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ALL WALKS OF LIFE

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Former President Mary McAleese returns with a second series of All Walks of Life, in which she treks some of Ireland’s most sacred and spectacular pilgrim routes with a fascinatingly diverse selection of walking companions, including Patrick Kielty, Roz Purcell, Leo Varadkar, and record-breaking Olympic athlete, Ciara Mageean. Along the way, each guest discusses how their life has shaped or been shaped by, their values and beliefs (or lack of them). 

Ep 4: Ciara Mageean turned heads with her running ability in 2020, breaking two longstanding middle distance Irish records, as she prepared for the Tokyo Olympics that were ultimately postponed. In our programme, however, she slows to a brisk walk along the Ards peninsula, near Portaferry, Co. Down, an area strongly associated with Ireland’s patron saint, Patrick