{"id":3598,"date":"2021-02-13T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-13T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=3598"},"modified":"2022-01-03T10:08:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T10:08:00","slug":"quincentennial-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/quincentennial-2\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Galway&#8217;s Super Q&#8217;: Quincentennial Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7945\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3598-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/19890213_Quincentennial_Radio_984fm_Shane_Martin_1827-1912_IB.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/19890213_Quincentennial_Radio_984fm_Shane_Martin_1827-1912_IB.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/19890213_Quincentennial_Radio_984fm_Shane_Martin_1827-1912_IB.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\/2021\/02\/19890213_Quincentennial_Radio_984fm_Shane_Martin_1827-1912_IB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=3598-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/19890213_Quincentennial_Radio_984fm_Shane_Martin_1827-1912_IB.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"19890213_Quincentennial_Radio_984fm_Shane_Martin_1827-1912_IB.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210211_092923-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"&#039;Galway&#039;s Super Q&#039;: Quincentennial Radio\" class=\"wp-image-3599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210211_092923-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210211_092923-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210211_092923-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210211_092923-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/20210211_092923-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Quincentennial Radio was based behind Paddy&#8217;s Bar near Eyre Square in the city centre (photo by John Walsh)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the second of two recordings of Quincentennial Radio, the short-lived Galway pirate that returned to the air on 2<sup>nd<\/sup> January 1989 in breach of the new Wireless Telegraphy Act. The law came into effect at midnight on New Year&#8217;s Eve and silenced most of the country&#8217;s pirates including Coast 103, one of the two big Galway stations. However, Quincentennial Radio was essentially a reincarnation of Coast involving many of the same people including engineer Keith York (RIP) and DJs Steve Marshall, Tony Allan (RIP) and Shane Martin. It was located behind the Gallows bar (now Paddy&#8217;s Bar) on Prospect Hill, just off Eyre Square in the city centre, where Coast had been located for its final few months. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recording is of Shane Martin&#8217;s show from 1827-1912 on 13<sup>th<\/sup> February 1989. It includes liners and promos voiced by Tony Allan, including one that cheekily compares Quincentennial to Millennium Radio in Dublin and Cork Local Radio, both local RT\u00c9 services. 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