Iona Park & Talbot Avenue

Street Wise Athlone: Episode 22 – Iona Park / Talbot Avenue


Gearoid O' Brien talks about the history and development of Iona
Park & Talbot Avenue, and a local connection to the political
turmoil in the Belgian Congo in the 1960s, and we visit the area
to hear some of the residents' memories.


Street Wise Athlone broadcasts on Wednesdays at 2:30pm and
repeats on Thursdays at 10am on Athlone Community Radio 88.4fm,
https://athlonecommunityradio.ie/listen-live/ and on the TuneIn
Radio app: http://tun.in/seJVD


Street Wise Athlone is funded by the Broadcasting Authority of
Ireland (BAI) with the Television Licence Fee.


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