisation of all sorts of culinary styles. It was recorded in May 1985 and is shared here with the kind permission of Dave Reddy who ran Radio Sandymount. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Radio Sandymount and similar stations in areas of Dublin such as Ringsend, Glasnevin and Donnybrook were part of the Community Broadcasting Co-operative (CBC) and were regular features during local summer festivals between 1982 and 1988. The photo of Mike Butt is courtesy of M\u00e1irt\u00edn Mac Con Iomaire and the article in which it was used is available <a href=\"https:\/\/arrow.tudublin.ie\/tfschhmtbook\/16\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.  Further information about Mike Butt is available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ria.ie\/news\/dictionary-irish-biography\/favourite-dib-lives-mike-butt-restaurateur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we bring you a fascinating recording from pop-up community station Radio Sandymount in 1985. Charlie Sheehan, who worked as a postman in Sandymount, was a popular presenter on the station. In this recording, he interviews Mahmood &#8216;Mike&#8217; Butt, the man credited with introducing Ireland to curry. Mike Butt was born in Kenya in 1927 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/pop-up-community-radio-radio-sandymount-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Pop-up community radio: Radio Sandymount&#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":[152,14],"tags":[488,46,435,429,24,261,153,219],"class_list":["post-3043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","category-interview","tag-488","tag-am","tag-charlie-sheehan","tag-community-broadcasting-co-operative","tag-community-radio","tag-dave-reddy","tag-dublin","tag-radio-sandymount"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pop-up community radio: Radio Sandymount - 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\/pop-up-community-radio-radio-sandymount-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pop-up community radio: Radio Sandymount - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Today we bring you a fascinating recording from pop-up community station Radio Sandymount in 1985. 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