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THE FLIGHT OF THE EARLS

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A work for radio by H. A. L. CRAIG
On September 14, 1607, a frightened little ship sailed from Lough Swilly in the north of Ireland. It carried the Earls of Tyrone and Tirconnell, the O'Neill and the O'Donnell, into exile. The flight of the Earls was the dramatic and visible fall of Gaelic Ireland. and members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company with Enid Simon (harp) The songs set by Tristram Cary and Dominic Behan
Production by DOUGLAS CLEVERDON : second broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
H. A. L. Craig
Unknown:
Lough Swilly
Unknown:
Gaelic Ireland.
Harp:
Bnid Simon
Unknown:
Triseram Cary
Unknown:
Domimc Behan
Production By:
Douglas Clerverdron
The O'Neill:
Godfrey Quigley
The O'Donnell:
Jack MacGowren
Brian Macnamee, The O'Neill's:
Harpist Dominic Behan
Seamus O'Leary. The O'Donnell's:
Harpist Norman Henry
Maguire:
Harry Hutchinson
Art Macsuagnaigh:
P G Stephens
Captain Bath:
Norman Wynne

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