I'm Grand Mam: Meet the Cork duo whose scribbled plane plans led to podcast success
PJ Kirby and Kevin Twomey of the I'm Grand Mam podcast
When I first try to get in touch with Kevin Twomey and PJ Kirby, we laugh about the difficulty it took for me to get through to the Corkonians in London. “It’s so much nicer to see people in person anyways,” PJ remarks when we finally connect via Zoom. It’s something the podcasters don’t often get to do. They’re usually making people laugh through headphones with their renowned podcast I’m Grand Mam. The podcast, first created in 2019 whilst on a plane to Budapest with plastic cups of wine in hand, now has over 50,000 weekly listeners. Five seasons in, the duo have become bonafide stars both at home in Cork, London and beyond.
PJ is sitting in a meeting room at the creative advertising agency he works in when we speak and Kevin, who currently works at a gym, is sitting in their apartment, face framed by the Pride edition bottle of Absolut vodka sitting on a nearby shelf. "My room looks a state," he says in a Douglas accent that has refused to be rebuked by any London notions. PJ is from Blarney Street and holds his northside accent in pride. "I'd get torn apart if I went back and was speaking in an English accent,” he says. "PJ puts on his Cork accent when it comes to podcast things, he actually has a much more neutral accent,” Kevin interjects with a wink. "He's lying."
