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What Might Have Been

By Joseph O'Connor. Inspired by the story of Joseph and Bridget Moore, real-life Irish immigrants, as they struggle to cope in a New York tenement on the Lower East Side in 1869.

By Joseph O'Connor. Inspired by the story of Joseph and Bridget Moore, real-life Irish immigrants, as they struggle to cope with life in a New York tenement on the Lower East Side in 1869.

America is not, as anticipated, the land of milk and honey, but it is most certainly the home of the brave.

With Stephen Rea

Original music composed by Graeme Stewart

Violinist: Ruby Colley.

45 minutes

Last on

Mon 31 Aug 2009 14:15

Broadcast

  • Mon 31 Aug 2009 14:15

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