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2. Opportunity

Recently returned home from Glasgow, Rose finds an opportunity for a new life in an enigmatic widower. Read by Lloyd Hutchinson.

Recently returned home from Glasgow, Rose Brady finds an opportunity for a new life in the enigmatic widower Michael Moran.

Michael Moran’s life was forever transformed by his days of glory in the War of Independence. Now, a farmer in the Irish countryside, Moran is still fighting - with his family, his friends, even himself - in a poignant struggle to come to terms with the past.

However, as he grows older, his wife and daughters must confront how their own lives have been irrevocably shaped by this complicated and contradictory man.

An intimate story of a family living on the Irish border, under the thumb of a former soldier turned tyrant in his own home.

Written and abridged by John McGahern.

Read by Lloyd Hutchinson.

Producer: Celia de Wolff

A ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Northern Ireland production for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2020.

14 minutes

Last on

Wed 8 Jan 2025 03:30

Broadcasts

  • Tue 19 May 2020 22:45
  • Tue 20 Apr 2021 10:45
  • Tue 7 Jan 2025 08:30
  • Tue 7 Jan 2025 13:30
  • Tue 7 Jan 2025 19:30
  • Wed 8 Jan 2025 03:30