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Wednesday 17 March 2021

A St. Patrick's Day Pirate Radio Throwback

Over the decades Irish pirate radio stations have garnered newspaper headlines for their antics in and around St. Patrick's Day. Here is a small selection of those headlines. 

In 1978, Radio Dublin announced it would be taking part in the iconic St Patrick's Day parade, but just a couple of days later...

In 1979, unlike Dublin, Radio Cill Dara takes part in the local St Patrick's Day parade in Newbridge.

One station that launched on a St. Patrick's Day was Centre Radio in Clonmel in 1986. 

and finally back to where we started with Radio Dublin who would suffer with their FM Frequency woes when Radio Ireland, who had won the national radio franchise following the demise of Century FM, would officially go on air on St Patrick's Day. 








 





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