Omagh, Enniskillen and Antrim
Anne Marie McAleese with the people, places and stories that make Northern Ireland unique.
Anne Marie McAleese with the people, places and stories that make Northern Ireland unique. Guide Lawrence McBride talks about the Omagh & Sperrins Walking Festival including 'The Robbers Table' and 'The Lisnaharney Loop', the return of the Enniskillen Ladies Circle, and Charles Friel, curator of the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland, on the launch of a restored Great Northern Engine.
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'Peat is 95 percent water, it's like walking on milk'
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Omagh & Sperrins Walking Festival
The two day Omagh & Sperrins Walking Festival kicks off this Saturday and Sunday. Chief guide Lawrence McBride talksΒ toΒ Anne MarieΒ about The Robbers Table, the Lisnaharney Loop and the history of ancient Ulster in the heart of County Tyrone.Β
Enniskillen Ladies Circle
The Enniskillen Ladies Circle started in 1959 and remained active until the middle of the 1980's when it sadly faded away, that was until last year when a group of young Fermanagh women decided it was time for it to start up again. Anne Marie speaks toΒ
Jane Robinson and Nicola Adair from the group.Antrim's newly restored Great Northern Engine
Charles Friel, curator of the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland, talks to Anne Marie about the restored Whitehead railway station in County Antrim which opened at the end of last year and today is launching the newly restored Great Northern, Q Class, No. 131, engine.
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- Sat 24 Mar 2018 08:05Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Ulster & Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Foyle
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The people, places and stories that make Northern Ireland unique.