Irish pirate radio in international waters, later identified itself as Radio Scotland and Ireland when its radio ship moved to anchorage off the west coast and within range of Ireland (for a time they anchored off Northern Ireland). During the mid-1960s there were unconfirmed reports of test broadcasts from Irish offshore stations like "Radio Shannon" and "Radio Lambay" but such transmissions if they ever took place were probably the work of landbased radio enthusiasts. Some UK offshore stations, particularly Radio Scotland and Radio Caroline North had a sizable following in Ireland. Irish pirate radio Pirate radio in Ireland has had a long history,
Pirate radio in Limerick Pirate radio in Limerick Limerick has had an amount of pirate radio stations over the years; however, not many of these have had sufficient longevity to make a significant impact. The biggest radio stations in the region from the late 70s to mid-80s were Raidio Luimni (8 years), www.BigLradiolimerick.com (7 years), Hits 954. (3 years) and RLWE (Radio Limerick Weekly Echo) (6 months). Other reasonably-significant radio stations in the area over the years included Independent Radio Limerick, CCR (City Centre Radio), Radio Vera, Radio Munster, SoundChannel and Mid-West Radio (a name since adopted somewhat confusingly by a legal radio station