Firefly Summer

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Maeve Binchy - Firefly Summer: 3. The Diggers

Maeve Binchy - Firefly Summer

3. The Diggers

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Maeve Binchy - Firefly Summer, 3. The Diggers

Patrick's plans for a hotel in Mountfern face a terrible setback. Stars David Soul.

Patrick O'Neil's plans for a new hotel in the village of Mountfern face a terrible setback. Stars David Soul and Anna Healy.

A year has passed since Patrick O'Neill arrived in the Irish village of  Mountfern with plans to build a hotel. 

The ruins of old Ferncourt House have finally been demolished. 

On the day that Patrick's friend Rachel arrives, Kate Ryan wanders into the path of one of the diggers.

Starring David Soul.

Maeve Binchy's novel dramatised by Jane Cassidy

Patrick O'Neill ...... David Soul
Kate Ryan    ......    Anna Healy 
John Ryan    ......    Lorcan Cranitch 
Rachel    ......    Susan Slot 
Fergus    ......    Dan Gordon 
Kerry O'Neill    ......    Luke Griffin 
Grace O'Neill    ......    Melissa Smith 
Dr White    ......    Denys Hawthorne
Mary Donnelly    ......    Helen Norton
Sheila Whelan    ......    Marie Jones
Jack Coyne    ......    Ray McBride
Brian Doyle    ......    Conleth Hill
Nurse    ......    Susie Kelly
Sister    ......    Brenda Winter
Doctor    ......    Seamus Fox

With:

Audrey Dempsey
Brendan Lennon
Sean McKenna
Ken Farmer

Music composed by Jane Cassidy.

Music performed by Rod McVey (piano) and Kate O'Brien (violin)

Director:  Pam Brighton

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1996.

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An ambitious Irish-American moves his family to the rural Irish town of Mountfern.

An ambitious Irish-American moves his family to the rural Irish town of Mountfern. Stars David Soul.

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