Series 3, Episode 4
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.
FOOTBALLER RONNIE WHELAN
From his childhood in Finglas to 15 glorious years spent at Anfield as part of Liverpool’s greatest ever team; Ronnie revisits his lonely early years in the Liverpool Team Digs where homesickness almost scuppered his career. He revisits his first dream home – the house that football built – and remembers the lifechanging meeting in a Liverpool nightclub which brought the long happy marriage that’s formed the backbone of his success. And Ronnie movingly recalls the two traumatic events that blighted his life; the tragic stadium disasters at Heysel and Hillsborough.