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Phonsie's keen to send Guard Gallagher to sing in a New York competition. It's 1956 in the sleepy Irish town. Stars TP McKenna.
Phonsie's keen to send Guard Gallagher to take part in a singing competition in New York.
Series set in the sleepy town of Ballylenon, Co Donegal in 1956.
Written by Christopher Fitz-Simon.
Phonsie Doherty 鈥�. TP McKenna
Muriel McConkey 鈥�. Margaret D'Arcy
Vera McConkey 鈥�. Stella McCusker
Vivienne Hawthorne 鈥�. Aine McCartney
Reverend Hawthorne 鈥�. Gerard Murphy
Guard Gallagher 鈥�. John Hewitt
Music arranged and performed by Stephanie Hughes.
Directed at 麻豆社 Belfast by Peter Kavanagh.
First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in June 1999.
Last on
Fri 15 Aug 2025
04:30
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
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