Sixmilecross, Co Tyrone
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Newtownstewart, Co Tyrone
- Omagh
- 2007-09-11
Sixmilecross, Co Tyrone
Visit the area of Sixmilecross in County Tyrone and explore the history and people.
Presenter Joe Mahon visits the village of Sixmilecross in County Tyrone and tells viewers how it got its name and the discrepancy between Irish miles and statute miles. He then talks of a famous ex-resident, the poet William Forbes Marshall, who was a local Presbyterian minister.
Joe meets Marion Moffit in the WF Marshall Centre. She talks of her life in the hotel business next door and how the Marshall Centre came into being as a Sewing Club before expanding into other arts and crafts. Joe reads some of the poetry of WF Marshall and visits his graveside. Seamus Shields takes Joe up into the hills to view some Dunlop homesteads, connected with John Dunlop who printed the American Declaration of Independence. Joe walks up through Bernish Glen and recites some of Marshall's poetry relating to it.
Joe visits the ruins of Dunmoyle House and the grave of John Ross, the last Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Joe talks to a group of elderly men about the area's association with handball then Sean Clarke shows him round a nearby modern court where he plays a game. Peter Campbell shows Joe his farm with donkeys and llamas on it. Dr Patrick Waterfield shows Joe around the nearby Flax Mill Centre which is heated by underground heat from the bog beside it.
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.
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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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