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Magilligan Point, Cleenish Island and Dunmurry

Anne Marie McAleese with the people, places and stories, including the extraodinary life of writer and traveller Beatrice Ethel Grimshaw and the tradition of being a piper.

Anne Marie McAleese with the people, places and stories that make Northern Ireland unique, including a book written about the extraordinary life of the late writer and traveller Beatrice Ethel Grimshaw. Plus father and son talk about the tradition of being a piper and winning the All Ireland and British Championships while pipers up and down the country play the pipes to ring out the old year and welcome in the new and Dot Blakey is at Magilligan Point, a favourite spot to see all sorts of birds.

57 minutes

Last on

Sat 30 Dec 2017 08:05

Beatrice Ethel Grimshaw

Beatrice Ethel Grimshaw

Beatrice was a writer and traveller born in Dunmurry in Country Antrim in the late 19th Century. She lead an amazing life and Diana Gleadhill has been researching and writing all about her life. Anne Marie talks to Diana about her book soon to be released.

Traditional Piper

Traditional Piper

Comber man, Alan Carr is a senior pipe major in The Field Marshall Montgomery Pipe Band and they've been World, All Ireland and British Championships many times over. Today Helen Mark talks to Alan and his son about the family tradition of being a piper and keeping the tradition going.听

Belcoo Train Station

Belcoo Train Station

This year we paid tribute to sixty years of the railway closures in Fermanagh in a special programme. We spoke to ex-signal man, William Gault who spent his whole life in or near the railway who shared his memories.


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  • Sat 30 Dec 2017 08:05

Your Places

Your Places

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