{"id":312,"date":"2018-12-31T15:00:50","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T15:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=312"},"modified":"2020-05-11T17:12:16","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T16:12:16","slug":"interview-ralph-mcgarry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/interview-ralph-mcgarry\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Ralph McGarry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3040\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-312-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181020-RalphMcGarry.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181020-RalphMcGarry.mp3\">http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181020-RalphMcGarry.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-RalphMcGarry.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=312-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/20181020-RalphMcGarry.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20181020-RalphMcGarry.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Wonderland-Sunday-World-08-12-85-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Interview: Ralph McGarry\" class=\"wp-image-1412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Wonderland-Sunday-World-08-12-85-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Wonderland-Sunday-World-08-12-85-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Wonderland-Sunday-World-08-12-85-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Wonderland-Sunday-World-08-12-85.jpg 1376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Wonderland Radio advertisement from the Sunday World, 8th December 1985. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Walter Hegarty talks to Ralph McGarry about his memories of visiting Wonderland Radio\/Tallaght Community Radio as a teenager in the 1980s. 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