A pipe maker from Strabane, and the tale of a Tyrone emigrant.
Martin "Banba" Gallen, an uilleann pipe maker from Strabane, and the story of Bernie Heagney, an emigrant from Tyrone.
Martin Gallen, known locally as Banba, has become the first ever uilleann pipe maker to join the Guild of Master Craftsmen. It's the highest qualification that professional crafters can attain. Brian Kernohan met him at the workshop where the musical magic happens.
And John Heagney tells the story of his father, Bernie, who left the townland of Kinnigillian at Dunamore near Cookstown in County Tyrone, more than a century ago. Aged 16, he left the family farm and went to Canada as part of the British Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Children programme. He would never see his parents again. His son, John, told Anne Marie McAleese that it was this poignant event that has now resulted in his novel called Traveler.
Presented by Anne Marie McAleese.
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