This podcast showcases the Irish living in Toronto today. We discuss why they came, what made them stay, what they miss about home and will their future be in Canada or in Ireland. Subscribe and share with your friends and family. Please send any feedback, positive or negative to pasheehan31@gmail.com. Thanks to Shannon Heaton for the music. Please listen to her podcast, 'Irish Music Stories', a show about traditional music. Thanks to Natalie Barbuzzi for our lovely logo. Thanks to Barry Conway for convincing me this was a good idea. Bain taitneamh as! Enjoy!
Today, we welcome back Ian Kinsella to the podcast. Ian is the first person to appear on the podcast for a second time and his story definitely justifies this distinction. In 2023, only a few months after Ian appeared on ‘Irish in Toronto’ and at the age of 41, he suffered a widowmaker heart attack. Following his heart attack in 2023, Ian underwent life-altering surgery. In November 2024, he set a Guinness world record for the fastest marathon with a coronary artery bypass graft, runnin...
30 Apr 2026
Seána Glennon, moved to Toronto not once, but twice
Today, I will be speaking with Seána Glennon. Seána loves Toronto so much, she didn’t move here just once, but twice. Seána and her husband, Jonny first began calling Toronto their home in 2018 before heading back to Dublin to allow Seána complete her PhD. They arrived back to Toronto in 2021 and have been putting down routes here ever since. They are both fantastic volunteers and can be seen at any Irish related event around the city. In this chat, we discuss the meaning of ‘home’ and Seána ...
2 Apr 2026
Rory O'Shea, first generation in Toronto
Today, I will be speaking with Rory O’Shea. I first became aware of him when I attended a screening of the long-form biopic he created for his mother, The Peggy Delaney Way. Peggy was clearly a force to be reckoned with in the Irish community in Toronto and the love she had for her home country was passed down to her son, Rory. In this conversation, we discuss Rory’s understanding of being born to Irish parents while growing up in Toronto and how he often feels more Irish than Canadian....
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