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2018-03-12

  The Bird Lady of Bray - The True Story of Aunty Ethel And Her Sister Maura

A Real Ireland postcard from the 1980s features a woman with a seagull perched on top of her head! To the visitors who sent this card to places all over the world this woman was known as ‘The Bird Lady of Bray’. However, to the people of Bray and the l...
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2017-03-27

  One Mile Long - Bray Seafront Remembered (Episode 2/2)

One Mile Long - Bray Seafront Remembered (Episode 2). In this final episode we hear about the fall of the lighthouse during a storm; the passenger, rowing and peddle boats for hire. A couple who've returned from Israel for a visit - their first since ...
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2017-03-07

  One Mile Long - Bray Seafront Remembered (Episode 1)

One Mile Long - Bray Seafront Remembered (Episode 1). Revisiting the post-war halcyon days of Bray’s seafront; a time when thousands of Irish and British holiday-makers along with Dublin day-drippers strolled the Promenade and thronged its once sandy ...
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2015-08-02

  ARC Reunion

It's one year on and on a windswept veranda overlooking Dun Laoghaire Harbour, Sea Stories presenter John Murphy catches up with fellow crew Athena II crew members to see how the experience of doing the ARC has enriched or changed their lives in any wa...
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2015-04-28

  Alan Corr

Alan Corr recounts his professional career at sea and discusses the challenges of life away from family. Alan is the manager of the newly constructed Greystones Marina and highlights some of the plans for this award-winning harbour.
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2015-04-28

  Bray Drollens

We drop in to the Bray Heritage Centre - once the former Bray Court House - to catch up with the esteemed Frank deGroot and a team of volunteers building a replica of the once popular Droleen, a small sailing boat with a lifting keel - ideal for coming...
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2015-04-28

  Danny O'Neill

Arklow Native and retired sea captain Danny O'Neill is one of Wicklow's most illustrious sea farers. He is also curator of the spacious and bright Arklow Maritime Museum. In this programme, Danny talks about life at sea and he gives us a personal tour ...
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2015-04-28

  Myles Kelly

A chance encounter led Myles Kelly to take up sailing with gusto at the age of fifty. Since then, Myles has achieved a great deal and has crossed the Atlantic on no less than two occasions. On a beautiful summer's evening cruising on Dublin Bay, Myles ...
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2015-04-28

  Paul Cunningham, marine electronics

Paul Cunningham operates Marine Electrics a successful Dublin-based company looking after the power and electronics needs of the boating and saying community. Paul discusses the uses of power and communications in a modern day boat. He also talks about...
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2015-04-28

  Richie Saunders

Dubliner Richie Saunders visited many parts of the world when he worked on Irish Shipping. Later he worked on the pilot boats at Dublin Port. Upon retiring he spotted one of the old Dublin Ferries lying up and rusting away. It was a boat he once skippe...
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