Seascapes
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Lorna Siggins meets transatlantic rower Damian Browne on the Galway docks as he finishes his epic journey. Norman Freeman tells us why cats are considered lucky on board ships and we hear from Bangor University academic and nautical architect, Innes McCartney, on his study of the shipwrecks of the Irish Sea.
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