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Episode 4

BallylenonSeries 3
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A job offer for the Reverend Hawthorne raises Ms Boal's expectations. It's 1955 in the sleepy Irish town. Stars TP McKenna.

A job offer for the Reverend Hawthorne raises Ms Boal's expectations.

Series set in the sleepy town of Ballylenon, Co Donegal, in 1953, 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
Reverend Hawthorne …. Gerard Murphy

Music arranged and performed by Stephanie Hughes.

Director: Eoin O'Callaghan

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1996.

30 minutes

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Thu 11 Apr 202402:00
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