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Hinterland - The Podcast

Hinterland - The Podcast

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Hinterland is an annual multi-disciplinary arts festival based in the spiritual home of the Book of Kells in Co. Meath.

The podcast features artist interviews with an array of stellar guests to Kells, including all the leading Irish fiction writers, and a number of major UK writers and many wonderful participants, crossing all genres.

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  • Episode 9 - Tom Dunne
    Jun 8 2026

    How Irish Music Conquered the World (mostly thanks to Horslips)

    In 1972 there were thousands of showbands in Ireland (or that’s how it seemed) cranking out covers. The 60s had bypassed Irish music, bar Van, Rory, Gilbert and Phil. But by 1977 the Rats and Lizzy were top of the British charts and we’d got our own rock festivals.

    Tom Dunne credits Horslips, who introduced us to rock and roll one ballroom at a time, wiped out the showbands, invented U2, and had great hair.


    Recorded live at Hinterland Festival of Literature and Arts.

    For more episodes and artist information, visit:

    www.hinterland.ie

    https://www.facebook.com/HinterlandFestivalKells/

    https://www.instagram.com/hinterlandfestivalkells/

    music by https://soundcloud.com/xcaliberbeats


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    50 mins
  • Episode 8 - Stephen Walker
    Jun 1 2026

    Our final dip into the 2024 Hinterland archive for Episode 8 - Stephen Walker.

    Peacemaker, politician, Nobel laureate: John Hume was a titan of Irish political history and a key architect of the Good Friday Agreement, bringing peace to Northern Ireland after decades of conflict. But who was the real John Hume? What sustained him during the bloody years of violence and how did he convince the IRA to end its long-running campaign? How did he persuade presidents and prime ministers to take risks and back his vision for Northern Ireland? In his biography of the SDLP leader, former BBC correspondent Stephen Walker combines over 100 interviews with many of Hume’s colleagues, critics and family members, with never-before-published interviews with Hume himself, to present a comprehensive portrait of one of the most significant political figures in Northern Ireland and around the world. Stephen was in conversation with Myles Dungan.

    Recorded live at Hinterland Festival of Literature and Arts.

    For more episodes and artist information, visit:

    www.hinterland.ie

    https://www.facebook.com/HinterlandFestivalKells/

    https://www.instagram.com/hinterlandfestivalkells/

    music by https://soundcloud.com/xcaliberbeats


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    44 mins
  • Episode 7 - Martin Doyle
    May 25 2026

    Hinterland The Podcast returns to the archives of our 2024 Festival to bring you Episode 7.

    Dirty Linen: The Troubles in My Home Place is an intimate, personal history of the Northern Ireland conflict told through the testimony of the friends and families of more than 20 victims who died violently in Martin Doyle’s own rural parish in County Down. The author enjoys access that only a trusted local could gain and layers this with the literary sensibility of a books editor (the job he does for the Irish Times), the storytelling ability of a veteran journalist, and the sensitivity of a writer who has experienced personal bereavement. Martin was in conversation with Myles Dungan.

    Recorded live at Hinterland Festival of Literature and Arts.

    For more episodes and artist information, visit:

    www.hinterland.ie

    https://www.facebook.com/HinterlandFestivalKells/

    https://www.instagram.com/hinterlandfestivalkells/

    music by https://soundcloud.com/xcaliberbeats


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    41 mins
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