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Honest conversations with the founders and builders behind Kilkenny.Built in Kilkenny sits down with the people who started something in this city. The wins, the setbacks, and what it really takes to build something from nothing.No gurus. No overnight success stories. Just real people and real stories.New episodes regularly. A Charlie Cook Live series.
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Signup to Generate a PitchHonest conversations with the founders and builders behind Kilkenny. Built in Kilkenny sits down with the people who started something in this city. The wins, the setbacks, and what it really takes to build something from nothing. No gurus. No overnight success stories. Just real people and real stories. New episodes regularly. A Charlie Cook Live series.
Built in Kilkenny is hosted by Charlie. The show has published 16 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "I'm 38 and I've Never Voted. Why Should I Care? | Luke O'Connor | Built in Kilkenny Ep.16" (19 October 2026, 43 minutes), "The Biggest Weight Loss Misconceptions Women Have | Denise Murphy" (18 October 2026, 37 minutes), and "Your Brain Thinks a Presentation Is a Bear Attack | Kate McGrath" (21 September 2026, 40 minutes).
Built in Kilkenny publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 40 minutes across 16 episodes.
Booking probability for Built in Kilkenny is 28%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Built in Kilkenny requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Built in Kilkenny's contact route on record: public web form.
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Charlie hosts Built in Kilkenny, a business podcast with 16 episodes published.
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Episode #16
Luke O'Connor is a member of the Irish Freedom Party, based in Kilkenny. He has run for election both as an independent and for the party. In this episode of Built in Kilkenny, we start with a question I've never had a...
Denise Murphy is a nutritionist and personal trainer based in Kilkenny, running Dee Murphy Coaching. She's worked with intercounty and club GAA teams as a performance nutritionist, lectures part-time at TUS on strength...
Kate McGrath is a public speaking coach and speech and drama teacher based in Kilkenny. She started out as a primary school teacher, ran her own speech and drama school, Starburst, since 2013, and more recently began...
Tom Britton grew up daydreaming out the classroom window at CBS Kilkenny and failed his Leaving Cert the first time around. Years later, he earned his pilot’s licence at 17, only for a diagnosis of a lazy right eye to...
Episode #12
Kilkenny pharmacist and OCARA Wellness founder Laura Hogan joins me for Episode 12 of Built in Kilkenny. Laura talks about life behind the pharmacy counter, why prevention matters as much as treatment, and what years of...
Clive Barnes has spent his entire working life making music. He picked up the guitar at six, played his first gig at 12, and went on to build a career that has taken him across Europe, the UK and the US. In this episode...
Episode #11
Tom Britton is the founder of Marble City Travel in Kilkenny, named Travel Agency of the Year for the Republic of Ireland by the Travel Trade Gazette on more than one occasion. He trained as a pilot from the age of 15...
Ian Flynn is the owner of High Society Tattoo Studio in Kilkenny, with almost 30 years in the trade. He started with a tattoo machine that had a pencil in it, drawing on paper to get used to the weight, back when...
Lucy Condon is the founder of VenueGolf, an overnight golf events company built exclusively for women. She spotted a gap at mixed golf events, where a handful of women would turn up, the prizes never ran, and there was...
Alberto Kupper is a musician, bass player and vocal coach from São Paulo, Brazil. He arrived in Ireland in September 2005 with a bass in one hand and a suitcase in the other, moved to Kilkenny on Christmas Day, and has...
Stevie Mulrooney is 10 years old, from Kilkenny, and he's already sung Ireland's Call to 55,000 people at the Aviva Stadium. In this episode of Built in Kilkenny, Stevie and his dad Seamus tell the story of the Late...
Ciara O'Connor is a secondary school music teacher who spotted a gap: kids arriving at school unable to read music, and teachers who didn't feel equipped to teach it. So she built Ceoil Cliste, a hands-on programme that...
Declan Buggy left school with no qualifications and taught himself trade skills in his parents' shed using his late granddad's old tools. Today he runs the Irish School of DIY, teaching people all over the country how...
Anne Healy turns genuine worn Irish horseshoes into good luck gifts sent all over the world. In this episode of Built in Kilkenny, Anne tells the story of leaving her job at AXA in 2019 to chase an idea people told her...
Episode #3
Decky Casey has spent nearly two decades helping people through job interviews. A year ago he turned it into a business, Ace That Interview, while still working full-time in the HSE and raising his daughter. In this...
Episode #2
<p>Zero fillers in the product. Zero outside funding. Zero salary since September.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode of Built in Kilkenny, Charlie Cook sits down with Odhrán, co-founder of Second Self Life, a premium...
<p>For more than two centuries, two brewing families called Kilkenny home. Then it all disappeared.</p><p><br></p><p>In this first episode of Built in Kilkenny, Charlie Cook sits down with Dan Smithwick, descendant of...
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Community and Development Services Director, Marble City Travel
Kate McGrath Communications
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