ABOUT
SALTHILL MEDIA
Salthill Media is a Galway-based project built around listening, long-form conversation, and the stories that remain.
Storytelling & Sound, Recorded with Care
Salthill Media was founded as a quiet response to something simple: the realisation that voices, memories, and everyday presence are often lost sooner than we expect.
Through Life Stories and long-form interviewing, I work with individuals, families, and organisations to create private recordings that can be kept, shared, or passed down - with complete discretion and care.
Recordings take place across Ireland and Northern Ireland, and remotely worldwide.
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What Salthill Media Does
Podcast Production
Home of The Ireland Podcast - a long-running series exploring Irish culture, creativity, and identity through interviews.
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Visit The Ireland Podcast →​​​​​
About
My name is Fender Jackson, and I’m the founder of Salthill Media.
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I work with individuals, families, and organisations to record Life Stories - private interviews created with warmth, care, and complete discretion.
These recordings are designed to preserve what matters most: a voice, a presence, and a personal or organisational history.
Why I Began Recording Life Stories
Much of this work comes from something personal.
Both of my grandfathers died before I was born, and I’ve often thought about the small things I will never be able to know - what their voices sounded like, or what their laughter was like in a room.
Around the turn of the millennium, I began recording conversations with my parents, simply as something lasting for the future - not for publication, but for the people who might one day want to hear them again.
My mother died while my children were still young, and it reinforced for me how quickly a voice, a presence, and a sense of someone’s character can be lost. Although my children have memories of her, I know that in years to come they will want to understand more fully what she was really like.
I have also recorded many hours of conversation with my father, and I remain grateful that those moments have been preserved.
My grand-uncle’s Heron Papers - a collection relating to Irish language and folklore in the Sperrin Mountains in the early twentieth century - also stayed with me as an example of how much can be carried forward through careful record.
Life Stories grew from that same instinct: to preserve voice, memory, and presence while we still can - quietly, privately, and with care.
Experience In Long-form Interviewing
Alongside Life Stories, I produce and host The Ireland Podcast, where I record long-form conversations with cultural and historical figures across Ireland and beyond.
With over 200 episodes recorded, the podcast has become an ongoing audio archive of Irish voices, memory, and lived experience.
That work has shaped the approach behind Life Stories - careful listening, thoughtful pacing, and a respect for the person behind the story.
The same documentary attention is brought to each private recording session, created with warmth, discretion, and care.
Recording in Ireland, Northern Ireland, and remotely
Salthill Media is based in Galway, with recordings available in person across Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Remote sessions are also offered worldwide, allowing families and organisations to record stories wherever they are.
All recordings are professionally edited and delivered privately.
Privacy & Ownership
Life Stories are created in confidence.
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Each recording belongs entirely to the person or organisation commissioning it. Recordings may remain private, shared only with family, or kept as part of a lasting personal or organisational archive.
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Nothing is published or shared without clear permission.
