ARLA/CLUSTER: Sean Mc Quillan - A vida de um engenheiro e radio pirata irlandês em 1970

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Sean Mc Quillan - Engineer and Radio Pirate

The Meath Chronicle reports on the exploits of Sean Mc Quillan who set
up a pirate radio station in Eire in the 1970's

Portrait of a Pirate Radio Pioneer is a half-hour film by Jackie
Jarvis and produced by Kevin Allen.

In the documentary Mc Quillan is revealed not only as an expert
handyman, but also as a pirate radio presenter who remained undetected
over the years thanks to his having perfected a quick turnaround
disappearing act - in which he could shift his pirating activities
between a handful of locations in a mere matter of minutes.

Having started in 1971 with a two-hour Saturday night country and
western show which drew in the big names in the Irish showband
circuit, Mac Quillan savours the memory of his first outing as a
pirate DJ and the wonderful sense of achievement and satisfaction it
delivered.

I felt pioneering, almost Marconi. It was just something to be at and
wonderful when you got it done. We didn’t have a telephone or mobiles
then; the way you knew it worked was through people writing requests
on cement bags and kids copybooks.

Watch Sean Mc Quillan - Engineer, Farmer, Pirate Radio Pioneer
https://vimeo.com/90407094

Read the full story at
http://www.meathchronicle.ie/entertainment/roundup/articles/
2016/10/06/4127910-pirate-radio-station-moved-304-times/