On the resonances of the John Wayne film, first seen as a boy in 1960... For Sunday Miscellany on RTÉ Radio 1, listen to The Alamo, by Billy Roche above.
I expected my mother to flinch when I asked her for the money to go see 'The Alamo' for the second time...
This essay appeared on the programme of March 29th (an archive special, recorded in 2016 to mark the centenary of the Easter Rising) - listen back here
