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Story Notes
A giant ship gets stuck at a Co.Kerry village pier. It brings with it exotic fun and a dreadful disaster. It was called a "thirsty ship": it filled up with fresh water while the crew drank their fill in the local pubs. Great craic until one sailor buried a meat cleaver in his shipmate's head. "A comedy of errors – until it became a tragedy".
Narrated by Sinéad Ní Uallacháin
Produced by Ronan Kelly
Music: Cormac Begley, "To War"
Lankum, "Netta Perseus"; "Ode To Lullaby"; "Fugue I,II,III"
First broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1, 2PM, Saturday 21st October 2023
An Irish radio documentary from RTÉ Radio 1, Ireland - Documentary on One - the home of Irish radio documentaries
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