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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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BBC Radio 4 Extra - Ballylenon, Series 7, Episode 1

Muriel returns from a pilgrimage. Phonsie is quick to capitalise.

Muriel returns from a pilgrimage. Phonsie is quick to capitalise. It's 1959 in the sleepy Irish town. Stars Gerard Murphy. 

When Muriel experiences a 'miraculous apparition' whilst on pilgrimage to Lourdes, Phonsie Doherty is quick to seize on its business potential for Ballylenon.

Series set in the sleepy town of Ballylenon, Co Donegal in 1959.

Written by Christopher Fitz-Simon.

Muriel Maconchy ...... Margaret D'Arcy
Vera Maconchy ...... Stella McCusker
Phonsie Doherty ...... Gerard Murphy 
Vivienne Hawthorne ...... Annie McCartney
Rev Samuel Hawthorne ...... Miche Doherty 
Stumpy Bonner ...... Gerard McSorley

Pianist:  Michael Harrison 

Director: Eoin O'Callaghan 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2009.

Ballylenon: Series 7

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

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