Tribe Talk gives local hurling supporters plenty to listen to
ONE of the podcasts that became a regular feature of every Galway hurling enthusiast’s season last year was Tribe Talk – The Galway Hurling Podcast, which was founded by local journalists Patrick Earley and David Connors.
Airing for the first time in July 2020, the podcast, also available on YouTube and, later in the year, on Spotify, proved a major success, often receiving well in excess of 2,000 hits per episode between their listenership and viewership figures.
Earley, a freelance contributor to The Connacht Tribune and other publications, says the podcast was something he and Tuam Herald reporter David Connors had discussed doing for some time.
Given their strong hurling backgrounds – Earley is a versatile exponent with the Beagh senior team while former St. Thomas’ underage player Connors was a selector with Athenry intermediates last year – their focus was always going to be on the small ball.
“We kicked it off with an interview with Damien Hayes and we previewed all the first round games in the senior and intermediate championships,” begins Earley. “The response was very good and it (success) was instant enough. Pretty much every episode was clearing the thousand mark on YouTube and has been ever since.”
Earley says that they really enjoyed working on the episodes, some of which ran up to two hours, and they received great help from their regular contributors and guests, most notably from the affable Kevin ‘Chunky’ Hayes, a former Galway player and All-Ireland club winner with Portumna.
“Chunky is kind of the third member of the team in many ways, because he was with us for an awful lot of episodes,” says Earley. “His knowledge of the club scene is fantastic, especially when you are doing the club coverage. You need to have someone that has a knowledge of it, an understanding of it and follows it.
For more, read this week’s Connacht Tribune.
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