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Episode 4

BallylenonSeries 6
Episode 4 of 6

The residents await news from New York, while the Hawthornes are fretting. It's 1956 in the sleepy Irish town. Stars TP McKenna.

Residents await news of Guard Gallagher's performance in New York while the Hawthornes fret about their declining congregation.

Series set in the sleepy town of Ballylenon, Co Donegal in 1956.

Written by Christopher Fitz-Simon.

Phonsie Doherty …. TP McKenna
Muriel McConkey …. Margaret D'Arcy
Vera McConkey …. Stella McCusker
Rev Samuel Hawthorne …. .Gerard Murphy
Josie Doherty …. Ali White
Packy McGoldrick …. Charlie Bonnar
Stumpy Bonnar …. Gerard McSorley

Music arranged and performed by Stephanie Hughes

Directed at BBC Belfast by Peter Kavanagh

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998.

30 minutes

Last on

Fri 5 Sep 202504:30
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