Presenter Joe Mahon visits the town of Warrenpoint in
southern County Down. Joe tells of how the area around Warrenpoint in
Carlingford Lough was formed by the ice age and how it was developed in recent
times as a busy port. Peter Conway takes Joe out by boat onto the lough and
talks him through recent developments in the expansion of the port.
Joe visits the historical site of the coronation stone of
the Clann MacGuinness. He meets Lisa Hall, the current owner of the sprawling
Narrow Water Castle who gives him a tour of the rooms and a climb up to the top
of the tower for commanding views of the town and countryside. Mairead, Hugh,
Declan and Cathal McAnulty talk to Joe about their family history of providing
both horse drawn transport and undertaking to the town community.
Peter Fitzsimmons
looks down on Warrenpoint from Flagstaff Mountain and tells Joe about the
arrival of mass employment in the town when an American cardboard company set
up a factory. Joe to speaks to Brian Cunningham on his boat which he uses for
mussel dredging, a big part of the local fishing industry. Barry Fox of the
Loughs Agency explains to Joe the importance of monitoring the water quality in
Carlingford Lough and Ciaran McGonigle shows Joe the hi-tech scientific
equipment on his boat used in this while explaining the science behind the
healthy local ecosystem.