Series 3, Episode 5 – SINGER & SENATOR FRANCES BLACK
In an emotionally charged journey back through a life marked by teen pregnancy, marriage breakdown and alcoholism, Frances revisits the house on Rathlin Island that framed her idyllic childhood summers and brought relief from bullying and poverty in her Dublin inner-city home.
She revisits the Rialto house that offered refuge after the collapse of her marriage in her early 20’s and the gorgeous South Circular Road Victorian house bought by her parents for £13,000 in the late 80’s that became a sanctuary during her recovery from alcoholism, her training in addiction studies and her radical decision to enter politics.
Series Overview:
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.