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Farnham estate

Farnham House Estate, County Cavan

Join Carina and Mike on a tour around the Farnham House Estate - just outside Cavan Town in County Cavan.


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Castle Oughter, on an island in a lake.

Irish Homelands – County Cavan

Welcome to this “Irish Homelands”. This month, we are heading to County Cavan in the Irish province of Ulster.


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Irish Song in London Town - The Pogues & More - A Different Sort of Irish Music (#735)

The Pogues & More – A Different Sort of Irish Music (#735)

In today’s episode, we explore the different sort of Irish music that was coming onto the scene from the mid-1970s. We first look at the story of that great London-Irish band – The Pogues – and then onto the more subtle music of Paul Brady. In both cases, lots of background stories, music and craic.…

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Ulster Musical Map - Danny Boy and the Music and Songs of Ulster (#734)

Danny Boy and the Music and Songs of Ulster (#734)

In this episode we take a musical trip around the nine counties of Ulster: Derry (Londonderry), Antrim, Down, Armagh, Tyrone, Fermanagh, Cavan, Donegal and Monaghan. Alongside the immortal “Danny Boy”, we feature at least one tune or song from each of the counties. I refer to a map while talking – and you can see…

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Carina and a character in the folk park

Ulster Scots and the Orange Order (#727)

Join Carina and Mike on a tour around the Farnham House Estate – just outside Cavan Town in County Cavan. The house and grounds are now part of a hotel group (which has conserved the grounds wonderfully) and this gives us easy access to all parts of a house and grounds that would often be contained…

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