Strokestown House, County Roscommon showing some of the rooms and close up some of the paintings.
Interview with Julie and Hugh Pakenham-Mahon on their memories of the house which was their family home.
Interview with David Thomson, author of `Woodbrook' which is based on Strokestown, on the reluctance of female members of the Pakenham family to relinquish their surname thus giving rise to double and triple-barrelled names.
He also talks about two other great houses in County Roscommon Frenchpark and Rockingham and thinks that Strokestown should be preserved.
Interview with Jim Callery the owner of Strokestown House.
Interview with Luke Dodd, curator at Strokestown House.
Interview with Jim Callery on Luke Dodd’s determination to restore the house and on sponsorship for the work to be carried out.
Store Room.
Interview with Luke Dodd on his plans for Strokestown House and a Famine Museum.
Archive audio recording of voice of Olive Hales-Pakenham-Mahon.
The reporter is Peter McNiff.
