Ballybay, Co Monaghan
From the collection of
Newtownstewart, Co Tyrone
- Omagh
- 2007-09-11
Ballybay, Co Monaghan
Visit the area of Ballybay in County Monaghan and explore the history and people.
Joe Mahon visits the town of Ballybay in County Mongahan. After a brief overview of the town's natural setting and history Joe talks by a lakeside to Peadar Murnane, a local historian, who details how the town came into being thank to its location. He also talks about the area's connection to the growing of flax for the linen trade and mass emigration to America when that industry started to go downhill.
George Montgomery tells Joe how he can remember flax still being grown and harvested in the area when he was young. John Connolly takes Joe around his fish farm where he has made a success in providing perch for the continental market. Kieran McQuaid then treats Joe to poached perch in his restuarant.
Joe tells the story of Crazy Jane, a famous race horse from the area and of the town's connection to horse fairs before visiting a stud farm for a tour round the stallions by Gladys McArdle. Local vet Clare Percy shows Joe an ultrasound scan of a young foal. Paul Flynn talks to Joe beside the wetland centre about its educational benefits for young people. Greta McCarron shows Joe a newt and some frog tadpoles.
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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