{"id":4394,"date":"2021-07-16T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=4394"},"modified":"2021-08-06T21:00:22","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T20:00:22","slug":"the-pirate-ie-podcast-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/the-pirate-ie-podcast-7\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pirate.ie Podcast #7"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_189\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4394-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pirate_podcast_episode7.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pirate_podcast_episode7.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pirate_podcast_episode7.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\/07\/pirate_podcast_episode7.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=4394-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/pirate_podcast_episode7.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"pirate_podcast_episode7.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=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/NI-Pirate-Slide-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"The Pirate.ie Podcast #7\" class=\"wp-image-4397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/NI-Pirate-Slide-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/NI-Pirate-Slide-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/NI-Pirate-Slide-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/NI-Pirate-Slide-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/NI-Pirate-Slide.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>A collage of pirate radio in Northern Ireland from 1969-1975 (courtesy of Eddie Bohan). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In episode #7 of the Pirate.ie podcast, we look at aspects of the history of pirate radio in Northern Ireland. Brian Greene and John Walsh talk to broadcast historian Eddie Bohan about his research into the pirates of Derry and Belfast during the period 1969-1975. At that time, pirate radio was a tool of both nationalist\/republican and unionist\/loyalist communities during the turbulent early years of the Troubles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"645\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Belfast-Pirate-Radio-Locations-1024x645.jpg\" alt=\"The Pirate.ie Podcast #7\" class=\"wp-image-4399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Belfast-Pirate-Radio-Locations-1024x645.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Belfast-Pirate-Radio-Locations-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Belfast-Pirate-Radio-Locations-768x484.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Belfast-Pirate-Radio-Locations.jpg 1223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>A map of Belfast&#8217;s pirate stations at the time (courtesy of Eddie Bohan). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The podcast covers stations such as Radio Free Derry, Radio Free Belfast, Radio Shankill and Radio Orange and describes how they fanned the flames of violence and sectarianism. Pirates on both sides were popular in their communities but were a headache for the British authorities and no-one was ever prosecuted for involvement in them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We thank Eddie Bohan for sharing his fascinating research with us which will be presented in a book in the near future. See his <a href=\"https:\/\/ibhof.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">blog<\/a> for further updates about his work. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In episode #7 of the Pirate.ie podcast, we look at aspects of the history of pirate radio in Northern Ireland. Brian Greene and John Walsh talk to broadcast historian Eddie Bohan about his research into the pirates of Derry and Belfast during the period 1969-1975. At that time, pirate radio was a tool of both &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/the-pirate-ie-podcast-7\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Pirate.ie Podcast #7&#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":[418],"tags":[522,520,518,519,144,133,521],"class_list":["post-4394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcasts","tag-522","tag-antrim","tag-belfast","tag-derry","tag-eddie-bohan","tag-history","tag-northern-ireland"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Pirate.ie Podcast #7 - 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\/the-pirate-ie-podcast-7\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Pirate.ie Podcast #7 - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In episode #7 of the Pirate.ie podcast, we look at aspects of the history of pirate radio in Northern Ireland. 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