Presenter Joe Mahon visits the village of Cushendun on
the County Antrim coast. He gives a brief outline of the history of the area
and its links to Scotland before talking to Randal McDonnell, a local
historian, who presently owns the hotel which was founded by his grandmother in
the 1920s. Joe walks along the nearby glen and under a viaduct designed by the
famous architect, Charles Lanyon.
Eileen MCauley talks
to Joe about the confusion regarding the name of a local valley and also of a
terrible landslide in 1963 in Glendun which left behind an enormous boulder.
Joe shows scenes from the village, including architectural designs by the famous
Clough Williams-Ellis. He then speaks to local painter Joe McFadden, who tells
him of some of the famous artists who have been drawn to the area in the past.
Joe walks past Rockport Lodge and mentions its long associations with poets,
shows the nearby village of Knocknacarry and then meets the wife of Joe
McFadden, Mary, who is also a painter. She tells him of her family history and
of an eloped marriage between two warring families from opposite sides of the
glen.