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Timmy the Brit Comes Home

June 19th, 2008 by Steve Bowbrick

Here’s a gorgeous, dreamy doc from RTE. It’s about a teacher of Irish dance born in Britain and returning to the bottom left-hand corner of Ireland to pursue his passion, but you really don’t need to know that. You could easily listen without knowing a thing about the subject matter. You could tune out and enjoy the layered mix of voice and music , memory and emotion—it’s like ambient music. Or you could pay attention and enjoy the story of Timmy “The Brit” McCarthy, Irish dancer.

I’m linking to RTE’s MP3 because the Irish aren’t encumbered by a Trust and a bunch of service definitions that require them to delete their MP3s after a week. Let’s hope they don’t change their minds.

Presenter: Brenda Tobin
Producer: Peter Woods
Listen: [MP3] [Real]

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One Response to “Timmy the Brit Comes Home”

  1. Bridget English Says:
    July 13th, 2008 at 3:37 pm

    Fantastic! Thank you!

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