{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/627a2e8f84f3d50012cf11fb/6ae8b896375d48fb430a8d29?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ep 3697: Ciara Mageean (1992-2026) - 02/11/26","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/627a2e8f84f3d50012cf11fb/1793636388905-53972282-23f5-491e-8b74-11caf5d6cf11.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Ciara Mageean was a phenomenally talented and successful athlete and a very special human being who had a positive impact on anyone lucky enough to have met her, watched her or heard her speak.</p><p><br></p><p>After her cancer diagnosis in July 2025 Ciara continued to live a full life and recently got married to her long-term partner Thomas Moran.</p><p><br></p><p>Michael Darragh MacAuley was at that wedding, having made friends with Ciara on the RTE TV show &quot;Uncharted&quot;, aired in May of this year, which documented their gruelling 250km trek across Costa Rica.</p><p><br></p><p>Michael Darragh joins us in studio today for an emotional conversation about Ciara’s kindness, her toughness, her wisdom and the bond they formed in the last year of her life.</p>","author_name":"Second Captains"}