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The past is a foreign country said L.P Hartley, they do things differently there. In the autumn of 2022, our Storyteller in Residence, Francie McCarron visited Castleross Care Home, Carrickmacross and St. Mary’s Home in Castleblayney and spent several days reminiscing with many residents, recording their memories and stories. The Ireland they grew up is long gone but still very much alive in their memories. Let their voices be your guide into an Ireland where things were very different than they are today. This project was funded through the Dormant Accounts Fund 2022 and Creative Monaghan ...

In this podcast we are going to examine Irish Poetry written between 1912 and 1922. Presented by Clones Poet Ted McCarthy featuring guest speakers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Monaghan County Libraries put out a call for young readers to take part in our Summer Stars Podcast. We wanted to give young people an opportunity to talk about their favourite books and share their love of reading! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As part of our Decade of Centenaries programme, we commissioned local writer/historian Kevin McGeough, author of Unsung Heroes: The War of Independence in Monaghan to write, direct and produce part two of radio play series ‘The Emergency’ Set during the Emergency/WWI it meanders back and forth to key events during the 1919-23 period, with back stories to the characters, which involve some being active in the old IRA in 1919-21 and still looking for a pension, to women in Cumann na mBan who are getting no recognition from the state. One character's father was killed in the War of ...

Clones Library proudly presents our latest digital content, a one act radio play written and produced by Clones poet and writer Ted McCarthy. It is 1966, and Jimmy Finnegan is making the return journey across the Atlantic, almost fifty years after he left in a hurry and under a cloud. Back to a town where commemoration and memory are uneasy bedfellows, and ghosts inhabit the past and present. Starring Jerry Anselmo, Geraldine Zechner, Ciaran Morgan, Harry Cleary, Will Govan, Elizabeth Monahan, and David Welch. Edited by David Nicholl. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more ...

If walls could talk, the Foresters Hotel, also known as the Harp, also known as the Commercial, would have many tales to tell.Requiem for a Hotel traces, in narrative, dramatic monologue, poetry and song, the life of a hotel during the turbulent years of the twentieth century. Monaghan County Libraries under the Decade of Centenaries Programmed commissioned local award-winning Poet Ted McCarthy to research, write, direct, and produce this radio play which encapsulate a specific story set during a significant period of Irish history and aims to bring to live our history with a dramatic script,...

A Podcast from the students at National Learning Network Monaghan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.