This week's programme explores the legend of Anna Manahan - diva, celebrity, ard aisteoir, civil rights activist and good friend and colleague. Anna Manahan was one of our most respected and acclaimed stage and screen actresses, with memorable appearances in The Irish RM, Leave It To Mrs O’Brien, Big Maggie, The Riordans, Fair City, and The Matchmaker as well as triumphant runs on Broadway in Brian Friel’s Lovers and, latterly, Martin McDonagh’s The Beauty Queen of Leenane. But we sometimes forget just how famous Anna Manahan was. She was a star upon the world stage and the Waterford native was one of the very few Irish actors to win the theatre’s highest honour — a Tony Award — for her role in the Broadway run of The Beauty Queen of Leenane. Did we ever really know the real Anna — the complex and dynamic person behind the famous theatre and screen roles? The civil rights activist whose campaign on behalf of senior citizens gave the fiery and talented actress a brand new stage to fill in her golden years and resulted in a Government climbdown on the issue of medical cards. Cloch le Carn explores the legend of Anna Manahan – Diva, celebrity, Ard Aisteoir, civil rights activist and good friend and colleague. The programme interviews many of Anna Manahan’s colleagues and friends, amongst them Martina Stanley, Des Keogh, Tomas Mac Anna, Maire Ní Ghráinne and Barry Cassin, to offer a captivating, fascinating and intimate portrait of one of the true greats of Irish stage and screen.