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A co-production with BBC Radio Ulster
In Cathy Moorehead's home the doorbell made the light bulbs flash like a disco and the windows leaked a noisy chorus because no one ever was told to Ssshhh!
After school a pre-teen Cathy might be found battling bank managers, sorting bills or booking hair appointments for her mum.
Growing up the eldest child to deaf parents she often doubled as a radio - transmitting important messages between the world of sound and a world of silence.
In this documentary, Cathy Moorehead opens the door of her home to reveal an exceptional experience shared by a very small group of people who grew up in Ireland as Children of Deaf Adults (CODAs).
In all of their households two languages were exchanged around the dinner table – one spoken with the lips and the other with the hands.
But what were the challenges they faced as families and how were they challenged by the world around them?
In a warm, intimate and often humorous tale, Cathy reveals how these experiences created a unique soundtrack that shaped her life and the life of her parents - ‘In The Loudest House on the Street’.
Contributors
Amanda Coogan – A Visual Artist who practices in the arena of Performance Art and is the oldest of three, born to deaf parents in Dublin.
Brendan Gallen – An Advertising Director from outside Derry, who was raised as the oldest of four, to deaf parents.
Declan Buckley - A Television Presenter and Drag Queen, also known as Shirley Temple Bar. He is the eldest of two, to deaf parents in Dublin.
Professor Lorraine Leeson – Professor and Director of the Centre for Deaf Studies at Trinity College, Dublin and one of the first qualified sign language interpreters in Ireland.
Michael Mulvenna - An Employment Team Leader at Action on Hearing Loss and deaf father to four hearing children in Kilrea, Co. Derry.
Sadie Robinson – A retired Social Worker for the deaf based in Portadown, Co. Armagh , who was one of the first qualified sign language interpreters in Northern Ireland.
Produced by Cathy Moorehead with Robert Mulhern
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Music used:
"Our House" (CSNY), Vitamin String Quartet
"She Loves You", The Beatles
"Our House", Madness
"What’s Up", 4 Non Blondes
"Fireman Sam" Theme
"Thundercats" Theme
"Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds" Theme
"My Camera Never Lies", Bucks Fizz
"Christmas Box", Paddy Kingsland (Story cassette)
"Pinball Number Count", The Pointer Sisters
"Dream A Little Dream Of Me", Ella Fitzgerald
"Symphony no 9 in D Minor II Molto Vivace", Beethoven
"Doo Wop That Thing", Lauryn Hill
"Don’t Stop Me Now", Queen
"It’s All Coming Back To Me Now", Celine Dion
"Saturday Night", Whigfield
"Happy Guitar", Tommy Steele
"Rock around the Clock", Bill Haley & His Comets
"Eat My Goal", Collapsed Lung
"The Girl From Ipanema", Astrud Gilberto/Stan Getz
"Mission Impossible" Theme
"Since I Left You", The Avalanches
"Hookie Street” (“Only Fools and Horses" Theme), John Sullivan
"Dallas" Theme
"Blind Date" Theme
"J'Taime Moi Non Plus", Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg
"I Want Your Love", Chic
"Carmina Burana", Carl Orff
"Come and Get It", Cathy Moorehead
"Trophy Child", The Shaker Hymn
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First Broadcast Saturday 4th June 2016 at 2pm.
An Irish radio documentary from RTÉ Radio 1, Ireland - Documentary on One - the home of Irish radio documentaries.
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