Airplanes over Derry
Shrine 21: when Inishowen became Paris. Location: 55.037622, -7.302966 Pedants out there may note we're into another jurisdiction, but as we are five fields from Donegal and in light of the fact tha...
18 Jul 20142min
Poitin in Inishowen
18 Jul 20143min
The bluebells of Rindoon
Late April and the early part of the month of May is the time to visit the wood to see the bluebells and other spring-flowering plants, such as primroses, wood anemones, early purple orchids, etc. It ...
30 Apr 201430s
Bealtaine
Beltaine or Beltane (/ˈbɛlteɪn/) is the Gaelic May Day festival. Most commonly it is held on the 1st May, or about halfway between the spring equinox and the summer solstice. Historically, it was wide...
30 Apr 20142min
Mussenden Temple
Speaker: Sean McMahon RIP Mussenden Temple is a small circular building perilously located on cliffs near Castlerock in County Derry, high above the Atlantic Ocean on the north-western coast of North...
8 Apr 20141min
Shrove Tuesday
Speaker: Mary Murphy The word shrove is the past participle of the English verb to shrive, which means to obtain absolution for one's sins by way of confession and doing penance. During the week befo...
4 Mar 201424s
Christian Ireland's Gates of Hell - PG
Speaker: Sean McMahon RIP St. Patrick’s Purgatory is still used by thirty thousand pilgrims between June and August each year. The cave that started it all has been closed since the 25th October, 163...
2 Nov 20131min
Ghost stories galore on Inch island - PG
30th October 2013: Five years ago this very evening, I was lucky enough to meet Bertie Brice in his house in Inch Island, Inishowen, County Donegal. Dermot McLaughlin (pictured above in glasses with B...
30 Okt 201326min
