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Ballylenon

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Comedy drama series by Christopher Fitz-Simon, set in the 1950s in a Donegal town

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Phonsie's sale of the Hoover ancestral home is the cause of much speculation.

Phonsie's sale of the Hoover ancestral home is the cause of much speculation. 1956 sleepy Irish town whimsy with TP McKenna.

Phonsie's sale of the Hoover ancestral home sparks much speculation.

Series set in the sleepy town of Ballylenon, Co Donegal in 1956.

Written by Christopher Fitz-Simon. 

Phonsie Doherty …. TP McKenna
Muriel McConkey …. Margaret D'Arcy
Vera McConkey …. Stella McCusker
Vivienne Boal …. Aine McCartney
Packy McGoldrick …. Charlie Bonnar
Peg Sweeney …. Marcella Riordan 
Father O'Flatley …. John Guiney

Music arranged and performed by Stephanie Hughes. 

Director: Eoin O'Callaghan

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1998.

Ballylenon: Series 5

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