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Doagh, Skerries and Vicars Hill

Anne Marie McAleese with the people, places and stories that make Northern Ireland unique. Including life in the Antrim village of Doagh, an audio diary of a week spent on the deserted island off Portrush and a gruesome tale of a Victorian child murder in the city of Armagh.

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Sat 13 May 2017 08:05
大象传媒 Radio Ulster & 大象传媒 Radio Foyle

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The Green Lady Mystery

The Green Lady Mystery
In 1888 Armagh's elite society was scandalised when 19 year old Bellina Prior killed 3 year old Annie Slavin. Down through the generations the incredible events have fascinated and terrified locals. Sean Barden from Armagh County Museum knows every twist and turn of this harrowing tale and he met Anne Marie at the scene of the crime.

A Week On The Skerries

A Week On The Skerries
A few weeks ago we left Portrush man Michael Hasson on the Skerrie Islands. He stayed for a week, which no one had ever done before, to raise money for Mercy Ships. Before he left we gave him a recorder to keep an audio diary of his experience and we'll hear that on the show this week.

South Antrim Living Memories

South Antrim Living Memories

This week we have a chance to find out what life might have been like growing up in Doagh, Toome and Whitehead through interviews with locals, photographs and a new website. Leith Burgess is a walking encyclopaedia when it comes to all these places and Bob Adams from the Doagh Ancestry Group. They met Ann Marie on a park bench in the village square.

For The Hills

For The Hills

Carnmoney, Cavehill, Colin Glen, Divis, The Black Mountain, the list goes on.聽For the rest of the聽month there's a series of events on the Belfast Hills designed to make us feel good. Dr Lizzy Pinkerton, the scheme manager, tells us more

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  • Sat 13 May 2017 08:05
    大象传媒 Radio Ulster & 大象传媒 Radio Foyle

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