If The Bedroom Walls Had Ears
Ann Marie Kelly is a broadcaster and documentary maker. On this Podcast you will find examples of her work including episodes from young people finding hope and purpose during Covid. The series also includes material Ann Marie Kelly has uploaded from her Radio shows as broadcast on Midlands 103.
Episodes
14 episodes
Are ya blind or what?
ARE YA BLIND OR WHAT? My new Radio Documentary follows a group of visually impaired people in the process of making a radio play. Members of Sightless Cinema speak about how they live without light. The documentary is the result of mont...
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47:42
Remembering Shane MacGowan
A special tribute to Shane MacGowan on Ann Marie Kelly's Roadhouse Cafe with
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47:32
The Beatles Secretary Freda Kelly speaks to Ann Marie Kelly
While visiting Dublin for the 60th anniversary of the Beatles playing the Adelphi in 1963, The Beatles Secretary Freda Kelly chats about her time with the Fab Four and Brian Epstein, how John Lennon saved her from getting the sack and her love ...
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Goodbye Christy Dignam with love
A look at the musical career of the late Aslan frontman Christy Dignam from a lifelong fan. Looking at his life in music from the release of 'This is' to his last gig at Bob's Bar Durrow. Co LaoisBroadcast on Midlands 103 AMKelly's Roadhous...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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59:10
Happy 80th Birthday George!
George Harrison Special!The youngest Beatle, born on the 25th February, 1943, would've been 80. On the Roadhouse Cafe, with a little help from my friends Pete Brennan and Mick Lynch from 'Beatles Ireland' we remember George w...
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Episode 3
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1:55:43
Happy Birthday Macca!
Broadcast on the weekend of the 80th Birthday of Paul McCartney.With the writer of 'The Beatles and Ireland' Book, Broadcaster Ann Marie Kelly speaks with Mick Lynch about the man, the Beatle and the solo artist from the 1950s to the presen...
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Episode 2
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1:47:51
Studio 15
Rossi M is a 15 years old from Stradbally County Laois. During lockdown he used his ingenuity to create a Web Radio Studio for the community, make music, live stream funerals and stay connected with his Nanny, one of the 'Golden Girls' you'll m...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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28:00
Episode 6 - A Year Inside
What got you through lockdown?Five 3rd Year Students from Portlaoise College, County Laois come together exactly one year after the first lock down to discuss what pieces of art helped them through the last 12 months, at a time when they ...
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Episode 6
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Episode 5 - Sean Ryan
"I'd like to think I know him best because he smiles a lot when I'm around especially when I pretend to slip and fall"Sean Ryan from Portlaoise is 12. His twin brother Liam has Cerebral Palsy. Sean is very proud of once h...
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Episode 5
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23:44
Episode 4 - Aoife
"I always stand up for myself because that's what you have to do. It is hard, but I just do it to say that I'm able to do stuff myself"20 year old Aoife Byrne from County Laois has never let her Down Syndrome get in the way of her life. ...
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Episode 4
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23:05
Episode 3 Nick O Neill
"The Pandemic has exposed the extremities of the working conditions of the Carer in the Private Homecare Sector. Not receiving sick pay, not being able to make ends meet".25 year old Nicholas O Neill from Abbeyleix believes his research...
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Episode 3
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27:47
Episode 2 : Kai
Kai is turning 18 and last year, during the first lock down, he decided it was time to come out and transition. He felt such a relief when he could finally speak about it to his family and friends because as he says 'I was a very angry p...
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