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A former railway man visits Irvinestown Railway for the first time in 77 years.

Seventy-seven years after his last visit, Raymond Compton returns to Irvinestown Railway Station where he started his first job.

Seventy-seven years after his last visit, Raymond Compton returns to Irvinestown Railway Station where he started his first job. The old station house was converted into a family home when the railway closed but just a few weeks ago he met up with Helen Mark there to remember sights, the sounds, and the smells of the old station.

And Anne Marie McAleese hears from Orlagh Thompson from County Down, who is building a traditional Irish boat, a wooden-framed currach in San Sebastian in Spain at an international Boat Building School.

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