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Brendan Behan in Paris
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Brendan Behan is one of Ireland's greatest writers. Some of his most important work was influenced by time he spent in Paris just after World War II …
7 years, 1 month ago
Reprisals
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Set in South Galway against the backdrop of one of the bloodiest months of the Irish War of Independence, th dramatic story the short life and tragic…
7 years, 1 month ago
Benjy The Little Gay Bull
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The story of how a little bull from the west of Ireland made national & international headlines which soon became an online viral sensation. In 2014 …
7 years, 2 months ago
There's Something About Elephants
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Amy Herron’s grandad was one of the most famous people in Ireland. He was Elephant-keeper at Dublin Zoo and entertained crowds with Sarah the elephan…
7 years, 2 months ago
Thomas and Tess
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Tess Murray never forgot her first love. She was a young teacher, engaged to Thomas McEver, a chemist who had moved to Dunmore Co. Galway as the Iris…
7 years, 2 months ago
Back To The Rock
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In August 1979, a massive Atlantic storm turned the Fastnet Yacht Race into the greatest yacht-racing disaster ever witnessed. In spite of the bigges…
7 years, 2 months ago
I Hope You Will Be Home Soon
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When Nan Delaney, from Co. Laois, died, her six children came across a small wooden box that she had kept private all her life. When they opened it, …
7 years, 2 months ago
The Baron of Broadway
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This is the near-unbelievable story of a man who, in the 1950s, tried to purchase the six counties of Northern Ireland and gift them to the Republic …
7 years, 3 months ago
Cigarettes and Samba
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The Irish soccer team’s 1982 tour of South America during the Falklands War was a farcical episode in Irish sport. 4 games, 3 defeats, 2 cancellation…
7 years, 3 months ago
The Whistleblower
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In 1976 the Cork to Dublin mail train was robbed of £200,000. Cormac Breatnach’s brother Osgur was arrested for it, confessed and was jailed for 12 y…
7 years, 3 months ago