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Local radio play to air in
America
10.09.07
An Inishowen-penned
play will be broadcast on a major US radio network
next weekend as part of the Flight of the Earls
commemoration.
'This Place From Where the Earls Flew' by Martin
Lynch and Mary Lorraine McHugh, will feature on the
'Irish Hour' on WROL Boston two days after its
broadcast premiere on Inishowen Community Radio. |
Meanwhile, ICRfm will
do a live link-up between the play's authors and the
Irish Cultural Centre of New England directly after
the half-hour drama airs locally on Friday,
September 14th.
'This Place...' juxtaposes the story of the
important historic event and a modern day ‘Flight Of
The Earls’ looking at mass |
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emigration from Ireland
in the 1980s including a young couple who leave to
find work in Boston.
The project was funded by the Broadcasting
Commission of Ireland under the Sound and Vision
scheme.
"The play is moving but also serves to make the
listener think about the similarities between our
ancestors who fled all those years ago and our
friends and families who left Ireland only a couple
of decades back," said ICRfm assistant manager, Emma
McDermott.
Tune to 105fm or 107.6 fm at 4pm this Friday to hear
the play.
It can also be downloaded as a podcast from the
official Donegal County Council ‘Flight of the
Earls’ website. |
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