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Episode 1

BallylenonSeries 4
Episode 1 of 4

Phonsie gets excited by the discovery linked to a ramshackle cottage. It's 1955 in the sleepy Irish town. Stars TP McKenna.

The discovery that a ramshackle cottage may have belonged to the family of US President, Herbert Hoover presents Phonsie with a major financial opportunity.

Series set in the sleepy town of Ballylenon, Co Donegal, in 1955, before the days of mass tourism and proper plumbing in every home.

Written by Christopher Fitz-Simon.

Phonsie Doherty ...... TP McKenna
Vera McConkey ...... Stella McCusker
Muriel McConkey ...... Margaret D'Arcy
Vivienne Boal ...... Aine McCartney
Stumpy Bonnar ...... Gerard McSorley
Guard Gallagher ...... John Hewitt
Peg Sweeney...........Anna Manahan
Rev Samuel Hawthorne......Gerard Murphy

Music arranged and performed by Stephanie Hughes.

Director: Eoin O'Callaghan

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1997.

30 minutes

Last on

Thu 18 Jul 202402:00
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