Saturday Supplement

On the Saturday Supplement with Joe McGill, Shane Lehane UCC folklorist and author, remembers his school days and the role the Gooseberry played in Irish life. We’ll be hearing about the launch of the 80th anniversary edition of Robin Flower's Blasket classic The Western Island with Lorcán Ó Cinnéide at The Blasket Centre, Dún Chaoin. Also, Féile na Dromoda and the official opening of their Community pub.

On the Saturday Supplement with Joe McGill; this year marks the 25th anniversary of the passing of legendary storyteller, actor and author Éamon Kelly and we’ll be remembering him on the programme. We’ll also be remembering on the 200th anniversary of his death, Peter O’Connell a lexicogropher from Killimer in whose grave the colleen bawn is also interred. Peter, whose father came from Kerry, compiled an Irish/English dictionary. We’ll have our Kerry County Council Creative Kingdom letting you know what’s going on in the county for Culture Night on Friday the 18th of September.