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Ronnie Masterson Image Name: Ronnie Masterson Description: Irish actress Ronnie Masterson in 1984 Copyright: RTÉ Stills Library
Aonghus McAnally Image Name: Aonghus McAnally Description: RTÉ broadcaster Aonghus McAnally (2009) Copyright: RTÉ Stills Library

Inniu, cloisfimid agallamh ón gcartlann le Aonghus McAnally agus a mháthair Ronnie Masterson, nach maireann.  Thosaigh an t-aisteoir Ronnie Masterson in Amharclann na Mainistreach i 1946, agus ar feadh blianta fada ina dhiaidh sin bhíodh sí le feiceáil ar an ardán, ar an teilifís agus i scannáin.  Lena fear céile, Ray McAnally, thaistil sí an tír seo agus thar sáile ar feadh na mblianta i ndrámaí de gach cineál.  San agallamh seo, i gcuideachta a mic, an craoltóir agus an ceoltóir Aonghus McAnally, caitheann sí súil siar ar a saol aisteoireachta, agus labhrann sí faoi Earnán de Blaghd, an tine in Amharclann na Mainistreach, agus an obair éachtach a rinne said thar na scórtha bliain, i measc rudaí eile.  Cathal Póirtéir a chuirfidh an clár i láthair.

Today, we’ll hear an interview from the archives with Aonghus McAnally and his mother, Ronnie Masterson, who passed away in 2014.  Ronnie Masterson was a talented actor, who started in the Abbey Theatre in 1946, and for many years after that she worked on stage, on TV and in films.  Together with her husband, Ray McAnally, she travelled the country and further working in a wide variety of theatre productions.  In this interview, together with her son, broadcaster and musician Aonghus McAnally, she looks back over her acting life, and discusses, among other things, Ernest Blythe, the fire in the Abbey Theatre, and the Trojan work done there over many years.  Cathal Póirtéir presents the programme.