As a tribute to their late father Stanley Elliott sisters Beth Acheson and Heather McIvor produced a booklet to commemorate the words and phrases he used throughout his life that we now recognise as Ulster-Scots.
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A look at the life of Robert Huddleston 1814 – 1887. A County Down farmer, gunsmith and prolific poet, known as the “Bard of Moneyrea”. Liam Logan visits the National Museum NI were unpublished material, …
Continue ReadingDavid Bailie Warden: From Exile to Paris
Liam Logan talks to Dr Jennifer Orr Lecturer in Eighteenth Century Literature about David Bailie Warden a republican insurgent in the Irish Rebellion of 1798 and, in later exile, a United States consul in Paris.
Continue ReadingDowntown: the Sound on your Radio
Downtown Radio, the first all-local station in Northern Ireland began broadcasting on 16 March 1976. Presenters, past and present recall the early days of the radio station.
Continue ReadingThe Craigs – God’s Acre
Liam Logan visits the historic Craig’s Church Parish in Cullybackey, County Antrim in order to uncover some of the lesser known stories that remain hidden within the grounds of this extraordinary parish.
Continue ReadingScad The Beggars
A documentary looking at the band from the North Coast of Antrim who promote the traditional music and song of North Antrim.
Continue ReadingInto The Blue
Film made in 2008, Linfield’s historic triple-double winning season.
Continue ReadingThe Portico of Ards
The Portico of Ards, where church and culture meet.
Continue ReadingCathedral Quarter: Episode 5 Lost Opportunities & Future Possibilities
Series on the Cathedral Quarter. Concludes with Lost Opportunities & Future Possibilities
Continue ReadingCathedral Quarter: Episode 4
The Art of Regeneration. A reappraisal.
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