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County Donegal - from Plantation to the Origins of an Enduring Hymn

Episode 4 of 6

Dr Éamon Phoenix journeys through the history of Donegal's Inishowen Peninsula. For any queries, contact series producer Laura Spence, laura.spence@bbc.co.uk.

Dr Éamon Phoenix is in County Donegal exploring the Laggan Valley and the romantic Inishowen Peninsula. This fascinating landscape has had a conflicted history and was heavily planted with Lowland Scots settlers during the Plantation of Ulster. Éamon explores some of the forts, castles, planter towns and historic sites of this northern realm of Ulster.

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26 minutes

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  • Sun 5 Aug 2012 16:03
  • Wed 8 Aug 2012 19:30