{"podcast":{"title":"The GAA Social","slug":"the-gaa-social-3752702","podcast_index_feed_id":3752702,"rss_url":"https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/p09h7q3x.rss","website_url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09h7q3x","image_url":"http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/3000x3000/p0h6kxql.jpg","author":"BBC","episode_count":253,"summary":"The GAA Social brings to life stories from Gaelic Games. It features pundit discussions and wide-ranging interviews with the sport’s players, managers and officials.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-gaa-social-3752702"},"episode":{"title":"Conor Whelan. Changing direction in life, no glass ceiling in Galway.","slug":"conor-whelan-changing-direction-in-life-no-glass-ceiling-in-galway","published_at":"2026-04-14T17:34:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-gaa-social-3752702/conor-whelan-changing-direction-in-life-no-glass-ceiling-in-galway","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-gaa-social-3752702","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0ndctwt","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0ndcq1g.mp3","summary":"Conor Whelan will take the field this weekend as Galway begin another championship campaign. It seems, a two horse race for the big prize, and that doesn't include the current All-Ireland champions. Where does that leave Galway? Conor Whelan is different. A talented hurler and if Galway are to beat Kilkenny this weekend he'll be needed. He's different because he looks upon things, differently. Before playing a key match before Cork in an All-Ireland quarter-final, he arrived with no boots and no hurl. Youthful easy-going. He was a teacher, but decided to go back to college to study a PHD in mental health and wellbeing. Maybe the death of his cousin Niall Donohue was a reason. The talented Galway hurlerr died by suicide in 2013. Whelan spent time working in Cuan Mhuire treatment centre, learning his craft and that's paved a different route. Thoughtful, interesting and just a little bit different. Conor Whelan on the GAA Social","meta_description":"Conor Whelan will take the field this weekend as Galway begin another championship campaign. It seems, a two horse race for the big prize, and that doesn'…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3585,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-gaa-social-3752702/episodes/conor-whelan-changing-direction-in-life-no-glass-ceiling-in-galway/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-gaa-social-3752702/conor-whelan-changing-direction-in-life-no-glass-ceiling-in-galway.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}