
From April 21st 1983 this is a lunchtime recording of John ‘The Man’ Frawley on Raidió Luimní.
This recording is courtesy of Ian Biggar
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From April 21st 1983 this is a lunchtime recording of John ‘The Man’ Frawley on Raidió Luimní.
This recording is courtesy of Ian Biggar
Radio Retro: archiving Irish radio broadcasts since 2002
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.
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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.
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This Raidió Luimní archive is from the recordings of Dave Small
This is a recording of Raidió Luimní (Radio Limerick) from September 1987.
It features John ‘The Man’ Frawley on his lunchtime show from 1pm
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From May 18th 1988 this is John ‘The Man’ Frawley standing in for Margaret Frawley on the ‘Music While You Work’ lunchtime programme on Raidió Luimní, the Limerick-based pirate station located in the city centre at 1 Upper Gerald Griffin St.
The recording is off 103FM and starts at 12.17pm.
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Photo of John Frawley is courtesy of Svenn Martinsen
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.
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.