Firefly Summer

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Maeve Binchy - Firefly Summer: 6. The Opening

Maeve Binchy - Firefly Summer

6. The Opening

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Maeve Binchy - Firefly Summer, 6. The Opening

Will Kerry's recklessness spoil his father's hotel launch?  Starring David Soul.

O'Neill's new hotel is due to open, but his son's recklessness may ruin everything. Stars David Soul and Anna Healy.

Ambitious Irish-American Patrick O'Neill has almost realised his dream - the opening of his new hotel is in sight. 

But Kate Ryan's compensation case is looming and Kerry's gambling has further estranged father and son...

Starring David Soul. 

Conclusion of 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
Costello ...... John Keegan
Bar Man ...... John Hewitt
Kevin Kennedy ...... Trevor Moore
Sergeant Sheean ...... Paddy Scully
Old Walters ...... Anthony Finigan
Eddie ...... Ken Farmer

With:

Helen Norton
Marie Jones
Ray McBride
Ian McElhinney
Gordon Fulton

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 July 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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