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Carnlough, Bellaghy and Gorteade

The limestone harbour at Carnlough, Seamus Heaney's connection to Robert Burns and a new film about the late Ulster-Scot Charles Thomson.

Anne Marie McAleese with the people, places and stories that make Northern Ireland unique. The story behind the limestone harbour built by the Londonderry family, a festival inspired by Seamus Heaney's connection to Robert Burns and a new film about the Ulster-Scot Charles Thomson named by the native American people of Pennsylvania: The Man Who Told the Truth.

57 minutes

Last on

Sat 10 Feb 2018 08:05

Pronounced in the Place

Pronounced in the Place
We are live from Seamus Heaney HomePlace where they are having a festival to celebrate Seamus Heaney's connection to Robert Burn's Poetry from the 16th February. It begins with a discussion panel that will explore the tradition, language and culture of Ulster Scots and how it relates to Heaney's arguments in Burns's Art Speech. Anne Marie talks to Brian McCormick the manager and nephew of Seamus Heaney.聽

The Man Who Told the Truth

The Man Who Told the Truth
Anne Marie talks to the director of a new film about the story of Ulster-Scot Charles Thomson聽named by the native American people of Pennsylvania: The Man Who Told the Truth.聽Born 300 hundred years ago in the town land of Gorteade near Maghera, Economist Bruce Clark, who lives in Charles Thomson's birthplace, follows the twists and turns of his early life.聽

Snowdrops at Springhill House

Snowdrops at Springhill House
The house on the hill in Ballindrum has the best Snowdrop flowers in the country. Spinghill House is famous for the carpet of Snowdrops that covers the grounds of the famous 17th Century House. Anne Marie speaks live to the gardener.聽

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  • Sat 10 Feb 2018 08:05

Your Places

Your Places

The people, places and stories that make Northern Ireland unique.