Attractively Irish
"THE SAINT AND THE STORY- + TELLER," a BBC feature heard one recent Sunday from 4ZB, proved to be attractively Irish, by which I do not mean whimsy ifi a Celtic twilight, but humour and imagination stiffened here and there by a grim touch of realism. The saint of the title was St. Patrick, and the programme told some of the stories about him (related as if he had lived about the time of our grandfathers) and the legends they spring from. There was @ touch of irreverence about some of the tales, but it was an irreverence that never questioned the heroic stature of the subject. Irish voices lend themselves easily to broadcasting, but the charm of the speakers in this programme was eclipsed by the interest and originality of its material.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 765, 19 March 1954, Page 11
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133Attractively Irish New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 765, 19 March 1954, Page 11
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