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Ireland, my Ireland

BBC Radio 3
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Why should I want to go back To you, Ireland, my Ireland?
The blots on the page are so black
That they cannot be covered with shamrock.
(AUTUMN JOURNAL)
A selection from the writings of Louis MacNeice on the country of his birth
Compiled by DENYS HAWTHORNE Narrator SAM HANNA BELL Readers R. D. SMITH and DENYS HAWTHORNE
Producer BRIAN BARFIELD
(First broadcast on BBC Radio Ulster in June 1975)

Contributors

Unknown:
Louis MacNeice
Narrator:
Denys Hawthorne
Narrator:
Sam Hanna Bell
Readers:
R. D. Smith
Readers:
Denys Hawthorne
Producer:
Brian Barfield
Source: Radio Times

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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