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September 3, 1967: The Black & Amber Tide Turns - Part 4
August 02, 2023 18:23 - 46 minutes - 42.4 MBPart 4 of 4. Former Kilkenny captain and five-time All-Ireland senior hurling winner with the Cats, Michael Fennelly takes a walk back through one of the biggest games in Kilkenny's coloured hurling history - the 1967 All-Ireland senior hurling championship final, the day the black and amber tide turned as Kilkenny overcame Tipperary in what would prove to be a watershed moment for the county.
September 3, 1967: The Black & Amber Tide Turns - Part 3
July 26, 2023 18:23 - 43 minutes - 39.5 MBPart 3 of 4. Former Kilkenny captain and five-time All-Ireland senior hurling winner with the Cats, Michael Fennelly takes a walk back through one of the biggest game in Kilkenny's coloured hurling history - the 1967 All-Ireland senior hurling championship final, the day the black and amber tide turned as Kilkenny overcame Tipperary in what would prove to be a watershed moment for the county.
September 3, 1967: The Black & Amber Tide Turns - Part 2
July 19, 2023 18:23 - 46 minutes - 106 MBPart 2 of 4. Former Kilkenny captain and five-time All-Ireland senior hurling winner with the Cats, Michael Fennelly takes a walk back through one of the biggest games in Kilkenny's coloured hurling history - the 1967 All-Ireland senior hurling championship final, the day the black and amber tide turned as Kilkenny overcame Tipperary in what would prove to be a watershed moment for the county.
September 3, 1967: The Black & Amber Tide Turns - Part 1
July 11, 2023 15:46 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MBIn this first part of a four-part series, we'll hear from former Kilkenny GAA chairman Ned Quinn, hurlers Eddie Keher, Jim Treacy, and Tom Walsh along with sports writer Enda McEvoy on the buildup to 3 September 1967, the day that Kilkenny would beat Tipperary in an All-Ireland senior hurling final for the first time in 45 years.
Episode 20 - Trees as the Route to Happiness Whether its Walking or Wood Turning
March 07, 2022 16:00 - 22 minutes - 20.2 MBThere's no doubt about it, trees give us many things and over the course of this programme series we have heard about many of these benefits. But probably one of the nicest things about trees is how they give us an avenue for our creativity, and they provide a beautiful space in which to walk. Mick Power is National Estates Manager with Coillte with responsibility for biotic risk and we meet him in Castlemorris Woodlands just outside Kilkenny. Castlemorris is an old landed gent...
Trees: From Seed to Sawdust - Episode 19 - Community Engagement and Wellness in Woodlands with the Acorn Project
February 28, 2022 16:00 - 19 minutes - 18.3 MBWe all love nature but sometimes we don't consider just how much we are damaging it through our food and economic systems. In this programme Maura Brennan who runs the Acorn Project in Kilkenny is trying to repair this contradiction by running workshops that engage communities to care for and grow trees in their locality. Through funding from the Woodland Support Project, the Acorn Project has collaborated with Irish Seed Savers who are running workshops to train community seed sa...
Trees: From Seed to Sawdust - Episode 18 - Exploring Engineered Wood Products in a Visit to Smartply
February 21, 2022 16:00 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MBEngineered wood, is made, in the case of Orientated Strand Board, by taking the thinnings from softwood conifer plantations and putting it through a process whereby it is transformed into board that is as hard as any hardwood timber. This process takes place at Smartply located in Belview Co Kilkenny where Monica meets Neil Foot. She is taken on a tour around the plant beginning first in the log yard where stacks upon stacks of logs have been delivered from the plantations and are...
Trees: From Seed to Sawdust - Episode 17 - Farm Forestry from an IFA Perspective
February 14, 2022 16:00 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MBFirst to the annual RDS Forest and Woodland Awards which Andrew O'Carroll won in 2018 in the Teagasc Farm Forestry Award category. One of the secrets to his success, he believes, is that he planted the right tree in the right place. Ballygorteen in on the side of the Castlecomer Plateau and the soil isn't very productive for grassland but it's great for growing Sitka Spruce. Sitka Spruce to all intents and purposes is like any other crop except for the fact that it has a 30-year ...
Trees: From Seed to Sawdust - Episode 16 - Recreation, Research & Conservation at John F Kennedy Arboretum
February 07, 2022 16:00 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MBThe JFK Arboretum was conceived as a memorial to honour American President John F Kennedy following his assassination in 1963. The site at New Ross Co Wexford was picked due to it's proximity to his ancestral homestead and due it's mild climate, diverse soil types and variations in elevation. Kevin Naughton is head gardener at the arboretum and he takes Monica around the park, stopping at intervals to show the broad ranges of trees that they have in their collection. The trees ar...
Trees: From Seed to Sawdust - Episode 15 - Adding Value to Fallen Hardwoods at Lisnavagh House
January 31, 2022 16:00 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MBThe Bunburys have lived at Lisnavagh House for over 300 years. Their home sits on 600 acres of which 200 acres is woodland, mainly native hardwoods. Over the years storms have taken down some of the old trees. William Bunbury of Lisnavagh, on looking at them being removed to the sawmill and seeing all the tonnes of wood in them, felt that he could add value to them. Thus, he came up with the concept of Bunbury Boards and Lisnavagh Timber Project. Bunbury Boards are chopping...
Trees: From Seed to Sawdust - Episode 14 - Trees and the Castlecomer Discovery Park
January 24, 2022 16:00 - 22 minutes - 20.7 MBThe Castlecomer Discovery Park is situated on the site of the former pleasure gardens of the Wandesforde Family, members of the landed gentry, who for 300 years, were central to the farming and coal mining activities in the area. Some of the trees that they brought back from their trips in Europe and elsewhere still stand at the park and a favourite among many people is the giant Redwood - with its soft spongey bark. Len Brophy is the maintenance man at the Discovery Park, and he in...
Trees: From Seed to Sawdust - Episode 13 - Tree Research in Teagasc
January 17, 2022 16:00 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MBOver the years humans observed and studied trees and this research continues in Teagasc where scientists explore the different aspects of trees to maximise their potential in relation to timber and biodiversity attributes. This programme begins by using the Marteloscope Training plot to determine how the decisions a forestry owner makes during the thinning processes will impact on the objectives they have for their forestry. Sometimes a tree will be thinned based on its height a...
Episode 12 - Agroforestry: The Answer to a lot of Issues
January 10, 2022 16:00 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MBAgroforestry seems to be the answer to farmers worries in relation to trees and taking land out of use for 50 or 60 years - which is the case under the traditional grant aided forestry scheme. With agroforestry the trees are planted at a lower density and the normal farm practises - like grazing and silage making are carried on as normal. Jim McAdam pioneered the system in Northern Ireland and in this programme we hear him deliver a talk at a farm walk in Headford Co Galway wher...
Trees: From Seed to Sawdust - Episode 12 - Agroforestry: The Answer to a lot of Issues
January 10, 2022 16:00 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MBAgroforestry seems to be the answer to farmers worries in relation to trees and taking land out of use for 50 or 60 years - which is the case under the traditional grant aided forestry scheme. With agroforestry the trees are planted at a lower density and the normal farm practises - like grazing and silage making are carried on as normal. Jim McAdam pioneered the system in Northern Ireland and in this programme we hear him deliver a talk at a farm walk in Headford Co Galway wher...
Trees: From Seed to Sawdust - Episode 11 - Christmas Tree Life
December 13, 2021 16:00 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MBPeople are buying their Christmas Trees earlier than before. That's according to Michael O'Gorman of Celtic Christmas Trees who has been working hard the past month harvesting, packing, delivering and selling his Christmas Trees. They are of the Nordmann Fir variety - rather than Nobel Fir, which is finnicky to grow and requires a particular soil type. Nordmann Fir keep their needles but they don't smell as nice as the Nobels. A huge amount of work goes into caring for Christma...
Trees: From Seed to Sawdust - Episode 10 - Ballintemple Tree Nursery
December 06, 2021 16:00 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MBBallintemple Tree Nursery is situated just outside Ardattin Co Carlow and it is here that Coillte process their seeds and rear trees from seed for planting out into the forest, In this programme we visit the nursery and meet Dermot O'Leary Nursery Manager and Monica Murphy, Seed and Veg Propagation Manager. Monica explains the process of seed stratification where seeds are first extracted from their casings and then exposed to a series of treatments - be it alternative hot and col...
Episode 10 - Ballintemple Tree Nursery
December 06, 2021 16:00 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MBBallintemple Tree Nursery is situated just outside Ardattin Co Carlow and it is here that Coillte process their seeds and rear trees from seed for planting out into the forest, In this programme we visit the nursery and meet Dermot O'Leary Nursery Manager and Monica Murphy, Seed and Veg Propagation Manager. Monica explains the process of seed stratification where seeds are first extracted from their casings and then exposed to a series of treatments - be it alternative hot and col...
Trees: From Seed to Sawdust -Episode 9 - The Ash Tree, where there is life there's hope
November 29, 2021 16:00 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MBIn this programme we meet Mick Power, National Estates Manager with Coillte with responsibility of biotic risk. We meet in the beautiful Castlemorris Woods in Co Kilkenny where a mixture of lots of different trees flourish and grow. In an area within the woods is an enclosed 2-hectare site which is the clonal bank for ash die bank resistant trees. These trees were gathered from places all over Ireland and continental Europe and have been planted in these woods and so far, 40% out...
Trees: From Seed to Sawdust - Episode 8 - Whiskey Barrels, a Potential new Industry for Irish Oak Trees
November 22, 2021 16:00 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MBOak accounts for only 2.7% of our Irish forests which is low compared to Sitka Spruce which accounts for 51.1% of the trees in Ireland. In this programme we meet farmer Ger Daly who, in 1999 planted an Oak Forest with the help of Coillte. Ger talks about the process of getting the oaks established, the Scots Pine as nurse trees, and the pruning that he did on them to help them grow straight with a long stem. Now 22 years later a potential new use for these oak trees has emerged -...
Trees: From Seed to Sawdust Episode 7 - Trees and Water
November 15, 2021 16:00 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MBTrees and water courses have evolved together over thousands of years to their mutual benefit. As humans, we benefit from trees near water courses because they hold the rainwater and have a huge role to play in the slowing down of flood waters. Protection forests are big in some European countries says Michael Somers, Forestry Advisor with Teagasc Kilkenny - trees could be our flood protectors, especially if we get the wet weather due with climate change. But we must be careful...
Trees: From Seed to Sawdust - Episode 6 - To Plant or Not to Plant
November 09, 2021 15:24 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MBOther European countries are blessed with a long tradition of planting trees. We lost this tradition somewhere along the line and the Irish state is now trying to encourage private landowners to plant trees. For some farmers and landowners this is a big decision to make, and, in this programme, we speak with retired forester from Coillte Barry Comiskey. He used to go around and visit farmers and talk to them about the benefits of planting trees. He recalls the misgivings that far...
Trees: From Seed to Sawdust - Episode 5: A Wood Chip Perspective
November 01, 2021 16:00 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBThis programme series 'Trees: From Seed to Sawdust' looks at the value of trees, not just from an economic perspective but also in relation to their ability to store carbon. This is becoming more and more important as we try to reduce the amount of carbon going into the atmosphere and prevent further global warming. In this programme Monica Hayes meets the Irish Wood Producers at their wood chip depot in New Ross. The Irish Wood Producers are a not-for-profit company which suppo...
Trees: From Seed to Sawdust - Episode 4 - The Music in Trees
October 19, 2021 13:11 - 20 minutes - 18.4 MBFor thousands of years the wood from the trees has been a source of material from which music can be made. In fact the oldest musical instrument ever to be found in Ireland is made from the wood of a yew tree and was found in Wicklow in 2003. Simon O'Dwyer, from Ancient Music Ireland joins us on the programme to talk about the reproduction he made of these 4,150-year-old set of pipes that have become known as the Wicklow Pipes. Simon believes that music and musical instrument mak...
Trees: From Seed to Sawdust - Episode 3 - From the Forest to the Sawmill
October 11, 2021 15:00 - 22 minutes - 20.3 MBThe programme beings on the border between Kilkenny and Laois at a forest which is being thinned by Paddy Bruton's company Forestry Services Ltd. The different lengths of wood being cut from the trees are mostly being processed locally to be used as stakes or in the construction industry, in pulp or made into pallets. All the timber is cut to exact lengths for the sawmills The programme then moves to Murray's Sawmills in Ballon Co Carlow. The sights and sounds of the busy mill a...
Trees: From Seed to Sawdust Episode 2 - A Trip to an Apple Orchard
October 04, 2021 15:00 - 21 minutes - 20.2 MBRod and Julie Calder Potts grow apple trees at Highbank Orchard just off the Callan Road Kilkenny. Rod inherited the orchard from his parents and in 1986 he decided that he would stop spraying his trees and go completely organic. The transition to organic was terrible though. All his trees died. So, he started from scratch again and though it took a while to get going he now has a wonderful crop of organically grown apples that grow on healthy trees. The secret? Good soil micro...
Trees: From Seed to Sawdust Episode 1 - From the Celts to Carbon
September 27, 2021 15:00 - 21 minutes - 19.5 MBIn the first programme in this series we hear from Kevin Black, a scientist who specialises in trees and climate change but first we visit the Blackstairs Eco Centre and join their Celtic Tree Trail in order to put into the context our long and productive relationship with trees. Trees: From Seed to Sawdust is funded by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine as part of the Woodland Support Project
Nore Vision Episode 9: The Future Plans of Nore Vision
September 20, 2021 14:00 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBThe final programme in our Nore Vision Series, for the past 2 months we have been bringing you programmes about the Nore Vision project which is a Kilkenny Leader Partnership initiative. It’s all about creating community engagement with the River Nore with the ultimate aim of establishing a long term Trust that looks after the community’s interests in the river. This is the final programme in the series and it explores the future of the project as it transitions into the Nore Vision...
Nore Vision Episode 8: Industry on the River
September 13, 2021 14:00 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBIn Programme 8 we explore how industry has moulded itself around the geological landscape of the River Nore in the form of mining, milling, brewing and more. This programme features Taly Williams hydrogeologist with the Geological Survey of Ireland, Rick McGrath engineer, Brett’s Sawmills Kilkenny, Paddy Neary historian and Lisa Maher from the EPA. Funded by Kilkenny LEADER Partnership CLG through the Department of Rural and Community Development and the EU
Nore Vision Episode 7: Activities on the River
September 06, 2021 14:00 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBThe River Nore provides a great space for outdoor activities and in this programme we feature some of the people who swim, fish, walk and boat on the river. Featuring Denis Drennan, Paddy Dunne, Tommy Hoyne, Aidan Brennan, Donnachadh Brennan and the Thomastown Paddlers, Cliff Reid and finally Maura Brennan of the Acorn Project who is involved in educating young people about their environment. Funded by Kilkenny LEADER Partnership CLG through the Department of Rural and Community Dev...
Nore Vision Episode 6: Uplands and Farming
August 30, 2021 14:00 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBIn the 6th programme in the Nore Vision radio series we visit the uplands of the River Nore, talk about the farm walks organised by Nore Vision, discuss farm ecology and explore the role of the farmer and farm policy in improving the water quality of the River Nore. It features Michael Costigan from Clonakenny, Bredan McSorley, Field Officer for the Farm Walks and Mags Morrissey Ecologist on the Farm Walks and Denis Drennan Chair of the Farm and Rural Affairs Committee of the ICMSA....
Nore Vision Episode 5: Littering
August 23, 2021 14:00 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MBNore Vision is a project established by Leader to create community engagement with the River Nore and to set up a river trust that looks after the governance of the river. The following programme looks at the problem of litter and it’s impact on the environment and the economy. It features James Keogh, Conor Horgan IBAL, Pat Boyd Keep Kilkenny Beautiful and litter pickers Pat O’Donnell, Ger Joe Delaney and Paul Burke. Funded by Kilkenny LEADER Partnership CLG through the Department ...
Nore Vision Episode 4: Oral History
August 16, 2021 14:00 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBNore Vision is a Kilkenny Leader Partnership initiative that is encouraging community engagement with the River Nore with the aim of establishing a River Trust which will act as a liaison between all those who have an interest in the river. In this programme we focus on the Oral History strand of the project and hear from Patrick Lydon and from the people who participated in the Oral History Workshops. Funded by Kilkenny LEADER Partnership CLG through the Department of Rural and Com...
Nore Vision Episode 3: Invasive Species
August 09, 2021 14:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBIn this programme we hear from Amanda Greer, Envirico, Pat Boyd of Keep Kilkenny Beautiful and Fran Igoe Southern Regional Co-ordinator in LAWPRO who talk about the effects of Invasive Species and steps that are being taken to bring them under control. Funded by Kilkenny LEADER Partnership CLG through the Department of Rural and Community Development and the EU
Nore Vision Episode 2: Citizen Science Water Quality Projects
August 02, 2021 14:00 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MBWe hear from Amanda Greer, Envirico, Hugh Feeley EPA and Mary Brennan and Senan Gardiner both Citizen Scientists. Funded by Kilkenny LEADER Partnership CLG through the Department of Rural and Community Development and the EU
Nore Vision Episode 1: An Introduction to Nore Vision
July 26, 2021 14:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBThis is a new 9-part series all about the Nore Vision Project which is a Leader initiative aimed at getting people engaged with the river so that going forward they can create a board or a trust that supports all things related to the River Nore into the future. In this programme we hear primarily from Declan Rice, CEO Kilkenny Leader and Mairead Rohan Development Officer with Kilkenny Leader Partnership. Funded by Kilkenny LEADER Partnership CLG through the Department of Rural and ...
Mad About Danoli
February 25, 2021 16:03 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MBPeople fall in love with other people, people fall in love with places and amongst other things, people fall in love with racehorses. ‘Danoli’, otherwise known as ‘The People’s Champion’ was a racehorse who, in the 1990s won the hearts and minds of the Irish people with his bravery and speed on the track winning at every major racecourse including Cheltenham and Aintree. The story of how he was bought, the highs and lows of his career, his retirement and death will be told for the...
The Story of a Rohingyan Journey
August 19, 2019 05:00 - 41 minutes - 38.5 MBFor the past 25 years, the Rohingya people have been fleeing Myanmar (Burma) and flooding to refugee camps in neighbouring countries, including Bangladesh. Labelled variously as 'the stateless', 'Asia's new boat people' and 'the disowned and denied', this ethnic Muslim minority claim that the Burmese government is persecuting them and committing acts of genocide. ‘The Story of a Rohingya Journey’ tracks documentary presenter Angela Mahon on her journey to Bangladesh going to a r...
Preview: The Story of a Rohingyan Journey
August 15, 2019 17:00 - 1 minute - 1020 KBNext in the Documentaries on KCLR series is The Story of a Rohingyan Journey, presented in full by Angela Mahon as she documents travels to refugee camps in Bangladesh.
Bridge Street Will Be
August 12, 2019 05:00 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MBIt’s 2015 and Bridge Street in Callan Co Kilkenny is full of nothing only empty shops. Dirt from passing traffic has caked to the windows, the shop fronts are rotting and the once colourful street that bustled with activity and economic vibrancy has lapsed into a ghostly monument to a dim past. But from decay and ruin will come new life and creativity. A street theatre event will aim to immerse people into the past through installations inspired by collected stories and through...
Preview: Bridge Street Will Be
August 08, 2019 17:00 - 1 minute - 1.32 MBIt’s 2015 and Bridge Street in Callan Co Kilkenny is full of nothing only empty shops. Dirt from passing traffic has caked to the windows, the shop fronts are rotting and the once colourful street that bustled with activity and economic vibrancy has lapsed into a ghostly monument to a dim past. This preview by Monica Hayes gives you an insight into our next documentary, Bridge Street Will Be.
As We Like It: Episode 7 - Death
August 05, 2019 09:00 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MB‘As We Like It’ is a radio series that explores the seven stages of life according to Shakespeare’s quote from ‘As You Like It’ - "All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages." The one certainty of life is death. In this the last program in the series ‘As We Like It’, we explore the last stage in Shakespeare’s seven stages of man through interview...
As We Like It: Episode 6 - Pantaloon
July 29, 2019 09:00 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MB‘As We Like It’ is a radio series that explores the seven stages of life according to Shakespeare’s quote from ‘As You Like It’ - "All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages." Old age! What is old age? Do we respect our elders? These and other philosophical questions are discussed in this episode of ‘As We Like It’. With contributions from Aisl...
As We Like It: Episode 5 - Justice
July 22, 2019 09:00 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MB‘As We Like It’ is a radio series that explores the seven stages of life according to Shakespeare’s quote from ‘As You Like It’ - "All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages." Our ‘As We Like It’ series moves on to the next phase, Middle Age or Justice. In this program we hear from Martin O’Carroll partner with Poe Kiely Hogan Solicitors Kilkenny, ...
As We Like It: Episode 4 - Soldier
July 15, 2019 09:00 - 44 minutes - 40.6 MB‘As We Like It’ is a radio series that explores the seven stages of life according to Shakespeare’s quote from ‘As You Like It’ - "All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages." The Soldier phase of life is the working phase, the time for earning and focusing on what profession makes you happy. In this program we hear from Gemma Lawlor, Guidance Co...
As We Like It: Episode 3 - Lover
July 08, 2019 09:00 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MB‘As We Like It’ is a radio series that explores the seven stages of life according to Shakespeare’s quote from ‘As You Like It’ - "All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages." Love! What is love? We grapple this and other questions in this the third stage of life – Lover. We hear from Dr Noel Kavanagh, lecturer in Philosophy at Carlow College, ...
As We Like It: Episode 2 - Schoolboy
July 01, 2019 09:00 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MB‘As We Like It’ is a radio series that explores the seven stages of life according to Shakespeare’s quote from ‘As You Like It’ - "All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages." In the second program in our ‘As We Like It’ series we feature the second stage ‘Schoolboy’. Sit back and relax while you listen to people’s memories of school, current schoo...
As We Like It: Episode 1 - Infancy
June 24, 2019 09:00 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MB‘As We Like It’ is a radio series that explores the seven stages of life according to Shakespeare’s quote from ‘As You Like It’ - "All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages." The first stage of life – Infancy. In this program we explore the miracle of birth and the development of the infant. We hear from Professor Ray O’Sullivan Consultant Obste...
Preview: As We Like It
June 20, 2019 09:00 - 2 minutes - 2.29 MBAs We Like It is a radio series that explores the seven stages of life according to Shakespeare’s quote from ‘As You Like It’ - "All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages."
Carlow Hops To Luxembourg
June 17, 2019 09:00 - 47 minutes - 44 MB‘Carlow Hops to Luxembourg’, is a documentary that traces the journey of a pilgrimage group, mainly from Carlow, who travel to Luxembourg to take part in the annual Hopping Procession in honour of Saint Willibrord, Patron Saint of Luxembourg. They return with a relic of St Willibrord, who spent 12 years studying in Carlow in 678AD, and which now resides on permanent display in the Cathedral of the Assumption Carlow. Produced by Monica Hayes for KCLR, made with the support of Broa...
Preview: Carlow Hops To Luxembourg
June 13, 2019 09:00 - 2 minutes - 2.52 MBGet a preview of 'Carlow Hops To Luxembourg', next in the Documentaries on KCLR series.