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In 1966, just fourteen days following the IRA blew up Nelson's Pillar in O'Connell Streets, Dublin, Eddie McGrath is knocked down and killed by the airport terminal bus nearby the spot where the Pillar used to stand. His death changes his 17-year-old little girl, Nuala, into an orphan. She never recognized her mom, Gertie, by any means, and when she looked into her father's things she found components of her mom that deeply disturbed her. The tale of Gertie Ford will need the listener to the western world coastline of Ireland, in search of Gertie, to an environment of adventure, heartbreak and tragedy set in the mid forties and 1966 in Dublin, Sligo, and Donegal. In Sligo, Nuala remains with a family group of brothers under the pretence that she'll marry one of these; in Donegal, Gertie is unveiled to poteen smuggling; and in Dublin, the listener is given a glimpse of the infamous Magdalene Laundries/Asylums. There will be heartbreak, rape, and incest, but it is very minimal as there is a lot of comedy, both in situations and dialogue, and the question in regards to what Gertie was doing in Dublin on that first day of springtime will be clarified.
