Spirit of a Woman statue which waves goodbye to those who "took the boat" stands proud in Mayo

I was delighted to hear of this statue's existence from a Mayo man recently. The Spirit of a Woman statue was erected in memory of those times and the families who were separated. It stands in The Square looking down the main street towards the railway bridge. It is a poignant and moving testament to the many men - and women - who "took the boat". This statue is still relevant today as we see so many of our citizens emigrating in search of work.

Tune in tomorrow morning for more Voices of The Men Who Built Britain with John Bowman on RTE Radio 1 http://bit.ly/1i1un4v

In this week's show, Ultan will be accompanying the excerpts from his CD material.
http://www.rte.ie/radio1/bowman-sunday-830/

Brilliant writing from Frank McNally in his Irishman's Diary Column in last Saturday's Irish Times. I couldn't have said it nearly so well. Click here to go to the article.

30 mins. of interview excerpts played on the John Bowman Show RTE Radio 1 http://bit.ly/1i1un4v

If you missed it last Sunday morning, have a listen back at http://bit.ly/1i1un4v to excerpts from my upcoming CD of interviews with The Men Who Built Britain!

Delighted to have had a selection of the interviews from my upcoming CD Voices of The Men Who Built Britain featured on the John Bowman Show on RTE Radio 1 yesterday. Tune in here to listen: http://bit.ly/HUA8At and listen in next Sunday to hear more. A warm thanks to all on the John Bowman Show for featuring this work.

A warm thanks to Aine Lawlor for having me on Marian Finucane's morning show on RTE Radio 1 last Saturday. It was a pleasure to discuss my upcoming CD of Voices of The Men Who Built Britain @Finucaneshow. If you missed it, you can listen back to it here: http://bit.ly/1bTBhBY

Delighted to have been featured in Frank McNally's column An Irishman's Diary in last Saturday's Irish Times @IrishTimes. http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/trench-warfare-1.1596376?page=1

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