Liam Hughes grew up in the States, but comes home (to Ireland) at least a couple of times a year. He’s an artist, designer, singer, and more, and has family in the Silvermines in Tipperary, Ireland. He designs shard jewelry, including Irish pieces.
What you’ll hear
- How it feels to come home to Ireland to Liam’s cottage near his family farm
- How he grew up in an Irish neighborhood
- His top advice on how to make the most of your trip to Ireland
Who’s in the episode
- Liam Hughes – check his beautiful shard jewelry and Irish Fireside blog and podcast.
- Eoin of Bitesize Irish Gaelic, for learning to speak Irish in easy bitesize lessons
Mentioned in the episode
- Liam’s shard jewelry
- Keeper Hill
- Silvermines, Tipperary, Ireland
- King John’s Castle
- Past episode with Felicity
- Cliffs of Moher
- Burren
- Conamara
Ann Cartmell 
Phoebe Cristina 
Kallista Laven 
Another great interview, Eoin. You have a knack for finding great guests. Our trips to Ireland tend to be along one coast or the other. And there is still a great deal there we’ve never seen. But one day we have to go down the middle & find all those Counties that do not go down to the sea.
I love the jewelry as well. It would be great to have a piece that has the history he spoke of.
Thanks again. Ann
Nice to have you listening, Ann, as always.
Yup, Liam jewelery is very nice: http://www.liamshardjewelry.com/
Agreed about traveling down through the center of Ireland. There are many historic and pre-historic spots, and you’ll find there’s a different atmosphere/feeling compared to the coastal roads.
I clicked several times on the link for the “Irish Fireside” web page and something is wrong–the page loads for a fraction of a second then goes blank. It happens every time. I tried typing the address in myself and the same thing happened.
Thanks for letting us know. I’ve click the link ( http://irishfireside.com/ ) and Irish Fireside is loading for me. Could you try again? Otherwise, we’ll put you in contact with Corey over there.
Sorry to say that this page was published without a podcast file attached to it. I’ve added the audio file now, so you should be able to listen. You can listen using the audio button at the top of the page. Or use the “Download” link. Or, follow the link in the post to listen in iTunes.
Thanks to Liam for taking the time to talk. It was a pleasure.
This episode was very nice. It was fun to hear that your guest, Liam, grew up in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. I am listening in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula, in Traverse City.
Great to hear that you enjoyed the episode!
That’s a nice coincidence ????