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My GI Sweetheart, Chinese New Year and Rowing the Atlantic
Margaret O'Connor remembers her youth in Belfast and marrying her American soldier sweetheart. Irish adventurer Gavan Hennigan chats from the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
Margaret O'Connor, 91 and lives in Iowa, remembers her youth in Belfast, falling in love and marrying her American soldier sweetheart during World War Two. Irish adventurer Gavan Hennigan chats from the middle of the Atlantic Ocean on a rowing boat. There's live music from thirteen year old Ben Cutler and Paula cooks Szechuan Lamb with Grilled Pak Choy.
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Sat 28 Jan 2017
11:03
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Ulster & Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Foyle
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- Sat 28 Jan 2017 11:03Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Ulster & Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Foyle