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First Dates, Polar Explorers, Preserving Folk Music and Much Ado About Dying

John Toal with tales of family and community life, plus great recipes, craic and music.

As the next series of First Dates Ireland searches for contestants, John catches up with a couple who found love in a previous series. Catriona N铆 Ghrib铆n is on a journey of preserving traditional folk songs before they鈥檙e lost from memory and author Tim Foley reveals family holidays in County Kerry started him on a path to writing a book about explorer Tom Crean.
Musician Masha Myndru shares her new single & former record label boss Peter Fleming explains how he got back into creating music after having a stroke. Documentary maker Simon Chambers chats about his latest film, Much Ado About Dying, which is showing at the Docs Ireland Festival.
Paula cooks roast chicken breast with Comber Early, fennel and cider Boulangere.

1 hour, 56 minutes

Music Played

  • Peter Gabriel

    Sledgehammer

  • Tol眉 Makay

    N17

  • Masha Myndru

    小械褋褌褉邪 (Sister)

  • D贸nal Lunny

    Category

  • Hozier feat. Mavis Staples

    Nina Cried Power

  • R贸is铆n Murphy

    Fader

  • The Thrills

    Big Sur

  • Yann Tiersen

    La Valse d'Am茅lie

  • Imagine Dragons

    On Top of the World

  • Altan

    'Stor, A Stor, A Ghra

  • Clannad

    L谩 Bre谩 f谩n dTuath

Broadcast

  • Sat 24 Jun 2023 11:03