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FOR THE RECORD ***NEW SERIES***

For The Record RTÉ Gold_Neven Maguire Image Name: For The Record RTÉ Gold_Neven Maguire
For The Record RTÉ Gold_Bronagh Gallagher Image Name: For The Record RTÉ Gold_Bronagh Gallagher
For The Record RTÉ Gold_Bronagh Gallagher Image Name: For The Record RTÉ Gold_Bronagh Gallagher
For the Record_Pat O'Mahony Image Name: For the Record_Pat O'Mahony
For the Record RTÉ Gold_Pat O'Mahony Image Name: For the Record RTÉ Gold_Pat O'Mahony

In an era when physical records – mainly vinyl, but also CDs and even cassettes – are making an against-the-streaming-tide comeback worldwide, in For The Record, a brand new and unique format for RTÉ Gold, major music-fan and TV & radio producer and presenter, Pat O’Mahony visits the homes of seven Irish celebrities who, like him, have over the years amassed significant hard-copy record collections.

While rummaging through their shelves he hears the music from and the stories behind not only their first, favourite and most recent acquisitions, but also any regrettable impulse buys and howling misjudgements, all the while discussing the varying importance of music to them at different points in their lives and the joy collecting and playing records has brought them.

Over For The Record’s seven episodes, Pat’s guests are:

Bronagh Gallagher: Derry-born singer and actress who shot to fame in 1991 as Bernie McGloughlin in Alan Parker’s The Commitments and has since starred in numerous international movies and TV dramas and released three solo albums and a handful of singles and EPs. Expect everything from Aretha Franklin and Muddy Waters to Sharon Van Etten

Neven Maguire: Celebrity chef from Blacklion, County Cavan, where he is also the head chef and proprietor of the MacNean House and Restaurant and runs his own cookery school. He has published several cookbooks and features regularly on television and radio. It might surprise many that Neven is a huge dance music aficionado and has his own decks set up at home.

Lilian Smith: Cork city native and now weekend presenter of Rising Time on RTÉ Radio 1, her collection includes lots of Bowie, Beatles and upcoming Irish acts – and maybe even some U2.

Aidan Gillen & Camille O’Sullivan: He’s an internationally renowned actor, known for appearances in Love/Hate, Game Of Thrones, Kin, Peaky Blinders, Charlie and The Wire, amongst others. She’s a singer known for her unique take on songs by artists such as Radiohead, Tom Waits, and David Bowie. Both have their own diverse musical tastes and one of them is the proud owner of a vintage working jukebox full of mostly crackin’ 1970s and ‘80’s punk and new wave 45s.

Mike Hanrahan: Singer-songwriter and guitarist – and occasional chef – from Ennis, County Clare who has worked solo, with Ronnie Drew, Leslie Dowdall and Maura O’Connell, and of course Stockton’s Wing. A fan of Scullion and Horslips, but also jazz and opera.

Eleanor Shanley: One of the country’s finest singers, both solo and over the years as a member of or in collaboration with the likes of De Dannan, Ronnie Drew, Mike Hanrahan, Sharon Shannon, Donal Lunny and U2, Galway is now home to this Leitrim native. Her record collection may not be massive but it is beautifully formed, full of gems from Paul Simon to Nina Simone to Mick Hanly.

Luke O’Neill: For many, the voice of the Covid19 pandemic as the media-friendly professor of biochemistry in the School of Biochemistry and Immunology at Trinity College Dublin, he’s also a member alongside RTE’s European Correspondent Tony Connelly of the group, Metabollix. Expect everything from The Beatles to classical and everything in between.

For The Record is a Pat O’Mahony production for RTÉ Gold funded by the BAI. Tune in on RTÉ Gold at 6.00pm for seven Sundays from November 6th 2022.