Michael P O'Conner Story teller

DB_Ottawa

Does anyone remember the regular weekly broadcasts of children's stories by Michael P O'Connor.

As far as I remember, his stories were a regular segment of a children's programmme that was broadcast around 17:30 on a Wednesday evening on Radio Eireann during the Fifties.
His rich deep voice was a joy to listen to. The stories were original and imaginative. I cannot recall any of the details. But I can recall the childish pleasure of being transported into a magic world, forgetting about the cold wet Winter's evening as his warm reassuring voice led one's imagination to a different place.

I have emailed RTE Archives to find out if they have any recordings of the programme. There is very little information on the Internet on the writer. Surprisingly, he was a medical doctor, born in Loughrea, Co Galway who served a number of years in the British Colonial Service in the Far East and was imprisoned by the Japanese during WW2.