1) THE VARIOUS VISIONS COMPARED (1.49 to 11.19)

This is a comparison by Sandy of the various Visions of Ireland of the period: Ancient Ireland & De Valera, De Valera & Joyce and Dev, Joyce and Whittaker. This last emerged in the late 50’s and 60’s.

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                A COMPARISON OF THE VARIOUS VISIONS FOR IRELAND

2) RETELLING “THE SHORT TWELVE IN MARLBOROUGH STREET”. (12.46 to 29.11)

Norman gives us a wide ranging and wise exploration of the whole era in one of his admired re-tellings. The whole telling held together by rivers and a perhaps Joycean inspired theme of  circularity

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                   The “Short Twelve in Marlborough. Street” – A Re-Telling 

3) THE VOICE OF THE LATIN AMERICAN EXILE.  (0.10 to 16.10)

We hear from Pablo and his families exile from Ireland to Argentina and then Brazil and about what is talked about and what remains silent

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                 THE EXPERIENCES OF AN EMIGRÉE FAMILY IN LATIN AMERICA 

Pablo Molloy and the émigrée experience in Argentina and Brazil

4) THE VOICE OF THE NORTH AMERICAN EXILE.  (17.45 to 27.29

We hear from Veronica as she recounts her families exile from Post Famine Ireland and as with other émigrées the exile does not mean that persecution and suffering do not carry on!

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                 THE EXPERIENCES OF AN EMIGRÉE FAMILY IN AMERICA 

Post Famine experiences in America and the continuing suffering