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5: Are We Ridiculous?

Faith and passion collide in this tender love story set during the Troubles. Today: on a trip to Dublin, Cushla begins to face the reality that her affair with Michael is doomed.

Politics, religion and passion collide in Louise Kennedy's tender and shocking love story, set during the Troubles.

Cushla Lavery is a teacher at a Catholic primary school by day and helps out at the family bar by night. When barrister Michael Agnew, older, married and Protestant, walks into the pub on a quiet February night, their lives will be changed forever. This is no ordinary love story. In a country divided by the Troubles, tensions are rising and simple acts of kindness have deep consequences for Cushla and her whole entire family.

Today: on a trip to Dublin, Cushla begins to face up to the fact that her love affair with Michael is doomed...

Writer: Louise Kennedy
Reader: Lisa Dwyer Hogg
Abridger: Richard Hamilton
Producer: Justine Willett

14 minutes

Last on

Fri 26 Aug 2022 22:45

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  • Fri 26 Aug 2022 22:45