Morelli's Ice Cream
Morelli's Ice Cream
Our Diaspora

Podcast | Morelli's Ice Cream ft. Damian & Ellen Morelli

Meet Damian and Ellen - For over 100 years, the Morelli family has been serving award-winning Italian Ice Cream in Portstewart

In this episode we sat down with Damian and Ellen Morelli to talk about:

  • The incredible story of how the Morelli family ended up in NI

  • Hardship during the second world war

  • A chance encounter that saved a life

  • Surviving COVID as a hospitality business

  • Their favourite flavour of ice cream

  • Cold water swimming, black belts, motorbikes

  • Singing on broadway

  • And advice from 34 years of marriage!

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