Litir Ghrá ón Dara Cogadh Domhanda

12:50 AM to 2:00 AM
Monday 5 May
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Litir Ghrá ón Dara Cogadh Domhanda

Documentary detailing how the love Belfast doctor Frank Murray had for his Gaeltacht sweetheart Eileen O'Kane prevailed despite the horrors of captivity in Japanese PoW camps during the Second World War. Frank and Eileen met in Donegal and years later he joined the British army as a medic and was deployed to Singapore. He and Eileen, a teacher, wrote extensively to each other and it is these letters and Frank's journals that provide a remarkable insight into their lives. In Irish

Litir Ghrá ón Dara Cogadh Domhanda airs on TG4 HD at 12:50 AM, Monday 5 May. (Repeat.)
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