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Episode 3 – Chanel

Episode 3 – Chanel – Going to school in Chanel College in the 1960s, when Coolock was an actual village; the Marist community and the school’s sporting culture. About the series Life after Stalin – A Dubliner’s Diary is a podcast series…

Episode 2 – Artane

Episode 2 – Artane – Remembering the old neighbourhood when Artane was full of newly weds in new houses on old agricultural land; when cars were scarce, buses were green, traffic was light and people could get home to eat their dinner…

Episode 1 – Life After Stalin

Episode 1- Life after Stalin – Reflecting on maternity services around the time of my birth in the early 50s, the Catholic practice of having children baptised as soon as possible after birth and my own baptism in Westland Row in 1953.…

Life After Stalin – A Dubliner’s Diary (Trailer)

Life after Stalin – A Dubliner’s Diary is a podcast series written and presented by Paul Harrison. In the series Paul reflects on how he was born in 1953, the day before Joseph Stalin died. Paul take’s a light-hearted look at what…