Donaghadee, Antrim and Maghera
Anne Marie McAleese with the people, places and stories that make Northern Ireland unique, including 'A Christmas Carol' with a difference, from the Maiden City.
Anne Marie McAleese with the people, places and stories that make Northern Ireland unique, including children from St Mary's Primary Maghera talk about how Santa finds their house, 'A Christmas Carol' with a difference from the Maiden City and book called 'Last Years Snow' from Tynan. Plus a Christmas bonus for our birds, butterflies and blanket bog in Garron and Sir Samuel Kelly Life Boat is to be restored.
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'My Workshop, My Milking Station, My Refuge'
Duration: 01:32
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'In 1913 He Sends Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ To His Mother A Present'
Duration: 01:48
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'He Can Go Super Duper Fast'
Duration: 02:37
Sir Samuel Kelly Lifeboat
The lifeboat which saved 33 passengers who had been on board the Princess Victoria ferry when it catastrophically sank in 1953 is to be restored. Anne Marie talks to Ken Walsh, Chairman of Donaghadee Preservation Company.Β
Garron Plateau
A new funded conservation project for Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Scotland will improve habitats for birds and other species. Garron in County Antrim will see a blanket bog being restored as well as across the three countries. Anne Marie talks to Donnell Black from the RSPB about the project.Β
A Christmas Carol
There's a plaque in St Columb’s Cathedral in Derry that honours Captain Edward Harvey who was killed in WW1 in France. He was a flying instructor before he went to the front and when he was away he sent a book home to his mother and years later local historian Ken McCormack got a hold of it.Β
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- Sat 16 Dec 2017 08:05Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Ulster & Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Foyle
Your Places
The people, places and stories that make Northern Ireland unique.