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The Letter from Ireland Podcast - with Carina & Mike Collins

The Letter from Ireland Podcast. Join us as we travel in the footsteps of your Irish Ancestors - visiting their homelands and telling their stories as they put down roots in so many places around the world.
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Now displaying: October, 2017
Oct 26, 2017

In this episode, Carina reads two of our letters from Ireland. First up we take a look at the story of Irish explorer who was also an Irish Saint: "A Voyage With Saint Brendan. Then, she introduces us to some more Irish explorers - famous for their antics in the Antarctic, as well as a well-known Irish actor whom you probably consider English: "Britons, Quakers and Kerrymen". 

Oct 6, 2017

In this episode, we look at two stories of strong Irish women. The first story examines that well-known muse of the poet, W.B. Yeats - Maud Gonne. In the second story, we look at the mother of a man who you still see on the "telly" on a regular basis. Did you know that "Mrs Brown", also known as Brendan O'Carroll - has a mother with an amazing story of her own?

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