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Kate and Baba are friends who occupy the twin poles of romance and realism.

In this opening episode, Kate鈥檚 father is off on a drinking binge, so the farm has to cope without him.

Originally published in the 1960s, The Country Girls, and the two other novels in the trilogy (The Lonely Girl and Girls in their Married Bliss), were banned by the Irish Censorship Board, burnt publicly in O鈥橞rien鈥檚 home town, and described by the Justice Minister (a young Charles Haughey) as filth.

Edna O鈥橞rien's trilogy is now recognised as an iconic work of 20th century Irish fiction.

Dramatised in ten parts by Lin Coghlan.

Kate ..... Charlie Murphy
Baba ..... Aoibhinn McGinnity
Mama ..... Catherine Cusack
Dada ..... David Ganly
Hickey ..... Lloyd Hutchinson
Jack Holland ..... Jonjo O鈥橬eill
Miss Moriarty ..... Helen Clapp

Directors: Sally Avens & Jessica Dromgoole

First broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 4 in August 2019.