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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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The sleepy Irish town rumbles into life at plans to demolish the courthouse for a car park

Set in 1953, the sleepy Irish town rumbles into life at plans to demolish the courthouse for a car park. Starring TP McKenna.

Series set in the sleepy town of Ballylenon, Co Donegal, in 1953, before the days of mass tourism in Ireland - and proper plumbing in every home. 

Trouble brews when the McConkey sisters join forces with hotel owner, Phonsie Doherty to campaign for the demolition of the Georgian courthouse to make way for a car park. 

Written by Christopher Fitz-Simon. 

Phonsie Doherty ...... TP McKenna
Muriel Maconchy ...... Margaret D'Arcy
Vera Maconchy ...... Stella McCusker
Vivienne Boal ...... Aine McCartney
Guard Gallagher ...... John Hewitt 
Stumpy Bonner ...... Gerard McSorley
Rev Samuel Hawthorne ...... Gerard Murphy
RL Watson ...... Roma Tomelty
O'Brollochain ...... Kevin Flood

Music arranged and performed by Stephanie Hughes. 

Director: Eoin O'Callaghan

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1994.

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