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High Noon: How one man retreated from the world and found his way back again
Episode 219

High Noon: How one man retreated from the world and found his way back again

Free State with Joe Brolly and Dion Fanning · Joe Brolly

April 22, 20251h 5m

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Show Notes

Eamonn Sweeney’s life changed on a June day in the year 2000.

He was a sportswriter enjoying the traditional rhythm of the GAA summer as he arrived at Fitzgerald Stadium in Killarney.

Suddenly he was hit by a bomb and couldn’t put one foot in front of the other.

It was the beginning of a descent into isolation and fear.

On Free State today, Eamonn Sweeney talks about the terror of those days when travelling became a nightmare and he retreated into a cocoon.

He speaks about his new book and how writing it helped to restore him as he found purpose again. It is a story about the community and the power of the GAA


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