INTERVIEW HIGHLIGHTS - Operation Shamrock 75th ANNIVERSARY.

Irish Familes stepped up to bring people to Ireland from war torn Germany including a young man who arrived to Sellernaun in East Clare in 1947. Paul Brennan and Noel Hogan spoke to Carol about how a community play was conceived and produced as a result. A Hook in the Heart was performed and filmed in Scarriff, Co. Clare in January 1994, with a cast of 70. Playwright Paul Brennan wrote the play so the community could learn about this aspect of their local history. The experiences of the protagonist are closely based on the life of Ernst Berkenheier, fostered by a Catholic farming family for nine years in east Clare. 

Show as broadcast live from Sellernaun, Mountshannon on the 31st July 2021 and co hosted by Cliodhna Donnellan and Carol McNamara. Saturday  Chronicle is kindly sponsored by James M Nash and Co and Derg Kitchen Design   http://dergkitchendesign.ie