Colbert Martin
Local historian of Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland; founding member of the Bray Cúalann Historical Society; author of "A Drink from Broderick's Well" and other historical works on Bray.
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Aug 4, 2026
Mark QuinnHOST
First transmitted on the 22nd of August 1987 on BLB Radio, this is Colbert Martin.
Colbert MartinGUEST
Uh, my father had been involved in the Fight for Freedom, as we like to call it, the War of Independence, and he was on the run.
Colbert MartinGUEST
Now, I had a baby sister at this time as well, so my mother found it a bit difficult to cope with the two of us.
Colbert MartinGUEST
I was offloaded on my grandmother, who lived in a two-roomed mud-walled cottage with a tin roof.
Colbert MartinGUEST
Originally, I believe it was thatch, but they'd got awfully well off and got a tin roof.
Colbert MartinGUEST
Now, why I remember the tin roof so well was, or is, that on Saturday mornings when I hadn't to go to school, I would lie in bed listening to the birds trotting across the galvanized roof.
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