A podcast about one man’s journey from Leitrim to Birmingham
TONY DOWNEY has written and recorded a podcast series — called Leitrim to Birmingham. Half the stories look at North Leitrim of the 1950s to the early 1970s; the rest are about Birmingham — some reaching as far as Burton. he stories are about emigration, settling and playing music.
They range from Irish dancing to refugees to hurling and back again to the stories told around the kitchen table as a child, or the fair day or the American wake.
Episode 15
Even though the club in the pub had lots to discuss, they wondered why the pub clock was stopped at 8:45
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