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Writer Eugene McCabe 1970
Novelist, short story writer and playwright Eugene McCabe talks about his work and living in a border area.
Pipe Band Championships Banbridge 1975
Piping and pipers a plenty at the All Ireland Pipe Band Championship in Banbridge, County Down.
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Tionól Cheoil 1980
Traditional musicians gather in Gormanston College for a weekend of sessions, concerts, masterclasses and lectures at the Tionól Cheoil.
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Rainbow Rapids Dún Laoghaire 1985
Dún Laoghaire Baths is transformed into Rainbow Rapids and opens with Ireland's first water slides.
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Weird and Wonderful
A selection of some of the oddities, quirky tales, curious stories, wonderful individuals and bizarre events from Irish life.
President Kennedy in Ireland
In June 1963, John F. Kennedy became the first serving President of the USA to visit Ireland.
Striking Against Apartheid
The struggle against the apartheid regime in South Africa reached the Dunnes Stores shop floor in 1984.
