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30/01/2016
Anne Marie McAleese with the people and stories that make Northern Ireland unique. In this show, why a huge lighthouse lens will be getting a new home.
Last on
Sat 30 Jan 2016
08:05
麻豆官网首页入口 Radio Ulster & 麻豆官网首页入口 Radio Foyle
A Life of Conservation
Anne meets Banbridge man Joe Furphy, whose childhood by the river Bann inspired a life long love for - and career in - conservation work. They take a walk in one of his favourite places, Oxford Island by Lough Neagh, the site of a former piggery.
When Planets Align
Terry Mosely - President of the Irish Astronomical Association - explains how to see a rare phenomenon in our skies, five planets in alignment, visible in the south just before dawn - Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Mars and Jupiter.聽
Mew Island Optic
It's 127 years old, equivalent to 1.2 millions candles, and it's one of the largest anywhere in the world - this rare optic has been guiding ships in the waters around the Copeland islands for well over a century. Now the Mew Island optic is being restored, and will be displayed on the Titanic slipway.聽
The Wee Greenway on Inishowen.
Plans are afoot for a new cycling Greenway, following in the tracks of the old railway line right round the spectacular Inishowen peninsula - Helen Mark meets the people behind the dream.
St Brigid's Cross
The 1st of February is St Brigid's day, a feast day with roots in old an Pagan festival to mark the beginning of Spring. Dermot Hughes joins us to explain a few of the old rituals still linked to the festival.
Broadcast
- Sat 30 Jan 2016 08:05麻豆官网首页入口 Radio Ulster & 麻豆官网首页入口 Radio Foyle
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