I studied law at UCD, but I knew I never wanted to be a lawyer. You have to ask the right questions to find a way of getting them to open up. I think you have to have a knack of finding a story in every person's life. When I talk to them on the phone, I have to be very patient and it's important to be a good listener. I find older people respond better to people face to face. There was a dance on that night and all the wives were due to attend, so I though that would be a good night to find some war stories.Īnother night last week, I went to a ballroom dance for older people in Parnell Square. Last week, I was a the British Legion Club on Sir John Rogerson's Quay for a gathering of veterans of the second World War. We've got a good response from this, and it's very important as we are targeting different groups of people. When both of their partners died, they finally married each other.Īlthough my day varies quite a lot, depending on what stage of production we are at, at present I spend my mornings speaking to local newspapers and radio stations around the country, telling them what we are doing. But they never forgot about each other and when they met up again later in life they still had feelings for each other. Then the man emigrated to London and though they kept in touch at first, both of them married different people.

One couple we talked to met and fell in love in Dublin when they were in their early 20s. Hopefully we will be filming before the summer. We plan to finish the research by the end of February and then we will go out and meet the people with the best stories. So far, we've been talking to people who experienced war and emigration, couldn't - or didn't marry because of social prejudice.

We are looking for people or couples in their 60s or older who believe they found true love and have unique stories to tell about living and falling in love in the 20th century. I started researching A Century of Love in January and the finished programme will be screened on RTE next autumn. I'm collecting love stories of the 20th century.

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