{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/61d5719c47aaaf00131c22b4/6212969d3443010014c0f82f?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Séamas O'Reilly on childhood memories, the significance of the Border and the impact of Brexit","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61d5719c47aaaf00131c22b4/1642341047545-6bbf880991b475e0a78811481f2e301c.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Author Séamas O'Reilly&nbsp;talks to Borderlines hosts Freya McClements and Mary Minihan&nbsp;about growing up with his 10 siblings on the Border between Derry in Northern Ireland and Donegal in the Republic when the Troubles were on the wane.</p><p><br></p><p>The writer also reflects on the \"bittersweet\" experience of writing his bestselling memoir Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? as&nbsp;he unearthed new memories about his mother in the course of his research. He was five when she died.</p>","author_name":"The Irish Times "}