Motoring on three different routes and avoiding the motorway infrastructure John Creedon travels the scenic landscapes and streetscapes and brings to life the stories that lie beneath the tarmac and fields along the road less travelled.
Episode 3
Dublin to Belfast route – the journey before the M1 was built. On this week’s show John attends a top of the table clash between Cork City FC Vs Dundalk FC and hears all about one armed footballing legend Jimmy Hasty.
John meets a Dothraki slave master from Game of Thrones and gets the inside track on the Good Friday Agreement from Alastair Campbell at Hillsborough.
John meets Brendan Murphy of the the band The 4 Of US where he hears the hilarious story of the bands most famous song Mary.
And John heads to Drogheda to hear the story of Kate The Navvy who’s who dressed up as her dead husband to take his place on the chain gang building the Drogheda Railway Viaduct.