SEASCAPES

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On Seascapes this week Marcus Connaughton has a tale of two cats – Norman Freeman on the Blackie –the ships cat that met Winston Churchill and Franklin D Roosevelt  in Newfoundland in 1941.

Also President of the Dublin Bay Old Gaffers –Tim Magennis  on the feline story  recounted to him by the late and  legendary journalist Jimmy Kelly  of Belfast.

Presented and produced by Marcus Connaughton .

RTÉ Radio 1 Friday 6 September at 10.30pm