Ardara, Co Donegal

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Launched in 2000, Northern Ireland Screen’s Digital Film Archive spans from 1897 to the present day and currently contains an ever-expanding catalogue of 13,000 items. It comprises material from a variety of depositors including feature films, sport, documentaries, animation, amateur footage, light entertainment, and a significant proportion of broadcast material from the UTV Archive.

Ardara, Co Donegal

Northern Ireland Screen's Digital Film Archive
Donegal
2010-10-31
Sound

Visit the area of Ardara in County Donegal and explore the history and people.

Lesser Spotted Ulster is an ongoing series exploring the stories, people and geography of less-visited areas of Ulster, presented by Joe Mahon. This episode visits Ardara in Co Donegal. The coastline of southern Donegal is home to a wealth of beautiful landscapes and Joe visits one cave with special qualities. He also meets local women who knit and make traditional St Bridget crosses, and weaver Eddie Doherty, who produces world-famous Donegal tweed.

Lesser Spotted Ulster is a long-running and popular programme that visits the places many of us have heard of but never been to. Presenter Joe Mahon gently explores what makes a place what it is.

Lesser Spotted Ulster

Exploring the townlands and hinterlands of Ulster through landscape, history and local traditions as a torch is shone upon the roads less travelled.

Joe Mahon is an engaging host as he catalogues his journeys around towns and villages rarely mentioned in the news but rich in their own stories, legends, and tales of past industries and events. Using local people as his guides, Joe delves into the heritage and customs from yesteryear, documenting many before they pass from human memory. Starting in 1995, Lesser Spotted Ulster chronicled the regional variances of life around the six counties of Northern Ireland which, together with Donegal, Cavan and Monaghan, make up the historic boundaries of Ulster. With gentle panoramas of beautiful Irish countryside, played out under a lilting soundtrack, the series was a staple of the Ulster Television schedules for nearly 20 years. This selection of programmes from the series serves as a testimony to the rural culture of Ulster and a resource for anyone with an interest in the past and disappearing traditions.

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