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The Toon – Back to Ballymoney

Writer Ewen Glass returns home to Ballymoney to reconnect with his Ulster-Scots roots, and to try to find ways to make this heritage part of his young son’s life in England.

Home is everything to writer Ewen Glass - he's from Ballymoney, Ulster-Scots born and bred. But how can he preserve his language and Ulster-Scots cultural identity when he's living in England and how can he ensure his son, Nathaniel, grows up respecting, appreciating and understanding this heritage?

In this film Ewen, now based in Lincoln, returns to 'the toon', to Ballymoney, which he still claims as ‘hame’. Hame isn’t a nostalgic tug at the heartstrings, it’s something richer and deeper, and always there. A sense of belonging.

29 minutes

Last on

Sun 22 May 2022 22:30

Credits

Role Contributor
Producer Eamonn Devlin
Director Eamonn Devlin
Director Gerard Stratton

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