Civil Rights Conversations: Joe Bowers
It has been fifty years since the beginning of the civil rights movement in Northern Ireland. In this episode civil rights activist Joe Bowers, recalls his personal experience of that turbulent moment in our history.
Our Generation: Ernest Dunbar
Ernest Dunbar is a retired fisherman from Ballywalter who used to fish scallops and worked for the Irish Lights.
Our Parlour: William Haslett
Helen Wilson talks to retired Presbyterian Minister William Haslett about his life and his love for puppeteering and ventriloquism.
Our Parlour: Bereavement
Maryann Quigley is joined by John Caulfield and Lorraine McNeill, two people suffering from bereavement who subsequently met and lead to the pair getting engaged.
Our Generation: David Eccles
Retired fisherman David Eccles talks about his life growing up in Ballywalter and how he left at 16 years old to travel the world.
History Now: Episode 7 – Mary Ann McCracken
Barry Sheppard discusses the life of Mary Ann McCracken with Paula Reynolds and Aaron McIntyre from the Belfast Charitable Society.
Whitechurch Cemetery, Ballywalter
Michael Johnston, of Ballywalter & District Historical Society, takes us on a tour of one of the most important burial grounds on the North Down & Ards Peninsula.
Feminist Voices: Episode 1
Helen Crickard with guests Ciara Murray, Mayte Ruiz and Louise Kennedy in a new series giving coice to women’s issues and achievements.
The Big Interview: Anne Hailes
Robin Elliott meets veteran broadcaster and journalist Anne Hailes.
History Now: Episode 6 – Prisons
Dr Elaine Farrell and Dr Chris Colvin join Barry Sheppard to discuss 19th century prisons in Ireland.