Ian Dowling: The Irish Picker

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

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4.8 • 834 Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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This week, we bring you the star and mastermind behind the hit show Irish Pickers, Ian Dowling. In the true style for which Ian is known, with all his cards laid out on the table, Ian generously tells us his incredible journey of success, tragedy, rebuilding and being the creator of his own path. Ian explains how he left a fantastic life in Australia to return home to help his family through a traumatic period, the fluke circumstances which caused a fire to destroy much of his business and how he took everything he had left with him to America all before Irish Pickers even went to air. From the art of haggling to his incredible collection of historical Irish materials and much more, this is a truly enlightening conversation with a man whose passion for his craft is second-to-none. To hear every episode in full and to gain access to the entire back-catalogue of over 400 Irishman Abroad episodes that are not available on iTunes for just the price of a pint every month visit www.patreon.com/irishmanabroad Our charity partner is jigsawonline.ie. In these tricky times, Jigsaw provides a range of resources, advice and care for your people to help them strengthen their mental health and the skills needed to navigate life. Please visit their website and consider making a donation. For updates on future episodes and live shows follow @jarlath on Twitter, visit www.jigser.com or email the show directly on [email protected]. Disclaimer: All materials contained within this podcast are copyright protected. Third party reuse and/or quotation in whole or in part is prohibited unless direct credit and/or hyperlink to the Irishman Abroad podcast is clearly and accurately provided.

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0:00.0	It's the Sunday edition of an Irish man abroad, our big interview, and Ian Dowling is my guest
0:08.4	today, the man behind the wildly successful Irish Pickers TV show and the creator of the
0:14.5	brilliant rare Irish stuff.com. Ian's skill isn't just in finding the most exquisite, forgotten pieces of old Irish life.
0:25.6	His ability is to do deals, fair deals with the people that own those extraordinary things.
0:33.7	It all began at a very young age when he made a 50p purchase at a church fair.
0:39.4	When he flipped that item in the buy and sell the next day, he was hooked.
0:43.3	The items he now sells are all about their story, their place in the story of Ireland.
0:50.6	Whether it's the original doors from Buellys on Grafton Street, the letters from the Tivoli Theatre Billboard,
0:56.0	the death mask of Kevin Barry, a signed copy of the Good Friday Agreement, or a whiskey vending machine.
1:04.0	Do you remember those from an Irish pub back in the day?
1:07.0	There is nothing this man can't find.
1:10.0	His immigration story is both heartbreaking
1:12.8	and uplifting at the same time and I was delighted to have the chance to sit down with him
1:16.7	and present a little taste of our conversation for you here. We don't have a sponsor on Irishman
1:23.7	abroad. Instead, we use this space to shine a light on our chosen charity partner,
1:29.3	jigsaw.I.E. Why not go over there and have a look at the incredible work they're doing for
1:34.4	youth mental health in Ireland today? That's jigsaw.i.e. the chosen charity partner of an Irish man
1:41.1	abroad. That's the small talk.
1:44.8	Now let's go down to business.
1:46.7	Now, your programme, what's de big idea?
1:50.6	Well, they're going to know the Irish much better.
1:53.2	We've now got to know how largely their mind works.
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