Bittersweet: 100 years after the founding of the Sugar Factory
Carlow Centenaries and Commemorations Podcast SeriesShow Notes
Bittersweet, an impressionistic radio documentary on the rise and fall of Carlow Sugar Factory by Marc-Ivan O'Gorman featuring interviews with previous employees and Carlow people as they speak to their memory and feeling on the beloved local industry. Bittersweet
Contributors:
Dermot Mulligan Myles Carsons Tom Clowry Paul Doogue Loretto Kenny Pat McCarthy Joe McDonald Douglas Murray John O'Donovan Eamon Sunderland
The Voice of Bhearu: Beatrix Herriott O’Gorman Produced and edited by Marc-Ivan O’Gorman Music by The Spinning Boy Mixed by David Ayers
Thanks to John Shortall, John O’Gorman and Christopher Power
This project received support from the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport, and was produced on behalf of the Carlow County Council Commemorations Committee.
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