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No Irish Need Apply

04/07/1982

Segments #1-5 1) Blackbird 2) Jay O’Callahan 3) Having a Time 4) Catriona Yeats 5) Fred Allen


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Series
No Irish Need Apply
Series Description

Series of five to ten minute fillers produced by Denis O’Neal to air after the spring 1982 WGBH broadcast of the BBC series “Ireland: A Television History.”

Segment 1: Traditional Irish Musical group Blackbird perform "Castle Drummond," "Captain Thompson," and "The Gravel Walk."

Segment 2: Storyteller Jay O'Callahan tells the folk tale "Connor and the Leprechaun" to a group of school children, after which he talks about the Irish love of language and the ways in which words bring people together.

Segment 3: "Having a Time" features a breakfast meeting/political “roast” in South Boston during St. Patrick's week (1982) at the South Boston Boys and Girls Club. Appearing are several Boston politicians including Albert L. “Dapper” O’Neil; Raymond Flynn,; William Bulger; Christopher Iannella; and the Director of the South Boston Boys and Girls Club (unidentified).

Segment 4: Interview and performance by Harpist Caitriona Yeats.

Segment 5: Profile of television and radio personality Fred Allen. Features excerpts of his radio shows, intermixed with recollections of Allen from Edward Weeks, editor emeritus of The Atlantic.

Segments 6-10: yet to be cataloged. Series release date: 1982

Duration

00:45:00

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Creators
O'Neal, Denis (Series Producer)
Citation
Chicago: “No Irish Need Apply,” 04/07/1982, GBH Archives, accessed December 8, 2023, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_388522869A904618A75DD3042AE36214.
MLA: “No Irish Need Apply.” 04/07/1982. GBH Archives. Web. December 8, 2023. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_388522869A904618A75DD3042AE36214>.
APA: No Irish Need Apply. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_388522869A904618A75DD3042AE36214
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