{"id":40322,"date":"2021-07-08T11:47:28","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T10:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=40322"},"modified":"2022-05-06T13:47:35","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T12:47:35","slug":"i-am-edel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=40322","title":{"rendered":"I am Edel"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I Am Edel<\/em> by Susan Connolly and Cormac Plunkett Walsh is a semi-autobiographical account of Susan Connolly\u2019s ten years as a child labourer in Dublin\u2019s notorious Goldenbridge Industrial school over an eleven year period in the 1960s\/70’s.\u00a0.\u00a0\u00a0Told from a child\u2019s viewpoint\u00a0I<\/em>\u00a0Am\u00a0Edel\u00a0<\/em>is a story of ingenuity, courage and compassion.\u00a0 Although set in a tragic environment it is often\u00a0comical\u00a0in telling the ingenuity of a child survivor<\/p>\n

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I<\/em>\u00a0am\u00a0Edel\u00a0<\/em> was adapted\u00a0 from a 2 hour 15 minute stage play to a radio drama with 10 scenes. A staged reading of the first three scenes was performed by Doras Bui Drama in November 2019 for UNESCO Voice of the Child. Doras Bui has helped in the development of the Radio play. The all female cast\u00a0 was made up by members of Rialto Youth Project and Dublin Youth Theatre. All of the performers recorded their parts remotely.<\/p>\n

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Adrianne Murphy chats to authors Susan Connolly and Cormac Plunkett Walsh about Susan\u2019s semi autobiographical story of a child in the notorious Goldenbridge Industrial School, which was adapted for radio entitled \u2018I Am Edel\u2019, and will be aired on Near FM on July 6th, 2021.<\/p>\n

Social benefit programming is made with the support of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland<\/p>\n

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I Am Edel by Susan Connolly and Cormac Plunkett Walsh is a semi-autobiographical account of Susan Connolly\u2019s ten years as a child labourer in Dublin\u2019s notorious Goldenbridge Industrial school over an eleven year period in the 1960s\/70’s.\u00a0.\u00a0\u00a0Told from a child\u2019s viewpoint\u00a0I\u00a0Am\u00a0Edel\u00a0is a story of ingenuity, courage and compassion.\u00a0 Although set in a tragic environment it […]<\/p>\n

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