NATIONWIDE WEEK 5
MONDAY 2ND FEBRUARY
NO PROGRAMME – BANK HOLIDAY
WEDNESDAY 4TH FEBRUARY
PRESENTER COLM FLYNN
ITALIAN IRISH CONNECTIONS
In this programme, Nationwide explores the remarkable links between Ireland and a small Italian village called Casalattico, from where generations of families emigrated to Ireland and established fish-and-chip shops across the country. The programme features the annual Irish Festival in Casalattico, held every summer and at which there is a great celebration of Irish food, music and shared heritage. Presenter, Colm Flynn meets some of the Irish / Italians who run fish and chippers in Galway and Wicklow and who travel to Italy for this remarkable Summer festival.
FRIDAY 6TH FEBRAUARY
PRESENTER BLÁTHNAID NÍ CHOFAIGH
CHURCH STONEWORK PRESERVATION
On this evening's programme there is a focus on the craft stonework of the past.️ Nationwide meets some of those involved in conservation work in Church's across Ireland, using modern technology to aid conservation, restoration and study. The team visits the stunning St. Fin Barre’s Cathedral in Cork city and, also Holycross Abbey in County Tipperary.
St Fin Barre's Cathedral in Cork’s medieval quarter has an astonishing architectural history. Reverend Nigel Dunne and his team oversee some of the constant restoration and preservation work especially around one of their rarest finds, the original Maquettes.Also, the Nationwide team learns more about the challenges facing this beautiful Cathedral as it battles climate change.
Holycross Abbey, in County Tipperary has many fine examples of the wonderful stonemasonry from the Medieval period with many of those features being hidden from view, of the visitor. Caimin O’Brien, from the Archaeological Survey of Ireland has recorded a lot of the carvings of the abbey, to preserve these images for future generations.
Website: www.holycrossabbey.ie
Website: www.stfinbarres.ie
