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Radio Ulster,30 May 2026,54 mins
Moving Sheep on Strangford Lough, Mount Sandel’s Ancient Past and Colm Gorman’s Benburb
Your Place and MineAvailable for 29 days
Eve Blair joins the National Trust’s rangers as they move sheep from Strangford Lough’s Salt Island to the mainland by boat. Professor Graeme Warren, of the School of Archaeology at University College Dublin, speaks about one of the oldest archaeological sites in Ireland, Mount Sandel. Author Colm Gorman tells Eve how memories of growing up in Benburb inspired his new children’s book, Joey and the Eagle.
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