Series 3, Ep 2 – Singer and Broadcaster Majella O’ Donnell
Brendan Courtney coaxes more poignant memories and time-travelling revelations from 8 well-known Irish National Treasures as he accompanies them on a nostalgic journey back to the places that have meant most to them over the course of their colourful lives.
Series 3, Episode 1
A return to her childhood home in Thurles churns up memories of Majella O’ Donnell’s difficult relationship with her father – a relationship that was to define her lifelong problems around intimacy and relationships.
In The Premiere Ballroom Thurles she revisits her early successes in stage musicals and laments her thwarted dreams to become a performer.
Stepping back into the Edinburgh apartment she shared with her first husband Majella movingly recalls her years of post natal depression and the infidelity that caused the breakdown of her marriage.
And in sunny Tenerife she joyously remembers how her life turned-around when she met a nice man called Daniel in a local Irish Bar!