100 Years Ago, 2RN broadcast its first test transmission.

 

At 6.45pm on this day 100 years ago, Saturday November 14^th the first test transmissions begin

‘Hallo hallo hallo, aye aye aye, hallo hallo hallo’ were the first words spoken by Seamus O’hAodha (Seamus Hughes). This was followed by,

‘Se seo staisiun 2RN Baile Atha Cliath ag triail’ (This is 2RN Dublin Testing)

By 7.45pm, according to an article on the front page of the Sunday Independent, a large crowd had gathered at Hogan’s wireless shop on Henry Street to hear the first transmissions.