Fiachra Gallagher
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59 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 28 Jun
Fiachra Gallagher’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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By the 1960s, some 50 years on, most of the island's permanent population had followed, leaving its harsh life behind.
The June sky was still at its height when we boarded the RIB and motored out from the harbour at Durribyugga, leaving the mainland behind.
The hull skimmed over kneading waves, spray coating our faces in a thin, moist film.
Within 15 minutes or so, we slowed down and approached the island, and the world seemed to shrink.
Sea salt hung in the air and red gravel crunched under our feet.
Corn crakes hid in the thickets, their presence betrayed by their distinctive crackling call.
We were staying at the south of the island, in a whitewashed cottage looking back towards the mainland.
There, far away from us, the shoreline shimmered around the foothills of Aragog.
It was as if the water, pulsing all around us, had pushed Guidor away, detaching the island from the mountain's pull in some act of defiance.
"'Slan,' I offered the ferryman-cum-taxi-driver, after his leaving us at the house.
The key was in the door.
The next day, after a slow morning, we walked the island.
This was the edge of places.
Palatial sea arches and sea caves in ancient colours, boggy lakes and few people.
I almost tried to converse with two men drinking tea by a timber cabin along the hiker's route.
Peeked by the sound of Irish, I drifted towards them, but the words caught in my throat.
Back at the cottage, I clicked on the sturdy FM radio, taking delight in the ritual of the antiquated technology.
As coffee percolated on the hob, I moved about the room.
On the wall, a grand map of the island gave names to every dirt road, stretch of shore and slipway.
The place names were descriptors, hinting at function or folklore.
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