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Sea Stories
by Sea Stories
A radio documentary series about people and the sea.
Episodes
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The Bird Lady of Bray - The True Story of Aunty Ethel And Her Sister Maura
A Real Ireland postcard from the 1980s features a woman with a seagull perched on top of her head! To the visitors who sent this card to places all over the world this woman was known as ‘The Bird Lady of Bray’. However, to the people of Bray and the listeners to East Coast FM, she was simply,...
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One Mile Long - Bray Seafront Remembered (2019)
One Mile Long - Bray Seafront Remembered (Episode 2). In this final episode we hear about the fall of the lighthouse during a storm; the passenger, rowing and peddle boats for hire. A couple who've returned from Israel for a visit - their first since their honeymoon. We find out about the chair...
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One Mile Long - Bray Seafront Remembered (2019)
One Mile Long - Bray Seafront Remembered. Revisiting the post-war halcyon days of Bray’s seafront; a time when thousands of Irish and British holiday-makers along with Dublin day-drippers strolled the Promenade and thronged its once sandy beaches. Stories from those who came, those who worked and...
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ARC Reunion
Reflections and Experiences: It's one year on and on a windswept veranda overlooking Dun Laoghaire Harbour, Sea Stories presenter John Murphy catches up with fellow crew Athena II crew members to see how the experience of doing the ARC has enriched or changed their lives in any way. Find out move...
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Alan Corr
Alan Corr recounts his professional career at sea and discusses the challenges of life away from family. Alan is the manager of the newly constructed Greystones Marina and highlights some of the plans for this award-winning harbour.
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Bray Drollens
We drop in to the Bray Heritage Centre - once the former Bray Court House - to catch up with the esteemed Frank deGroot and a team of volunteers building a replica of the once popular Droleen, a small sailing boat with a lifting keel - ideal for coming up onto the beach - a craft especially…
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Danny O'Neill
Arklow Native and retired sea captain Danny O'Neill is one of Wicklow's most illustrious sea farers. He is also curator of the spacious and bright Arklow Maritime Museum. In this programme, Danny talks about life at sea and he gives us a personal tour of the museum which has an abundance of...
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Myles Kelly - Smitten by the Sea at Fifty
Smitten by the Sea at Fifty: A chance encounter led Myles Kelly to take up sailing with gusto at the age of fifty. Since then, Myles has achieved a great deal and has crossed the Atlantic on no less than two occasions. On a beautiful summer's evening cruising on Dublin Bay, Myles tells us about...
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Paul Cunningham, marine electronics
Paul Cunningham operates Marine Electrics a successful Dublin-based company looking after the power and electronics needs of the boating and saying community. Paul discusses the uses of power and communications in a modern day boat. He also talks about the mid-life crisis that perhaps led him to...
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Richie Saunders
Remembering and Restoring the Dublin Ferry No.11: Dubliner Richie Saunders visited many parts of the world when he worked on Irish Shipping. Later he worked on the pilot boats at Dublin Port. Upon retiring he spotted one of the old Dublin Ferries lying up and rusting away. It was a boat he once...
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Mark McGibney from RNLI
RNLI - Personal Life Lessons and Remembering the Ultimate Cost: In this programme we pay a visit to an Open Day at the Dún Laoghaire RNLI and we feature Mark McGibney, one of the youngest RNLI coxswains. Mark recounts some of the 'shouts' from the less serious to the one that has most deeply...
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Eugene Garrity
It's the start of the season and we take an afternoon trip aboard the St Bridget with vessel owner Eugene Garrity and skipper Eddie Keane. Eugene discusses the many challenges to setting up and running a successful business involving the sea. We cruise down the Liffey under a raised East Link...
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The Atlantic Crossing for Cruisers - ARK
Teamwork - Crossing the Atlantic by Sail: A crew of Irish sailors and a Welsh skipper set sail from the Canany Islands to Cape Verde to cross the Atlantic Ocean by taking part in the ARC- the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers. This is the story of that journey.
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Emer Brady And John Heron
The Seven Year Adventure: Dublin couple Emer Brady and John Heron set out on voyage aboard their cursing yacht Pala. It was planned to take three months. They circumnavigated the globe and more! After seven years at sea, they returned home to find Ireland had changed and the Celtic Tiger was at...
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Frank Traynor - Building Confidence, Lessons for Life
Building Confidence, Learnings for Life: Captain Frank Traynor and presenter John learnt to sail together -that was over 40 years ago! On this leisurely cruise, Frank talks passionately about the importance of early sail training and confidence building exercises aboard The Asgard. It was such…
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David Jerrard - Delivery by the Stars
Delivery by the Stars: David Jerrard is Ireland's foremost teacher of sailing and navigation courses. He's also a master boat builder and yacht instructor. David joined us for a cruise on a glorious sunny day and told us how he first got into boats, about using a sextant and how Hurricane Charlie...
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Trailer
Welcome to a brand new radio documentary series, Sea Stories - Lives touched by the Sea coming on East Coast FM and here on SoundCloud. In this full-length promo, John Murphy the presenter of Sea Stories will highlight some clips from programmes and will discuss his own experience and background....
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How many episodes does Sea Stories have?
Sea Stories currently has 17 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
What is Sea Stories about?
A radio documentary series about people and the sea.
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Sea Stories has 17 episodes. Check the episode list to see recent publication dates and frequency.
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