On this edition - Lough Corrib is now the location for Europe’s oldest and longest inland sailing race. The story of a man trying to buy from his Parish Priest the painting of a boat on which he had been part of the crew on its first voyage and we’ll hear the personal story of an Air Corps search-and-rescue pilot who flew rescue missions off the Irish coast and whose first mission was almost his last.

'Air, Sea and Land Memories is available from Hayes Print Publishing in Ennistymon, Co Clare. Telephone (065) 707 1125 or email [email protected] It costs €20 plus postage.

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