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Magilligan, Loughgall and Newcastle
Anne Marie McAleese with the people and places that make NI unique, including the rabbit catcher at Magilligan, the plantation story of Loughgall and the Festival of Flight.
Anne Marie McAleese with the people and places that make Northern Ireland unique. The rabbit catcher (or warrener) Stephen McGonigal talks about the history of rabbits in his home place of Magilligan. Malcom Dawson tells the plantation story of Loughgall and there's a preview of today's Festival of Flight event at Newcastle.
Last on
Sat 11 Aug 2018
08:05
蜜芽传媒 Radio Foyle & 蜜芽传媒 Radio Ulster
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Dot's Coastal Birds
To Portstewart where bird expert Dot Blakely discusses a variety of coastal birds including: the Sand Martin; Pied Wagtail: Turnstone and Gannet amongst others and Anne Marie tries to find out聽why Dot has such little time for Gulls.
Halloween Sculptural Trail
Last year Spooktacular figures began appearing all over the land: giant spiders; aliens; skeletons and much more.聽Derry and Strabane District Council's Events Officer Jean Smith explains why this year the聽Halloween Sculptural Trail is planning to be bigger, better and scarier than ever.
The Rabbit Catcher
Ireland's only professional Warrener Stephen McGonigal
talks to Anne Marie about the history of rabbits, how he helps聽maintain聽the population and also recites 'The聽Magilligan Grace', a piece of聽poetry聽about the Northwest area's聽dissatisfaction聽with constantly having rabbit for dinner.
Broadcast
- Sat 11 Aug 2018 08:05蜜芽传媒 Radio Foyle & 蜜芽传媒 Radio Ulster
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