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Changing Times - The Allenwood Conversations
Mary McAleese & Mary Kennedy - Dundara Television and Media
42 episodes
6 months ago

A former President of Ireland, a broadcasting icon and an array of guests with an incredible story to tell.


What more would you want?!!


Changing Times – The Allenwood Conversations is a compelling and humorous podcast hosted by Mary McAleese and Mary Kennedy, two of Ireland’s most iconic voices. Each week, they sit down with a well-known Irish guest to explore the universal theme of change—something we all experience in life. With insight, warmth, and plenty of laughs, they uncover how their guests navigate transitions, challenges, and new beginnings, offering wisdom, resilience, and often, unexpected humor.


From Irish history and culture to personal journeys of reinvention, Changing Timesconnects the past with the present in a way that resonates with Irish people at home and abroad. Whether you’re part of the Irish diaspora in America, the UK, or Canada, or simply passionate about Irish storytelling, politics, and cultural heritage, this podcast offers thought-provoking and entertaining discussions on Irish-American identity, the Irish in Britain, and the evolving Irish experience.


As featured on The Late Late Show and Apple Podcasts Ireland, Changing Times is a must-listen for anyone interested in Ireland’s global influence, Irish traditions, and the personal stories behind life’s biggest changes.


🎙️ New episodes available every week on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major platforms. Subscribe now and join the conversation!


Produced by Enda Grace at Dundara Television and Media.




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A former President of Ireland, a broadcasting icon and an array of guests with an incredible story to tell.


What more would you want?!!


Changing Times – The Allenwood Conversations is a compelling and humorous podcast hosted by Mary McAleese and Mary Kennedy, two of Ireland’s most iconic voices. Each week, they sit down with a well-known Irish guest to explore the universal theme of change—something we all experience in life. With insight, warmth, and plenty of laughs, they uncover how their guests navigate transitions, challenges, and new beginnings, offering wisdom, resilience, and often, unexpected humor.


From Irish history and culture to personal journeys of reinvention, Changing Timesconnects the past with the present in a way that resonates with Irish people at home and abroad. Whether you’re part of the Irish diaspora in America, the UK, or Canada, or simply passionate about Irish storytelling, politics, and cultural heritage, this podcast offers thought-provoking and entertaining discussions on Irish-American identity, the Irish in Britain, and the evolving Irish experience.


As featured on The Late Late Show and Apple Podcasts Ireland, Changing Times is a must-listen for anyone interested in Ireland’s global influence, Irish traditions, and the personal stories behind life’s biggest changes.


🎙️ New episodes available every week on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major platforms. Subscribe now and join the conversation!


Produced by Enda Grace at Dundara Television and Media.




Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Society & Culture,
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George McMahon
Changing Times - The Allenwood Conversations
57 minutes 39 seconds
7 months ago
George McMahon

Fair City made him a household name, but George McMahon’s story goes far beyond Carrigstown—charting a path through the highs and challenges of an ever-evolving acting career in Ireland.

From growing up in Clondalkin to stepping onto the set of Fair City as a teenager, the good humoured and charming George McMahon has spent most of his life in front of the camera. But his journey hasn’t been without its twists—navigating the unpredictable world of acting, embracing new creative challenges, and balancing life in the public eye.

In this episode he chats to Mary McAleese and Mary Kennedy about life and change including:


  • Family life growing up
  • How it "wasn't always going to be acting"
  • His parents ambitions for him
  • Getting the acting break at 13
  • Winning a BAFTA and the "Cigar" experience
  • An education regret and his interest in law
  • His shyness going into Fair City and his first ever scene
  • "Blowing Up Mondo"
  • On set disaster
  • Dealing with dark storylines
  • Mondo and Kira
  • Photographic memory
  • Mirroring real life in fiction
  • The process of filming an episode of Fair City
  • Stage to screen
  • His relationship with the fans
  • Peoples attitude to Fair City
  • How he met his wife Rachel
  • Running a stage school with Rachel
  • Being three months into a new mortgage when the shut down of Fair City and their stage school happened with Covid
  • His two small children Frankie and Kody
  • How fatherhood has changed him
  • What his children think about him being on TV
  • The insecurity of being an actor
  • An actors wage
  • Climbing Everest
  • Visiting Calcutta
  • His views on religion and spirituality
  • An emotional experience "eventually I just started crying"
  • The world today
  • A unique answer to the question "If you could change anything what would it be?"


Produced by Enda Grace at Dundara Television and Media


Proudly sponsored by the Meadowlands Hotel, Tralee.


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Changing Times - The Allenwood Conversations

A former President of Ireland, a broadcasting icon and an array of guests with an incredible story to tell.


What more would you want?!!


Changing Times – The Allenwood Conversations is a compelling and humorous podcast hosted by Mary McAleese and Mary Kennedy, two of Ireland’s most iconic voices. Each week, they sit down with a well-known Irish guest to explore the universal theme of change—something we all experience in life. With insight, warmth, and plenty of laughs, they uncover how their guests navigate transitions, challenges, and new beginnings, offering wisdom, resilience, and often, unexpected humor.


From Irish history and culture to personal journeys of reinvention, Changing Timesconnects the past with the present in a way that resonates with Irish people at home and abroad. Whether you’re part of the Irish diaspora in America, the UK, or Canada, or simply passionate about Irish storytelling, politics, and cultural heritage, this podcast offers thought-provoking and entertaining discussions on Irish-American identity, the Irish in Britain, and the evolving Irish experience.


As featured on The Late Late Show and Apple Podcasts Ireland, Changing Times is a must-listen for anyone interested in Ireland’s global influence, Irish traditions, and the personal stories behind life’s biggest changes.


🎙️ New episodes available every week on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major platforms. Subscribe now and join the conversation!


Produced by Enda Grace at Dundara Television and Media.




Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.