Child star tracked down after 50 years

A child star of one of RTÉ’s earliest and most popular TV shows has been traced after rare footage was found after half a century.

Child star tracked down after 50 years
Wed, 21 Nov, 2012 - 00:00
Eoin English

The hunt is on now for the four other children who featured in an episode of The School Around the Corner which was recorded in Cork in 1962.

The recently discovered tape is amongst the oldest archive TV footage RTÉ has, and is the only complete episode from the early days of that programme.

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