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From Cork with Love Adventure

From Cork with Love Adventure

By Paul H O'Mahony (Cork)

Adventures from Cork Ireland (a small island in the Atlantic Ocean - off the West Coast of Europe) - Hyperlocal podcasting with host poet Paul O’Mahony - Be warned the language is fluid & melodic + value-laden & political - This is for people who crave detail: often there's drama & opera - stuff about depression & resurrection - dog-walking & fatherhood - poetry & fantasy. You'll find this podcast predictably imaginative - Paul trusts. ————————— Contact Paul at http://showandtellcommunications.net/ Tweet him @ https://mobile.twitter.com/omaniblog
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12 Years of "National Podcast Post Month" (#NaPodPoM0) kicked off on November 1, 2019

From Cork with Love AdventureNov 02, 2019

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"Ulysses" is not as difficult as you may think. #AudioMo

"Ulysses" is not as difficult as you may think. #AudioMo

"Buck Mulligan frowned at the lather on his razonblade ...  O, an impossible person! he exclaimed."  

This is a reading of about five pages from the start of James Joyce's novel.    

There are a few words that are new to me: "scutter" - "Epi oinopa ponton" - "Thalatta" - "hyperborean" - "breeks" - "Dottyville" - "oxy" - "jalap" - "Ades of Magdalen" - "motes of grasshalms" - "omphalos" - "Lalouette" 

Recorded on 4th June - #AudioMo Day 4 - in Lagos, Portugal

Jun 04, 202218:01
DRIVING TO NEW ZEALAND - with Nik Lakhani in charge

DRIVING TO NEW ZEALAND - with Nik Lakhani in charge

Nik Lakhani drives the conversation - innuendo after innuendo awaits you.  The identity of the champion of New Zealand is almost revealed. Paul O'Mahony  & Nik travelling into Galway - past signs to Loughrea (where there is a Toastmasters club) & Ardrahan (where the cheese comes from).  

Warning:  there is no swearing in this episode.

May 17, 202213:15
How Liverpool won the Cup - while Nik Lakhani drank cider in Blarney

How Liverpool won the Cup - while Nik Lakhani drank cider in Blarney

Warning:  this episode is all football.  There's a lot of excitement. Noise too.  "How is your heartbeat Nik Lakhani?"   Recorded during the live penalty shoot-out between Liverpool & Chelsea.  You hear Nik call it.  Paul O'Mahony  asks Nik "Who should take the penalties?"  You hear every single penalty from inside the Muskerry Arms pub in Blarney village.  Ted Mellamphy's delighted.  

There may be some swearing. #TheLakhaniRoadshow 

May 17, 202215:55
FA Cup Final Day - in Blarney Pub
May 16, 202203:60
Moira O'Brien & Nik Lakhani on WIND TURBINES, stand-up comedy

Moira O'Brien & Nik Lakhani on WIND TURBINES, stand-up comedy

Over lunch in Macroom, Co Cork Ireland - Nik Lakhani entertains Moira O'Brien & Paul O'Mahony

May 16, 202209:57
Irish Food, Liverpool, the Lakhani history of Ireland

Irish Food, Liverpool, the Lakhani history of Ireland

You hear Moira O'Brien, Nik Lakhani & Paul O'Mahony  having lunchchat 

May 16, 202209:31
When Nik Lakhani visited Ireland he had lunch with Moira O'Brien in Macroom

When Nik Lakhani visited Ireland he had lunch with Moira O'Brien in Macroom

Episode One of "THE LAKHANI ROADSHOW" - You hear lunchtime humour.

Distinguished Toastmaster Nik Lakhani, Distinguished Toastmaster Moira O'Brien, and Paul O'Mahony  laughing, eating & chatting in the Castle Hotel Macroom, County Cork, Ireland. 

May 15, 202210:43
ShowerCast - recorded under water

ShowerCast - recorded under water

Paul O’Mahony in the shower has something to say - only for the faint-hearted
Nov 20, 202104:55
3rd December2021 is “RAPPORT DAY” in Cork

3rd December2021 is “RAPPORT DAY” in Cork

Coming to you from Paul O’Mahony’s KITCHEN- followed by the sound of being inside his local CAFÉ BEVA
Nov 04, 202108:06
4th November in a kitchen in Cork Ireland

4th November in a kitchen in Cork Ireland

You hear snippets of “The News” from RTE radio (the national radio station) plus Louis the English Setter drinking plus Paul O’Mahony making a cup of big-standard tea with Super Milk
Nov 04, 202105:12
Today is Opera

Today is Opera

25th October 2021 is World Opera Day. Paul O’Mahony introduces you to some of what’s going on around the world, including the voices of opera people & some of the greatest operatic tenors
Oct 25, 202122:08
Working for a Client in Ireland

Working for a Client in Ireland

You hear Paul O’Mahony talking about the work he’s doing with a client. The client (let’s call her Jo) wants to raise her profile via LinkedIn.
Oct 19, 202103:47
Podcasting Project - Step 2

Podcasting Project - Step 2

This is about Anchor, Voice Record Pro & Audacity
Mar 15, 202103:49
Podcasting Project Part One

Podcasting Project Part One

You hear Paul O’Mahony (Cork) talking about the new podcasting project.
Mar 15, 202102:32
THE SHIBBOLETH

THE SHIBBOLETH

On Saturday 21 November 2020 #Congregation2020 took place in the village of Cong, on the border of Galway & Mayo. People huddled together. They made meaning. Together they imagined #Society3.0. From the luxury of their internet they communicated. This short story happened late at night - after the poetry. This is the voice of Paul O’Mahony
Nov 23, 202004:03
Pandemic on Fire

Pandemic on Fire

Episodes with music are only available on Spotify.
Recorded in front of a log fire in Cork - Music by Barry Maguire & Jefferson Airplane
Oct 23, 202004:26
"People Powered" : The book I'm reading before going to the un-conference in Cong
Nov 16, 201904:37
Bog-standard tea for breakfast in my Cork kitchen

Bog-standard tea for breakfast in my Cork kitchen

An unrepresentative Irish man (Paul O'Mahony) talks in an unrepresentative Irish kitchen in the Cork suburb of Glanmire.
The most memorable bit is when he drinks a tea which he calls "Bog-standard".  Otherwise - you hear Irish national news on RTE 1

(recorded on 14 November 2019)

Nov 15, 201904:39
How do you do your tax returns? Procrastinating & Celebrating

How do you do your tax returns? Procrastinating & Celebrating

13 November 2019
in which Paul O'Mahony reveals he's been procrastinating and celebrates a just-in-time (JIT) submission of tax return.

Nov 13, 201904:06
Work is the curse of the drinking classes (Day 8 of #NaPodPoMo)

Work is the curse of the drinking classes (Day 8 of #NaPodPoMo)

This episode starts with Paul O'Mahony's mistake.  Recorded & shared first on the LIMOR app.  

Paul O'Mahony begins with a mistake. Sean O'Casey didn't say or write "Work is the curse of the drinking classes".
It may have been Oscar Wilde? Frank Harris? Irish Barrister? Wilton Lackaye? Margaret Waters? Well-Known Young Clubman? Gustav Traub? Mike Romanoff? Samuel George Blythe? Arthur M. Binstead? Anonymous?

Roger Overall is Paul's great friend and collaborator

Recorded on 8th November 2019

Nov 09, 201903:07
My Audio Life comes from a psychoanalyst - on #NaPodPoMo Day 6

My Audio Life comes from a psychoanalyst - on #NaPodPoMo Day 6

6 November 2019 - Day 6 of NaPodPoMo

Begins with the story of Paul O'Mahony's experience of reading Nini Herman's book "My Kleinian Home".
Moves on to the story of why Paul has made so much audio since 2012.
Nov 06, 201906:55
Why I bought two pineapples - #NaPodPoMo Day 5

Why I bought two pineapples - #NaPodPoMo Day 5

Day 5 - 5th November 2019
Recorded in his kitchen while eating pineapple - by Paul O'Mahony.  

Nov 05, 201902:52
My change of mind on Day 4 of #NaPodPoMo

My change of mind on Day 4 of #NaPodPoMo

This is Day 4
Paul O'Mahony recorded this while walking in a local park in Glanmire Cork Ireland. Walking with Louis, an English Setter, by the bank of our local tributary of the Glashnabuoy which flows into the big river Lee, which flows through the city of Cork into the Atlantic Ocean. 

Nov 04, 201902:35
No Way Will This Be Easy - sudden realisation about #NaPodPoMo Day 3 (v1)

No Way Will This Be Easy - sudden realisation about #NaPodPoMo Day 3 (v1)

This is Day 3
of the international audio - podcasting challenge on Sunday 3rd of November.  Paul O'Mahony talks about what he'll find hard and why.

The topic is book-reading - particularly what Paul is reading every day.

Nov 03, 201904:46
I'm reading "You Must Change Your Life" twice - #NaPodPoMo Day 2

I'm reading "You Must Change Your Life" twice - #NaPodPoMo Day 2

Book No 1 is by Rachel Corbett
The extraordinary story of one of the most fruitful friendships in modern arts and letters.

Rainer Maria Rilke’s Letters to a Young Poet is one of the most beloved books of the twentieth century. It has sold millions of copies and inspired generations with its galvanizing wisdom on how to lead an artistic life. In You Must Change Your Life, debut author Rachel Corbett tells the remarkable, long-buried story of where Rilke’s ideas originated.

In 1902, Rilke broke and suffering from writer’s block, accepted a commission to go to Paris to research and write a short book about the sculptor Auguste Rodin. The two were almost polar opposites: Rodin in his sixties, notoriously carnal, revered; Rilke in his twenties, delicate, unknown. Nonetheless, they fell into an instantaneous friendship and would work closely together as master and disciple for the next few years, as Rodin showed Rilke how to become the writer he wished to be.
(from introduction on Amazon)

Book No 2 is by the German philosopher Peter Sloterdijk.
In his major investigation into the nature of humans

Peter Sloterdijk presents a critique of myth - the myth of the return of religion. For it is not religion that is returning; rather, there is something else quite profound that is taking on increasing significance in the present: the human as a practising, training being, one that creates itself through exercises and thereby transcends itself. Rainer Maria Rilke formulated the drive towards such self-training in the early twentieth century in the imperative 'You must change your life'.

Originally published: 2009

Nov 02, 201905:54
12 Years of "National Podcast Post Month" (#NaPodPoM0) kicked off on November 1, 2019

12 Years of "National Podcast Post Month" (#NaPodPoM0) kicked off on November 1, 2019

The History of NaPodPoMo
In 2007, 50 podcasters participated in the first-ever 
National Podcast Post Month aka NaPodPoMo. Created by Jennifer Navarrete as an answer for an audio version to other 30 day challenges happening in the month of November.

NaPodPoMo is a month-long event along the same vein as National Novel Writing Month aka NaNoWriMo. The difference? Well, instead of writing a 50,000-word novel, you podcast every day for 30 days from November 1st-30th.

Use any platform you desire. From full production studio to iPhone app and just about anything in between. The goal of NaPodPoMo is to use the challenge of podcasting daily as a form of podcasting bootcamp.

For some, NaPodPoMo may be their first foray into podcasting. For others, it is a chance to try out a new platform or start another show. There are no hard and fast rules as to how you do this. If on November 30th you have recorded 30 shows, then you win.

What do you get for winning?
Isn’t a virtual high five and a sense of accomplishment enough? Oh, all right. Here’s the shiny. -> ->

Thanks to Laura Ross aka @flyswatter you will have earned the right to show the world this nifty NaPodPoMo badge on your site. Nice, huh?

At the end of it all who knows what else you will have won. Maybe you will discover a new way to record or a new show format. Whatever happens and however you decide to participate in NaPodPoMo, the key is to have fun.

Nov 02, 201904:13
My maturing friends

My maturing friends

In which @omaniblog (Paul O’Mahony) greets people fondly - recorded with special thanks to @SM2N (Simon). This is mainly about the old days on @Audioboo - with a little @LimorApp on the side
Oct 31, 201906:14
THE END of THE (British) OPEN 2019 (Part 3 Final Round)

THE END of THE (British) OPEN 2019 (Part 3 Final Round)

Welcome
Recorded on Royal Portrush Golf Club during Sunday.

Day 4 of The Open starts with coffee & croissant -
Disaster on the 1st hole of final round -  
Towards & on to the 4th with Dylan Ashley Frittelli (South Africa) - 
On the 4th with Kuchar & Noren (both must be disappointed) - 
Too much beer drinking on the course? Hole 5 & 6 - 
Rain is getting heavier as Stenson hits a wonder pitch - 
It’s pouring rain around the 6th green & strong wind too - 
"I can’t take anymore - I'm off for shelter" - 
Around the 18th at 5:57pm - 
My obsessive excessive streak - reflecting on the experience.

Thanks for listening, goodbye for now.

Aug 11, 201901:17:17
MORE ADVENTURE AT THE (British) OPEN 2019 (Part 2 Saturday)

MORE ADVENTURE AT THE (British) OPEN 2019 (Part 2 Saturday)

Welcome
Recorded at Castlerock  & Royal Portrush Golf Clubs

In the Castlerock clubhouse after playing golf with a father & son from New York, a bit of our conversation  
Welcome back to Royal Portrush at 16:15 on Saturday - 
After meeting Miguel Ángel Jiménez & Darren Clarke - Up the 1st hole at 16:25
Paul's on 12th With Jon Rahm & Patrick Reed
On 12th & 13th with Justin Rose & Brooks Koepka
Tommy Fleetwod on 12th hole
With Shane Lowry up 14th hole
Leaving The Open after Saturday, with Shane Lowry 4 shots clear after an amazing 63

Aug 09, 201901:17:24
ADVENTURE AT THE (British) OPEN 2019 (Part 1)

ADVENTURE AT THE (British) OPEN 2019 (Part 1)

Welcome
THE OPEN CHRONICLES begins here
The conversation in Limerick
Almost a disaster with Booking.com
Getting up for Day 1 of The Open
Irish voices in the B&B over breakfast on Friday (Day 2)
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Recorded in Portrush, Northern Ireland

Arriving in Portrush for The Open on Friday
Paul will have a free golf lesson later today
Paul can use LIMOR @TheOpen for first time
On the putting green with Harrington
Beside 1st hole as the Harrington group plays
On 13th tee with JB Holmes, Ernie Els & Abraham Ancer
Alongside 14th green with Ancer, Holmes & Els
Playing on to 17th green (Ancer, Els & Holmes) at 13:55
The 18th: JB Holmes leading, Lowry 2nd - will Ancer make the cut?
Hanging out in a big tent with a woman who doesn't play golf
After the golf lesson, Sheltering from rain in Village Deli & Coffee Shop - Lowry in the lead
Whisky-tasking with Loch Lomond - delightful experience

Aug 07, 201902:17:53
The Irish Open Golf Championship 2019

The Irish Open Golf Championship 2019

Welcome

Approaching Lahinch - driving through Ennistymon or Ennistimon

Recorded in Lahinch, Co Clare, Munster, Ireland

Parking the car

The atmosphere in Kenny's Bar on Friday evening

Live Music in Kenny's Bar

More live music in Kenny's

Saturday morning chatting

Walking the links : grass, flowers, family & players

On 17th hole on Saturday - a birdie & a par

The tented village has music

Main Street in Lahinch just before 1am

"I need a decent fried breakfast in Danny Mac’s"

Raw recording of a noisy breakfast

My nephew from Canada tells golf story at breakfast

On the 13th hole Lee Westwood & Abraham Ancer

Short chat with Abraham Ancer at end of Irish Open

Presenting the Irish Open Trophy to winner Jon Rahm

That's the adventure: Goodbye for now


Aug 05, 201901:53:15
Cork v Italy - what’s the difference?

Cork v Italy - what’s the difference?

“There are no scooters in Cork” - declares Paul O’Mahony who’s lived in Cork for 13 years. “Scooters rule the roads in Italy” declares Paul who’s been to Puglia - for the wedding of his son Ben to Emma - and to Sorrento (close to Naples) for a holiday. “Cork & Naples should twin?”
Jun 20, 201908:49
I met a Rottweiler in Moanbaun Wood

I met a Rottweiler in Moanbaun Wood

This adventure begins with the sound of Paul O'Mahony panting.  He's recovering from his very slow run.  Out of breath, he utters words about golf.  He listens to birdsong, as his dog Louis pants.  You hear Paul wondering why the birds don't tweet from the top of the trees.

Moanbaun Wood is Paul's favourite walking place, with gorse in yellow bloom alongside the trail.

You hear the Rottweiler and her owners.  Plus the conversation. plus how the two dogs - Bella & Louis - get on.

  • Should rottweilers be muzzled?
  • Do they have a "bad name"?
  • Should rottweilers sleep on your bed?
  • Is it therapeutic for Paul to meet a rottweiler?

You find out by listening.

May 01, 201915:47
The Midnight Walk to Empty the Mind & be Ready for Sleep

The Midnight Walk to Empty the Mind & be Ready for Sleep

You are a welcome companion on this walk around the estate.  Louis, the English Setter, and Puma the black cat, are with us on this adventure. Please listen with an amused ear.
And thanks very much,

Paul the poet

Apr 27, 201917:48
If you're brave - you can buy this Epic Poem
Apr 25, 201914:38
Tygyr Woods is a Master burning bright

Tygyr Woods is a Master burning bright

You hear a Cork perspective on the adventure that's Tiger Woods at Augusta Georgia USA 2019.

Highlights include  

  1. "I thought Tiger Woods had gone to hell ..."
  2. Some of you detest golf - this is for you
  3. Who will win the Masters? Gambling my money
  4. A poem written for Tiger Woods
  5. The End
Apr 21, 201917:49
Local Frustrations in Glanmire & Drama in Republic of Work

Local Frustrations in Glanmire & Drama in Republic of Work

Cafe Beva in Glanmire is the venue for venting local frustrations with Roger Overall.  

Republic of Work in Cork city centre is the venue for monologue about "Leadership" and a speech which Paul O'Mahony will make at Toastmasters

Apr 19, 201914:19
23 Poems in 59 days

23 Poems in 59 days

Recent Poems by Paul O'Mahony

 Introduction

Falling apart

The walk

Captivity

Intimacy of everyday life

The three Rs

For Robert Neill

Why does my wife not read my verse

Pancake day - Nutella

You must change your life

#WeAreMuslim

Picasso

City of Sanctuary

How's your swing?

What is it like to be a man?

Apr 11, 201901:08:16
Poet Rainer Maria Rilke Writes Letters to Franz Kappus a Young Student (aged 19)

Poet Rainer Maria Rilke Writes Letters to Franz Kappus a Young Student (aged 19)

Letters 6-10:

You hear Paul O'Mahony reading five letters to Mr Kappus - translation by Stephen Mitchell. 

Apr 01, 201954:03
St Patrick's Day Adventure - Poet Paul O'Mahony talks & rants to you - with a little Irish music

St Patrick's Day Adventure - Poet Paul O'Mahony talks & rants to you - with a little Irish music

The voice of Beniamino Gigli is interrupted by an announcement welcoming listeners to a unique show from Cork Ireland. Assembled for you on St Patrick's Day - 17th March 2019.

  1. What does Ireland & the Irish mean to you? What three words do you conjure up when you think of the green land & her folk?
  2. Have you met Carolan [Turlough O'Carolan, (1670 – 25 March 1738) blind Celtic harper, composer and singer.] The Chieftains have.
  3. President D J Trump invited himself to dinner. Has he humiliated the Irish?
  4. Why not do nothing but be (breathing) on this sunny Sunday morning?

    The Poet Paul O'Mahony podcasts frequently from Cork Ireland - especially for discriminating listeners. 
Mar 18, 201912:06
Cork People Love To Lead and Speak.

Cork People Love To Lead and Speak.

This episode is a rehearsal.  
The speaker is on his way to a contest - first round of the "World Championship of Public Speaking" at Toastmasters International.

The title of the speech is "Are You Wearing Your Hearing Aids Now?"

This speech must not be shorter than 4.30 minutes, nor longer than 7.30 minutes.

You hear Paul (the poet) O'Mahony at home preparing for a grand night at Blarney Toastmasters Club.

Mar 12, 201914:24
Loving women everyday #InternationalWomensDay

Loving women everyday #InternationalWomensDay

One man in Cork in search of women. All sorts of women. “I love women” Paul the Poet wrote in 1995 - spoke out in 2012. International Womens’ Day on 8 March is a grand day to give you this gift.
Mar 08, 201909:03
Reading Rilke in Cork
Feb 28, 201951:39
Out and About around Cork City

Out and About around Cork City

In this episode you hear the sound of a man (Paul O'Mahony) walking in a muddy field, the chilling wind, a coffee house & a cafe.  On top of that there's the historic sound of the "Echo" by the man selling the Cork Evening Echo outside the Post Office on Oliver Plunkett Street.

Feb 17, 201932:38
THE INTERVIEW NO.1 : RAY RENATI

THE INTERVIEW NO.1 : RAY RENATI

First of a series of interviews with some of the most engaging people whom Paul O'Mahony, poet, knows.

____________________

Ray Renati is a professional actor, theatre director, podcaster, photographer, comedian, singer, father, dog-walker and more.  He lives in California, USA.

Paul & Ray met on social audio on the App Anchor, about three years ago.

____________________

The purpose of THE INTERVIEW is to 

  • introduce Ray Renati to people who don't know him
  • delve into the person Ray is and is becoming
    (in 92 minutes)

____________________

THE INTERVIEW covers 8 topics:

  1. Why do you live where you live?
  2. Why do you do the work that you do? 
  3. Why do you attract the people you attract?
  4. Why are you so committed to the causes your espouse?
  5. Quick questions: like "Ice cream or jam?  Reagan or Nixon?"
  6. Why are you such a spiritual guy?
  7. Why are you so keen to leave a legacy?
  8. What question would you like to ask Paul O'Mahony?
    __________________
    Ray says you are welcome to contact Ray Renati by email at
    "rayrenati@gmail.com" 


Feb 14, 201901:32:11
Adventure with Mary Oliver

Adventure with Mary Oliver

From 2012 to 2019 this adventure with Mary Oliver (Ohio 1935- Florida 2019) 

Begins with how Paul O'Mahony contacted Mary's agent in 2018, followed by a recording from 2012, her poem "The Journey" for AJ Leon and Misfits Inc as they set out to go Round the World in 1,080 Days". http://aj-leon.com/pursuitofeverything/about/about-poe/

A segment inside the great coffee house "FilterCork" with Mary.

Paul reads several poems.

You hear Mary Oliver reading one of her poem.

Followed by Paul O'Mahony's poem  "Song for Mary Oliver on her 80th birthday" in Florida 

More poetry including "When death comes".

"My life with Mary Oliver" by Paul




Feb 05, 201947:28
Three Poems From Cork

Three Poems From Cork

Paul O'Mahony produces three poems in one day.

Poem No 1 :  "Emerging From Retirement"

Poem No 2 : "My New Shoes"

Poem No 3 : "Song of Wandering Fog"

You can read these poems on Paul's website  https://paulhomahony.com/ 

Jan 24, 201912:04
Talking with trees in Moanbaun Woods

Talking with trees in Moanbaun Woods

It's raining outside.  There's shelter among the pines. A dog to walk.  

Jan 16, 201923:47
MY MUSICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY (part 5)

MY MUSICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY (part 5)

Paul O'Mahony's musical life in Limerick (1965 - 1968) Ireland included very little Irish music. Here Paul plays music he didn't like from Brendan Bowyer ("The Hucklebuck" - released in 1965) & Dickie Rock.  Alongside music he loved - the Doors ("Light My Fire" - released in January 1967).

While recording this episode Paul remembers how much he used to like the music of Percy French (1854 - 1920) from County Roscommon.

Jan 12, 201908:47
Night Ramble around the Estate

Night Ramble around the Estate

What will be the biggest surprise of this year? Imagine if a meteor landed here. I wrote about Santorini ... A recording device was sent out into space ... What’s it like to go on and on? Bouncing back ... What happened before the Big Bang? Happiness is a warm infinity. What is a mind? There’s a person with a dog ...
Jan 05, 201925:13