<description>&lt;p&gt;Eamonn Sweeney’s life changed on a June day in the year 2000.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;He was a sportswriter enjoying the traditional rhythm of the GAA summer as he arrived at Fitzgerald Stadium in Killarney.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Suddenly he was hit by a bomb and couldn’t put one foot in front of the other.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It was the beginning of a descent into isolation and fear.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;On Free State today, Eamonn Sweeney talks about the terror of those days when travelling became a nightmare and he retreated into a cocoon.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;He speaks about his new book and how writing it helped to restore him as he found purpose again. It is a story about the community and the power of the GAA&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'&gt; Hosted on Acast. See &lt;a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'&gt;acast.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Eamonn Sweeney’s life changed on a June day in the year 2000.He was a sportswriter enjoying the traditional rhythm of the GAA summer as he arrived at Fitzgerald Stadium in Killarney.Suddenly he was hit by a bomb and couldn’t put one foot in front of the other.It was the beginning of a descent into isolation and fear.On Free State today, Eamonn Sweeney talks about the terror of those days when travelling became a nightmare and he retreated into a cocoon.He speaks about his new book and how writing it helped to restore him as he found purpose again. It is a story about the community and the power of the GAA<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Free State with Joe Brolly and Dion Fanning

High Noon: How one man retreated from the world and found his way back again

High Noon: How one man retreated from the world and found his way back again

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