What's The Craic

They are one of the most promising bands to come out of Ireland in years. With the recent release of their second EP Letter to Willow and a whole tour supporting Hozier - they are coming to Brighton in May to perform at The Great Escape Festival. I speak to Karen of Wyvern Lingo about how they met, their music style so far, how their long time friend Hozier has been such an influence on them and some choice lyrics on their latest single...

Fresh from his Oscar win at the 88th Academy Awards for Best Short Film Live Action for his short Stutterer, we speak to Dubliner Benjamin Cleary. He joins the small club of Irish Oscar winners which includes Peter O'Toole, George Bernard Shaw, Neil Jordan and Brenda Fricker. We chat about how he got started in film-making, the lead up to the big night and what his business card says now post Oscar win...

As part of a series of features to mark the centenary of the 1916 Rising, one of the pivotal political moments in modern Irish history, we look to Brighton itself for a taste of Irish history.

Chairperson of the Brighton Irish organisation, Ty Galvin's great uncle Tadhg Barry was a founder member of Sein Fein with Arthur Griffith in 1907 and was under arms in the 1916 Rising itself...

We catch up with fiddler Rowan Piggott at an Irish whiskey tasting event in Regency Town House, Hove on St Patrick's Day organised by City Reads Brighton and Hove in honour of this year's selected book The Good Son by Paul McVeigh.

We chat about Rowan's background and about the different types of fiddle playing styles. Rowan also performs two songs for us!

What's the Craic is a weekly Irish radio show that broadcasts on Brighton's Radio Reverb on 97...

We catch up with whiskey writer Dave Broom at an Irish whiskey tasting event in Regency Town House, Hove on St Patrick's Day organised by City Reads Brighton and Hove in honour of this year's selected book The Good Son by Paul McVeigh.

We chat about whats involved in a whiskey tasting, get some tips from Dave on what to look for when tasting and discuss some Irish whiskeys.

What's the Craic is a weekly Irish radio show that broadcasts on Brighton's Radio Reverb on 97...

Michelle Harris takes to the streets of Brighton to find out what Brightonians think and KNOW about St Patrick's Day.

What's the Craic is a weekly Irish radio show that broadcasts on Brighton's Radio Reverb on 97.2FM, DAB and online at radioreverb.com. You can hear it live Mondays at 8pm or catch the repeat on Tuesdays at 3pm or Saturdays at 1am GMT. You can follow us on Twitter at @whatsthecraicrr or on facebook...

Michelle Harris delves into exactly who St Patrick was. She explores his origins and how he became the patron saint of Ireland and solves the mystery of how the shamrock is associated with St Patrick's Day. She also looks at how he spawned one of the world's most celebrated feast days!

What's the Craic is a weekly Irish radio show that broadcasts on Brighton's Radio Reverb on 97.2FM, DAB and online at radioreverb.com...

Paul McVeigh is a prize winning Irish author whose book The Good Son, which is set during the Troubles in Belfast, has been awarded Brighton’s City Reads honour for 2016. His book is being featured across that festival which runs from 3rd March to 29th MAY with a number of events planned across Brighton to honour his book.

We got him into the Radio Reverb studios to chat about his book, the festival and his own experiences of Northern Ireland during the troubles...

To mark Seachtain na Gaeilge [the biggest Irish language festival in the world] we talk to Nioclas O Laoire who is a "muinteoir Gaeilge"/Irish teacher from Cork.

We talk about adults learning the Irish language, his experiences of teaching the Irish language and we teach Brighton and Hove a few Irish phrases which may be particularly useful in the run up to St Patrick's Day on 17th March...

Seachtain na Gaeilge is the biggest Irish language festival in Ireland and across the world. This year it runs from 1st to 17th March.

I speak to Brenda Ni Ghairbhi of Conradh na Gaeilge the organisers of the festival about what it is, what events are taking place in 2016 to mark it and how people can get involved wherever in the world they are.

What's the Craic is a weekly Irish radio show that broadcasts on Brighton's Radio Reverb on 97.2FM, DAB and online at radioreverb.com...