'Going Strong' presented by Bunny Carr and Ann O'Dwyer began broadcasting on 23 September 1975. The programme was aimed at senior citizens and retired people. Guests from around the country recalled their lives and the changes in Irish life that they had witnessed.

In this extract, Paddy Dempsey living in Dunboyne, Meath, tells Ann O'Dwyer about being knocked over by a bull and how he never married because he was spoiled for choice with the "mots".

'Going Strong' was presented by Bunny Carr and Ann O'Dwyer. The programme was aimed at senior citizens and retired people. Guests from around the country recalled their lives and the changes in Irish life that they had witnessed. Many of the guests would also perform a song or play a musical instrument. As well as offering advice to the elderly, Ann O'Dwyer sang songs requested by viewers and was accompanied on piano by Jack McGinn and later, Jim Doherty. This popular afternoon programme ran until 1983.

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