Lesser Spotted Ulster Series 6 Episode 7: Lower Bann

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Lesser Spotted Ulster Series 6 Episode 7: Lower Bann

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Details

Location

Lower Bann, Mount Sandel, Mountsandel, Portna

Year

2002

Date

01/02/2002

Length

23min 44sec

Audio

sound

Format

DVC

colour

Source

Digitised as part of the UTV Archive Partnership Project (ITV, Northern Ireland Screen and PRONI)

Courtesy

Department for Communities, ITV, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, UTV Archive, Westway Films

Rights Holder

Westway Films

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Description

In his episode of Lesser Spotted Ulster, Joe Mahon explore the Lower Bann and the area around. The Lower Bann flows from Lough Neagh at Toome and then flows up to the north and into the ocean. It is a canalised waterway with five navigation locks at Toome, Portna, Movanagher, Carnroe and Castleroe and is famous for salmon and eels. The river is very popular with water sports enthusiasts, anglers and cruisers and has minimal commercial traffic. 

Thanks to the local experts, we get to learn about salmon life journey, about the history of linen industry in the area and even get some tips on proper techniques of paddling. The guys of the Rivers Agency explain their work in regulating the flow of water and salmon in the river and a little trip to Mountsandel, a mesolithic site on the banks of Bann, gives us an insight into the history of what in known to be the earliest settlement in Ireland.

Credits

Presented by Joe Mahon

Thanks to: 

Jim McNamara
Seamus Connor
Jim Allen
Alison Harbinson
Philip McKee
Robin Ruddock
Noel Quigg
 

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