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Patricia Trainor is a retired university teacher at the University of Malaga. She is originally from Belfast and is interested in Ireland and all things Irish. Patricia taught Irish Studies to Spanish students BUT also to Erasmus students who came from all over the world. These stories were prepared for Patricia's contribution to Spain's Irish radio programme "Live on Eire" which is presented by Ger Sweeney.
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Patricia walks us through some of the memorable film locations that have graced our screens over the years from across Ireland.
Patricia continues her series on the numerous opportunities for fabulous movie locations on the island of Ireland but specifically looks at a bumper year for movie production across Ireland.
Continuing her stories on the many available sites across Ireland that make for ideal locations for film makers, Patricia tells us some anecdotes about some of the sites chosen.
As she starts a new series, Patricia tells us about some of the wonderful locations across Ireland that have been used for Hollywood blockbusters over the years.
This is the final story in Patricia's series on bodies of water on the island of Ireland. In this episode Patricia tells us about some of the country's waterfalls.
Today Patricia tells us about Athlone, the town in the middle of the country, and water.
IN this episode Patricia tells us the story of Lough Gill. There is also poetry and waterfalls mentioned.
The River Avoca is most likely known to more people than we realise as it was a regular feature on a long-running and hugely popular television series. In this episode Patricia tells us the story of this well known Co. Wicklow river.
In this episode we continue Patricia's stories about the lakes and rivers on the island of Ireland with the stories of the Three Sister Rivers - The River Nore, The River Barrow and the River Suir.
In this episode Patricia is taking a break from telling us about the rivers and lake of Ireland. As it's only a few days before Christmas Patricia tells us a Christmas Tale.
There are versions of the Banks of My Own Lovely lee and there are plenty of stories about the river too. Patricia continues her series of stories on the rivers and lakes of Ireland with this episode.
As an island Ireland is surrounded by water. However, there is an abundance of water ON the island and in this series Patricia tells us the story behind some of those bodies of water. In this episode we hear about the River Foyle
Lough Neagh is a very important source of water for Northern Ireland. In this episode Patricia tells us the story of the Lough and its importance.
Patricia starts a new series in this podcast and for the next while she will be telling us about the rivers and lakes of Ireland. Today with fittingly start with the country's longest river, The River Shannon.
This is the final story in Patricia's series on the cities of the island of Ireland. In this episode she brings us north of the border to Newry
Heading North of the border again Patricia tells us about another of the island's great cities, and one of the newest - Lisburn
It's an island on the Shannon and it's referred to as the Treaty City. Patricia tells us the story of Limerick
It is often referred to as the Marble City and the people of Kilkenny are known as "Cats". Find out more about Kilkenny as Patricia continues her series of stories on great cities of Ireland
We're back in Northern Ireland for the next installation of Patricia's stories about the cities on the Island of Ireland. Belfast is the capital of Northern Ireland but more importantly it is Patricia's home town.
It's not the oldest city in Ireland, as you know from a previous podcast, but it is the biggest and the capital. In this episode Patricia tells us about it.
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