Visit the area of Hilltown in County Down and explore the history and people.

Joe visits Hilltown in County Down. He gives an overview of the area's history and explains how the parish was originally known as Clonduff, a name still used in some ways to this day. Local historian Mary Savage takes Joe to the ruins of the old Clonduff Parish Church. She tells him of the legend of its building when a priest defied a bull who was knocking down the stones with a walking stick which he planted in the ground and which then grew into a bush. She then shows him the historic graveyard.

Declan O'Mahoney takes Joe for a walk through a forest in the Mournes, looking at evidence for activity of the rare pine martin. It is reckoned there are only a dozen left in the area. Gerry Quinn walks Joe around the area formerly known as Deer's Meadow but which is now home to Spelga Dam. They discuss its onetime argricultural history and the construction of the dam to create a huge reservoir. They also discuss the River Bann which has its source in the montains before flowing inland to Lough Neagh.

Brendan Murray, Michael Tumilty and Eileen McCusker demonstrate the old practice of boleying - when local herdsmen moved up to the pastures of their cattle to live alongside them in small boley huts. This is commemorated today in the local boley fair when the huts and lifestyle are celebrated.

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.