Summary
For two streetwise Irish boys who loved hopping on trains and ferries and discovering new faraway places, one adventure took them so far they become front page news.
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| 0:00.0 | From KCRW and KCRW.com, I'm Bob Carlson, and this is Unfictional. |
| 0:06.0 | Unfictional is KCRW's program of stories and original documentaries. |
| 0:12.0 | It's a part of KCRW's independent producer project, |
| 0:15.6 | a laboratory for independent radio producers, writers, and performers. And today on the program, |
| 0:21.6 | a story from RTE Radio in Ireland from their award-winning documentary |
| 0:26.0 | on-one series about two adventurous young boys who enjoyed hopping on trains and going on adventures. |
| 0:33.9 | We used to do this kind of on a regular thing. |
| 0:35.7 | We jump on a train or coach or whatever |
| 0:38.1 | and going on an adventure. |
| 0:42.2 | Keith Byrne was 10 years old. His friend Noel Murray was 13 in August of 1985. |
| 0:48.0 | The Dart suburban rail system in Dublin was fairly new and soon the two friends started riding trains all |
| 0:54.4 | over the east coast of Ireland and beyond. We realized that there was a boat |
| 0:59.2 | the ferry that went from the L |
| 1:00.5 | Lyrie to over to England. |
| 1:02.7 | So that was an extended version of the adventure, |
| 1:06.1 | if you like. |
| 1:08.7 | Until one trip took them so far from home, |
| 1:12.1 | they became front-page news. The news headlines, two Dublin boys |
| 1:16.3 | age 10 and 13 have been returned to Ireland after stowing away. The boys 13 year old |
| 1:21.0 | Noel Murray and 10 year old Keith Byrne are now back home. |
| 1:24.4 | None the worse for their adventure. |
| 1:25.8 | Welcome back and first today that amazing journey by two young Stoweaways from Dublin. |
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