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When looking across Lough Foyle, it’s good to imagine a giant dotted line running down the centre. The Lough represents one of the borders between Northern Ireland and Ireland. But for the people who’ve lived on either side, that border was quite permeable mainly because of shipping. Helen visits the Irish side of the Lough where she finds out how ships have helped reconnect people to this water way and to each other.
She first meets Charlie McCann, local historian and former Foyle Pilot – one of the people who would guide large cargo ships into the harbour beyond. He tells Helen about how ships brought more than just legal goods across both sides of the Lough. She then meets Jim McClenaghan, manager of the Foyle Ferry. This relatively new service linked Greencastle in the South to Magilligan in the North. He tells her how over the space of one mile on the ferry, a sort of peace process began, reconnecting families on either side. The Lough also provides a livelihood for some. Helen chats with Gerard Kelly, a mussel fisherman, who shows how his fledgling business could be the future of fishing in an area of increasing regulation. Fishing boats were a big part of the life of the Lough, particularly a wooden vessel known as the Foyle Punt. Helen heads to McDonald Boat yard, where owner Brian, whose family have been building boats in the area since 1750, shows her how to make the boat. Then Helen is off to Moville to meet John White of the Foyle Rowing Association, who takes her out and shows her just what these boats can do on the water.
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