Come away from the Fairy RIng, O Builders!
From the collection of
A Pub With No Beer
- Armagh
- 1984-10
Come away from the Fairy RIng, O Builders! (UTV Live at 6)
Don't upset the little people!
Fairies hold a unique place in Irish culture and folklore. They are known to be mischievous and have a capacity to cause harm to anyone who crosses them. There are many ring forts around Ireland. These are said to be the domain of the fairies.It might sound like a load of hokum, but a group of construction workers found their lives become more complcated once they inadvertently built over a fairy ring in the Mourne Mountains. Three out of four of the workers were hospitalised with various injuries. The foreman apologised to the fairies and hoped that they would accept it. Construction work ceased until the matter could be dealt with.
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A Walk on the Weird Side
The extraordinary, the absurd and the downright weird combine in this collection of reports from UTV’s nightly Good Evening Ulster news programme.
Despite the often bleak aspect of local news in Northern Ireland during the decades relating to The Troubles, ordinary - and sometimes extraordinary - life continued on. This series of some of the more off-the-wall reports from the UTV news archives shows the citizens of Northern Ireland engaging in unusual schemes, fundraisers, pastimes and humorous events.
From Earl Bird attempting to set a new world record for non-stop yodelling to a nuclear bunker disco, from a pub with no beer to a canine snooker referee, you’ll find this collection full to the brim with the odd, the eccentric and the full-on weird.
23 videos in this collection
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A Pub With No Beer
2
Window Cleaning World Record
3
The Garden Tiger
4
Bay City Rollers Fans
5
Model Car World Record Attempt
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Buried Alive World Record Part 1
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Buried Alive World Record Part 2
8
Cow Pat Throwing
9
There's No Business like Gnomes Business
10
The Dog Rufferee
11
There are Leprechauns in Those There Hills!
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To Heaven and Beyond! A Con Brio Rock Odyssey
13
Snooker Marathon
14
Hula Hoop Champion
15
Death Dive
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Come away from the Fairy RIng, O Builders!
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Whiskey Galore!
18
The Spirit of Radio
19
Laughter is the Best Medicine
20
White Christmas
21
Guinness World Record Breaking Weekend
22
Clown Around at the Community Circus
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