Joe visits Ram's Island on Lough Neagh near the onshore
town of Glenavy in Country Antrim. Joe takes a boat trip one mile out into the
lough where Michael Savage takes him for a walk around the island's wood
carvings on its forest trail. Michael then shows Joe the remains of the ancient
round tower, explaining its history.
Ruth Wilson shows Joe some of the island's flora
including hybrid bluebells and non-native garlic. Stephen Cardwell, a
fisherman, talks about his great, great grandparents, Robert and Jane Cardwell
who lived their lives on the island as caretakers of Lord O'Neill's summer
house which was built there in the 19th Century.
Joe then moves back
to the mainland and the village of Glenavy and a visit to the house once lived
in by John Ballance who went on to become the Prime Minister of New Zealand in
1891. Maureen Loughan tells Joe of Ballance's history and his interest in New
Zealand in women's rights and a prototype welfare state.