Mary Stack

Vanishing Ireland by Turtle Bunbury Histories

Jun 14, 202130:35Society & Culture

In this episode, Turtle speaks to 88 year old Mary Stack from Listowel, County Kerry, about living next door to John B. Keane, growing up in Dublin during the Second World War and how a man on a bicycle captured her hear...

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