Joe visits the village of Rostrevor in County Down and
talks of the various different theories as to how it got its name. He recounts
that there are local legends of a type of faerie known as broonies. He walks
into the foothills of the Mournes to stand beside the giant boulder that known
as the Cloughmore Stone and shares the legend of how it got there involving the
giant, Finn McCool.
Joe talks with historian John McCavitt underneath the
imposing stone monument to Robert Ross, a renowned British military figure of
the early 19th Century who fought in the Napoleonic Wars and invaded Washington
DC, burning down the White House. Joe visits the grave of Patrick Murphy who,
in the 19th Century, was recorded as being the tallest man in the world at 8
foot 1 inch.
Joe walks with Mark
Parker through Kilbroney Park and they discuss the Forest Service's various
conflicts in trying to conserve and restore woodland. Siubhan O'Dubhain plays
piano and tells Joe about the Tom Dunne Society celebrating the United Irshman
while he is dressed in period costume.