Sugar and the blue-eyed slave

RTE Radio’s 'Documentary on One' slot recently broadcast 'Sugar and the Blue-Eyed Slave'; Joe Kearney’s exploration of the strong Irish connection with the Carribbean island of Montserrat, famously devastated by a volcanic eruption in the 1990s. Joe Kearney first heard of the Irish link to the island from Philly Lynch, a Kilkenny philatelist, who showed ... Read more

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