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Is also famously known as 'Captain Jack' Crawford, who was a Wild West Pioneer whose stories began in Carndonagh right in the heart of the Inishowen Peninsula. Jack was born to Scottish parents in 1847 in a small house in the Diamond area of Derry. Now such was the fame of John Wallace Crawford that a Blue Plaque is to be unveiled there on Saturday 1st October. Helen Mark met with Sean Beattie, Chairman of the Ulster History Trust about the Scot’s adventurous life. 

Spooky stories from the wild and beautiful Donegal where ghost stories are a way of life. It’s a new book called ‘Haunted Donegal’, written by Madeline McCurry which features the goblin child of Castlereagh, the Blue Stacks Banshee, the ghostly swans of Burt Castle and much more. Helen Mark speaks live to Madeline about the imminent release of her book. 

This weekend sees the official opening of the new arts and literary centre dedicated to the life and literature of the late poet and Nobel Laureate. HomePlace opens its doors in Bellaghy and it’s a proud moment for the town to have an arts and literary centre dedicated to his life and works. But amidst that pride there's also a tinge of sadness for the Heaney family which was so beautifully described by Seamus's brother Hugh when Helen Mark visited him back in January at the family farmhouse on the edge of the town.