Dublin's Pirate Days

Happy World Radio Day 2026 to the Irish radio listeners, practitioners, engineers, Anoraks & radio historians. WE LOVE RADIO
@IBIreland @CNaM_ie @CRAOL @rte @comreg @worldradioday @pirate_ie #worldradioday2026 #Friday13th

YouTube video by Eddie Bohan Irish Pirate Radio at the Smithsonian

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This is the Irish Pirate Radio compilation I put together to be played at the Smithsonian in Washington DC. I was lecturing at the US Library of Congress for @RadioTaskForce. It celebrates numerous Irish pirate stations from a cross country mix. @pirate_ie
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With the approaching centenary of Irish radio on January 1st 2026, learn about Irish radio past, present & future at

www.broadcast-to-podcast-conference-2026.com

40+ speakers, a memorabilia exhibition & more. Limited tickets still available

Season's Greetings to all who work in, listen to or simply love radio

Save The Complex in Dublin I'm getting behind the The Complex Cultural & Arts space. Stop the eviction! Please sign & share

I'm getting behind the The Complex Cultural & Arts space. Stop the eviction! Please sign & share my.uplift.ie/petitions/sa... @uplift.ie

www.broadcast-to-podcast-conference-2026.com
Limited number of tickets still available

History of Irish free radio on Radio Valleri - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive Radio Valleri was one of the pioneering early Irish pirates, broadcasting first on medium wave and then on shortwave. Its first broadcast was on Sunday 23rd July 1972 on 196 metres (1525 kHz) from a g...

Today we share an important historical recording about the history of Irish pirate radio in the early 1970s from shortwave station Radio Valleri. The pioneering pirates were sporadic but paved the way for the developments of the late 1970s and 1980s.

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The 11.30 news headlines Monday June 23rd on Greatest Hits Radio Ireland 90mins before a court order to close comes into effect @pirate.ie

Celtic FM

MAY/BEALTAINE 10 2025 SHOW
Music: @Hozier @cmatbaby @AnnieLennoxoo Big Rigs Laughs: @AkaPaulHoward ROCK, @olivercallan ‘ s Kicks
celticfm.com/podcasts

Raidió Fáilte celebrates 40 years on air as Gaeilge Northern Ireland's only Irish language radio station, Raidió Fáilte, is celebrating its 40th anniversary.

Lá breithe sona do @raidiofailte.bsky.social atá 40 bliain ag fás 👏

Belfast's Irish language station Raidió Fáilte celebrates 40 years 🎊

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Medium wave Dublin pirate station on air this evening @pirate.ie

Good Day Sunshine with Tony Dixon - Irish Pirate Radio Audio Archive Tony Dixon (RIP) was one of the best-known DJs on Dublin’s Sunshine Radio in the 1980s, presenting Good Day Sunshine every afternoon and also a popular weekend soul programme. This recording from 1982...

Continuing our series recognising the late Tony Dixon's contribution to Irish radio, today we bring you another recording of him on the Dublin pirate station Sunshine Radio in 1982.

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Great to chat with Dr Christina Ballico and Dallas Rogers about music and sound as part of the Amplify: Story, Resistance, Radio exhibition’s pirate radio! Soon to be on City Road podcast. Photo credit: Christina Ballico.