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Radio Oglaigh na h-Éireann (Irish pronunciation: [ˈɾˠadʲiːoː ˈoːɡl̪ˠiː n̪ˠə ˈheːɾʲən̪ˠ]) was established in 1962 to provide a short wave service to Irish Defence Forces serving in United Nations peacekeeping missions in Congo.
This is a list of the Irish language radio stations in Ireland. Irish-language radio stations. There are four radio stations that broadcast entirely in Irish:
Map of regional and local stations in Ireland. This list of radio stations in the Republic of Ireland lists all licensed radio stations broadcast in Ireland, sorted first by legal status, then by area. [1] The abbreviations MW, FM, DAB and DTT indicate the broadcasting bands used by each station. [2]
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Óglaigh na hÉireann (pronounced [ˈoːɡl̪ˠiː n̪ˠə ˈheːɾʲən̪ˠ]; ONH) is a small dissident Irish republican paramilitary group that took part in the dissident Irish republican campaign. The organisation started carrying out attacks around 2009 and was formed after a split within the Real IRA , led by Seamus McGrane .
A high power (initially 60 kW) station was established in Athlone, in 1932, to coincide with the staging of the Eucharistic Congress. 2RN, 6CK and Athlone became known as "Radio Athlone" or, in Irish, "Raidió Áth Luain" and were receivable across virtually the entire country. Radio Athlone was officially renamed "Radio Éireann" in 1938.
Óglach, the singular of óglaigh, comes from the Old Irish word óclach, meaning a young man or (by analogy) a young warrior. [9] The phrase Óglaigh na hÉireann was coined as an Irish-language name for the Irish Volunteers of 1913, [10] and it was retained despite the Volunteers becoming known in English as the Irish Republican Army (IRA) during the War of Independence of 1919–1922.
Classical music station RTÉ Lyric FM is based in Limerick city, and Irish language station RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta is based in Casla, County Galway. All news bulletins on radio still come from a studio in the Television Centre where the main newsroom is situated, this allows for convenient access to both the radio and television news studios.