Lesser Spotted Ulster Series 14 Episode 16: Dromintee

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Lesser Spotted Ulster Series 14 Episode 16: Dromintee

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Details

Location

Dromintee

Year

2012

Date

Production 19/11/2012

Length

22min 27sec

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 visits the parish of Dromintee in County Armagh. He gives a brief outline of the area's history and then Mick Donegan shows him the Kilnasaggart inscribed stone, believed to be the oldest inscribed Christian monument in all of Ireland. They then visit the ruins of Moyry Castle, built in late Elizabethan times during the rebellion of Hugh O'Neill. Joe tells of the old local custom of pavvying - door to door selling when men weren't needed to work on the land and which saw people from Dromintee travel as far off as Canada to sell goods.

Elizabeth Murphy and Rose Byrne show Joe their collection of antique household implements, explaining to him how they were used. Patsy Morgan and Eamon Larkin tell Joe of the poor agricultural yield in the area which tradionally required locals to supplement their income from pavvying and demonstrate some antique farm tools.

Credits

An Ulster Television Production.
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