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Episode 1

Ballylenon Series 6
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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 91福利社 Belfast by Peter Kavanagh.

First broadcast on 91福利社 Radio 4 in June 1999.

30 minutes

Last on

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