Keane On Keane

Two episodes. First broadcast from 20050106 to 20050612.

Fergal Keane reveals the writer behind the 'Letters', dramatised this week on Radio 4, his late uncle, John B Keane.

The writer's home town of Listowel, Co Kerry was the inspiration for much of his work, and there and in Dublin, Fergal hears how a country publican became a writer of international fame, creating a popular people's literature that both reflected and produced change in twentieth century Ireland.

First Broadcast	Description
20050106
20050612	Fergal Keane presents a portrait of his late uncle, the Irish writer John B Keane. John B's home town of Listowel, Co Kerry was the inspiration for much of his work, and there and in Dublin, Fergal hears how a country publican became a writer of international fame, creating a popular people's literature that both reflected and produced change in 20th century IRELAND