From April 1983 this is an afternoon recording of John ‘The Man’ Frawley on Raidió Luimní.
Radio Retro: archiving Irish radio broadcasts in collaboration with Ian Biggar
RAIDIÓ LUIMNÍ April 21st 1983
Raidió Luimní
- Limerick
RAIDIÓ LUIMNÍ October 28th 1984
From October 28th 1984 this is a recording of Ger Sweeney on Raidió Luimní. It was taken from 96FM in Limerick and starts at 5pm.
Listen as it was broadcast
Listen with the music stripped out
Ger had this to say on our social media channels:
Had a sneaky listen and @BenSweeneyF1 tells me I was 17 when that was recorded. Wow… Not too shabby for a young fella!! Thanks for posting. Will listen to the whole lot later.
Radio Retro: archiving Irish radio broadcasts since 2002
This Raidió Luimní archive is from the recordings of Dave Small
RAIDIÓ LUIMNÍ September 24th 1987
This is a recording of Raidió Luimní (Radio Limerick) from September 1987.
It features John ‘The Man’ Frawley on his lunchtime show from 1pm
Radio Retro: archiving Irish radio broadcasts in collaboration with Ian Biggar
RAIDIÓ LUIMNÍ December 23rd 1988
This recording, which is off 103FM, starts at 10.32am on December 23rd 1988 and features the one and only John Frawley on air for the last time on Raidió Luimní.
New legislation required all unlicensed stations to be off the air by the end of 1988.
RAIDIÓ LUIMNÍ December 24th 1988
The final moments of the long-running Limerick pirate station. This recording is off 103FM and starts at 00:55 on Christmas Eve. It features Alf de Lacy bidding the station’s listeners farewell for the final time.
New legislation required all unlicensed stations to be off the air by the end of 1988.
