Presenter Joe Mahon visits the parish of Urney which
straddles the counties of Tyrone and Donegal. He gives us something of the
history of the area and Williamite War battle fought for Clady Bridge over the
River Finn. He visits an abandoned church graveyard and mentions that the most
notorious export from Urney was the
murderer/graverobber William Burke, of Burke and Hare infamy. He then
talks to John and William Haire (no relation to the graverobber) about the
history of the local sweet factory which produced Urney Chocolate before
burning down and relocating to Dublin.
Joe tells the story
of how local parishoners buried a church bell during the war when they feared
it would be melted down for the war effort and then couldn't find it again. He
then speaks to Eve Stafford who tells of her life with horse racing based at Carricklee
House. Gloria Perry shows Joe a miniature diary written by a teenage girl in
1879 which she found when moving into Urney Park. She then demonstrates how to
make ornamental figures from wire, fabric and clay.