The Summer of ’98 podcasts - Michael Foley

[Bord na Mona man]

I've been listening to most of these episodes and I'd highly recommend them.

Michael Foley recalls in great detail the events of a truly memorable summer. To this day there has never been a hurling championship like it for controversies, plot twists, and chaos.

It fully warrants the running time as there is so much to delve into. Other parts covered are Galway's football breakthrough and the Omagh Bombing which was a catastrophic event right at the start of the emerging peace agreement.

Foley himself as a journalist was in the dressing rooms at the time so you pick up some extra nuggets.
His recall and details are accurate, which is always a bonus.
He presents the events pretty fairly without putting on his own slant, or making it about himself. Like, it's clear that Gerlock went full Colonel Kurtz without the narrator needing to tell you as much.

Both of these links will bring you to the content:
https://soundcloud.com/officialgaa/the-summer-98-promo

https://open.spotify.com/show/5jDLDx4qH ... 66a6b04324

[SaffronSports]

He done the Bloody Sunday series didn't he? I enjoyed listening to those so will definitely give these a go.

[blasmere]

I assume you need a paid subscription to Spotify or Soundcloud to get access, I can't see it on Apple, is there any other way of getting it?

[snoopdog]

I assume you need a paid subscription to Spotify or Soundcloud to get access, I can't see it on Apple, is there any other way of getting it?

You used to be able to get Spotify for free but it was full of adverts. Buy still worked fine. I only got a premium Spotify as I got sick of ad breaks when listening to music and you could only skip a certain number of songs.