Chicago Irish Radio-The O'Connor Show. Portions of our some of our live broadcasts & long form pre-recorded interview/chats featuring all kinds of people!

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Chicago Irish Radio-The O'Connor Show. Portions of our some of our live broadcasts & long form pre-recorded interview/chats featuring all kinds of people!

by Siobhainn O'Connor & Breege Looney & guests

Raw, mostly unedited portions of our live broadcast sans music. Esp the super entertaining bits. This is also the home of long-form pre-recorded chats/interviews with everyday people, musicians, singers, movie makers, politicians. It's all here. These are real conversations, real life. Unpolished, unvarnished.Listening in might feel a bit like eavesdropping....without that awkward guilty feeling. Chicago Irish Radio is live radio at it's finest. Broadcasting continuously since 1971!

35 episodes

EN-US language

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1

Darren Holden of The High Kings, live call-in chat 14th March, 2026

14:21 Mar 17, 2026

2

Brian Cahalane, Consul General to the Midwestern United States, pays us a short visit!

23:16 Mar 17, 2026

3

Chicago's own Willie Joe Casey & Tom Dolan share their personal stories of their emigration from Ireland & illuminate the history of the Chicago GAA & more...

54:05 Dec 23, 2025

4

Chicago Irish Radio-The O'Connor Show; 13th of December 2025

1:09:08 Dec 18, 2025

5

Breege Rowley-film maker "All of our Yesterday's" stories of 250 years of life in & around Swinford, Co Mayo Ireland

34:28 Nov 17, 2025

6

Live show October 15, 2025

1:36:48 Nov 17, 2025

7

Chicago Irish Radio-Chicago'sGaelic Park Players-Bridget Christianson & Betty Kort, originally broadcast live Oct 5, 2024

29:59 Nov 18, 2024

8

Chicago Irish Radio- Chat Sinn Fein's Dáire Hughes-orig broadcast live Oct 5, 2024

24:32 Nov 18, 2024

9

Chicago Irish Radio-Writer Mary Santarelli & Actress Josephine Craven

59:12 Nov 17, 2024

10

The Mike O'Connor Show (01/12/1973)-Vintage show featuring Mike O'Connor himself in the early days of the broadcast

59:08 Sep 6, 2024

11

Chicago Irish Radio-The O'Connor Show Chats with Michael Londra of "IRELAND WITH MICHAEL"

41:23 Jul 18, 2024

12

2023 iBAM Chats: Acclaimed Author ColmTóibín generously shares his time

22:21 May 2, 2024

13

Chicago Irish Radio-The O'Connor Show. (March 11, 2023) Jerry Kealy visits, Ruari sings

1:59:48 Apr 17, 2023

14

Chicago Irish Radio-The O'Connor Show(April 08,2023) Easter Saturday; WHAT A SHOW! Huge honor to visit with Niall Ó Donnghaile Member of the Seanad Éireann on this very special day in Irish History! Also, a chat w/Gavin Strappe of JigJam & more guests!!

2:45:33 Apr 17, 2023

15

Chicago Irish Radio (March 18,2023) daughter Máiréad helps out today, musicians Suzanne Toomey & Maeve Moynihan stop in for a chat & after hours bonus seisiún

2:27:29 Apr 17, 2023

16

Chicago Irish Radio-The O'Connor Show(March 25, 2023) Chris Mines Guest-hosts w/Breege & visitors-Peter & Fleur Alys Dobbins (Director & Partners Storm Theatre) to chat about "The Shaughran", Erin McGuire stops (SuperCam Benefit) & Vinnie Casey (Clan na

1:51:47 Apr 17, 2023

17

Chicago Irish Radio-The O'Connor Show(April 01, 2023)Guest Host & friend Chris Mines w/Breege & lots of visitors!

1:56:22 Apr 17, 2023

18

Chicago Irish Radio-The O'Connor Show. Excerpt from 03/11/2017. Vinnie Casey of Clan na Gael discusses implications for Ireland due to Brexit

20:29 Mar 18, 2023

19

The Mike O'Connor Show, March, 1972. Early days; this was Mike's one hour show Friday nights. Listen till the end for some joy from a listener:)

25:40 Mar 18, 2023

20

Chicago Irish Radio-The O'Connor Show. Since 1971. 03/05/2022 HUGE SHOW-many guests, including Ancestry's Pro-Genealogists Quentin Burrows & Joe Buggy(from Ireland) , Writers/Directors/Actors from The Chicago Irish Film Festival

1:58:49 Mar 16, 2023

21

Chicago Irish Radio-The O'Connor Show. St Patrick's Day, 2018!

1:46:24 Mar 16, 2023

22

Chicago Irish Radio-The O'Connor Show. We remember the OG, Mike O'Connor w/2 vintage broadcasts

1:58:29 Mar 16, 2023

23

Chicago Irish Radio-The O'Connor Show. January 1973 show w/ The Man from Roscommon-Mike O'Connor

58:35 Mar 16, 2023

24

Chicago Irish Radio-The O'Connor Show. The first show of 2018-Siobhainn & Margaret O'Connor, Breege Looney.

1:39:12 Mar 16, 2023

25

Chicago Irish Radio-The O'Connor Show. 03/04/2023 Special guests-Declan Curran & Jonathan Connolly(Chicago Irish Film Fest), Fr. Mick Madigan, Nora DeLance, Monica McGuane, Breeda Miller, & Jerry Keely all visit!

1:56:48 Mar 5, 2023

26

Chicago Irish Radio-The O'Connor Show (02/25/2023)Erin McGuire for Super CamStrong Benefit, Danylo Fedoryka of SYTHIAN, Peter Dobbins, Director "The Shaughraun" (by Dion Boucicault), Edward Galvin for Chicago Irish Film Fest, Vinnie Casey of Clan na Ga

1:52:56 Feb 26, 2023

27

Chicago Irish Radio-The O'Connor Show-THE LOST SHOW-featuring Maida McQuinn Sugrue, Richie Piggott, Paul Dowling, & John Deavitt

1:33:25 Feb 18, 2023

28

Chicago Irish Radio-The O'Connor Show. Broadcasting live since 1971-Kathy Cowan performs live, Tom Dolan stops in, loads of Celtic Woman music in advance of their concert

1:57:43 Feb 18, 2023

29

Chicago Irish Radio-The O'Connor Show.(iBAM chats) Siobhainn visits with famed ghost historian and author Ursula Bielski

28:53 Feb 17, 2023

30

Chicago Irish Radio-The O'Connor Show. (iBAM chats)Siobhainn goes off-site for a visit w/ Richie Piggott, author of "Cry of A People Gone"

35:26 Feb 17, 2023

31

Chicago Irish Radio-The O'Connor Show. Broadcasting live since 1971(04/11/22023) Mike Boyle, Mary Keleghan & Breege Looney share memories

1:51:55 Feb 14, 2023

32

Chicago Irish Radio-The O'Connor Show. Broadcasting live since 1971-(02/04/2023) Mike Leonard & Mary Kay Wall visit & more

2:02:19 Feb 14, 2023

33

Chicago Irish Radio-The O'Connor Show. Broadcasting live since 1971(03/02/2019)-author Mary Pat Kelly visits & Mairéad Carlin of Celtic Woman calls in. SO GOOD!

1:33:41 Feb 3, 2023

34

Chicago Irish Radio-The O'Connor Show. Broadcasting live since 1971 (01/28/2023) featuring Tim Hannigan's Motor Car

1:56:11 Jan 28, 2023

35

Chicago Irish Radio-The O'Connor Show. (iBAM Chats) Siobhainn goes off-site for a visit w/actor/writer Josephine Craven

21:40 Jan 18, 2023

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