Lesser Spotted Ulster Series 12 Episode 8: Ballygawley

Lesser Spotted Ulster Series 12 Episode 8: Ballygawley

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Details

Location

Ballygawley

Year

2010

Date

Production 07/11/2010

Length

47min 38sec

Audio

sound

Format

Betacam SP

colour

Source

Digitised as part of the BFI Heritage 2022 project.

Courtesy

British Film Institute, ITV, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

ITV

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Description

Joe Mahon visits the County Tyrone village of Ballygawley. Frank McAleer shares his memories of the creation of the roundabout in 1959 which enabled a bypass for increasing traffic. Joe walks among the ruins of Ballygawley House, former home of the Stewart family, who acted as landlords in the area for a hundred years.

Gerry Loughran shows Joe a series of weirs built on the river to enable migrating salmon moving upstream. He recalls how his blacksmith grandfather, Joseph, brought electricity to traders of the area by harnessing the power of the river in 1923. Local garage mechanic Noble Patterson shares the story of how he invented a new type of metal cage to help shattered legs recover following his own horrific motorcycle crash.

Joe visits Martray Manor House, former home to another of the local landowning dynasty, George Vesey Stewart, who became a famous pioneer in New Zealand. Reuben and Marjorie Mulligan demonstrate how to make soda bread the old-fashioned way on a cast iron pan hanging over an open turf fire. They maintain a cottage decorated in country antiques and show off their collection of vintage cars and machinery.

Benny O'Hanlon shows Joe how he transformed the hillsides around Todd's Leap into an adventure park for off-road vehicles. Thomas James McKenna shares his memories of a lifetime on the family farm.

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.
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