{"id":5623,"date":"2022-02-02T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=5623"},"modified":"2025-02-19T15:30:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T15:30:37","slug":"the-green-scene-boyneside-radio-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/the-green-scene-boyneside-radio-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"Northeast series: The Green Scene on Boyneside Radio and Television"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6266\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5623-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AI192-163-A-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AI192-163-A-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AI192-163-A-192.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\/2022\/02\/AI192-163-A-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=5623-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AI192-163-A-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"AI192-163-A-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"145\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/BoynesideRadioTVsticker1981-1024x145.jpg\" alt=\"Northeast series: The Green Scene on Boyneside Radio and Television\" class=\"wp-image-2688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/BoynesideRadioTVsticker1981-1024x145.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/BoynesideRadioTVsticker1981-300x42.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/BoynesideRadioTVsticker1981-768x108.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/BoynesideRadioTVsticker1981-1536x217.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/BoynesideRadioTVsticker1981-2048x289.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Boyneside Radio and Television sticker from 1982 (courtesy DX Archive).<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a recording of Sean Neilon presenting the popular country and Irish show The Green Scene on Boyneside Radio in Drogheda on Saturday 20<sup>th<\/sup> March 1982. The first hour is all Irish music and there are also a few words of Irish to coincide with St. Patrick&#8217;s Day. Sean mentions a few times that they are also broadcasting on Boyneside Television, a reference to the short-lived television service that mostly relayed the radio programmes. The Angelus at 12 midday is followed by Dermot Kierans (RIP) with a programme about disability, which was progressive for the time and an example of how the pirates were about more than the Top 40. Dermot was a well-known figure in Drogheda who worked for many good causes in the town. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AI192-163-1024x632.jpg\" alt=\"Northeast series: The Green Scene on Boyneside Radio and Television\" class=\"wp-image-5629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AI192-163-1024x632.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AI192-163-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AI192-163-768x474.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AI192-163-1536x948.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AI192-163.jpg 1621w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Cassette label from the Anoraks Ireland Collection. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This recording was made from 99.2 FM in mono. The first part above runs from 1058-1145 and the second below from 1145-1231. More information about the background to Boyneside Television is available <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/northeast-series-boyneside-television\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>. One of Boyneside&#8217;s founders, Eddie Caffrey, has been the main presenter of the Green Scene through the decades and is still heard every Saturday on local station LMFM. It is the longest running programme on Irish local radio. Thanks to Ian Biggar for additional information. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/AI192-163-B-192.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Side B of the recording. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>These recordings are from the Anoraks Ireland Tapes Collection, donated by Paul Davidson. Other material from this collection is available on <a href=\"https:\/\/radiowaves.fm\/ire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Radiowaves<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/ibhof.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Irish Pirate Radio Archive<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a recording of Sean Neilon presenting the popular country and Irish show The Green Scene on Boyneside Radio in Drogheda on Saturday 20th March 1982. The first hour is all Irish music and there are also a few words of Irish to coincide with St. Patrick&#8217;s Day. Sean mentions a few times that &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/the-green-scene-boyneside-radio-tv\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Northeast series: The Green Scene on Boyneside Radio and Television&#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],"tags":[498,564,18,402,154,544,570],"class_list":["post-5623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-full-recordings","tag-498","tag-anoraks-ireland-collection","tag-boyneside-radio","tag-boyneside-television","tag-louth","tag-northeast-series","tag-sean-neilon"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Northeast series: The Green Scene on Boyneside Radio and Television - 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-green-scene-boyneside-radio-tv\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Northeast series: The Green Scene on Boyneside Radio and Television - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This is a recording of Sean Neilon presenting the popular country and Irish show The Green Scene on Boyneside Radio in Drogheda on Saturday 20th March 1982. 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