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Episode 2

Tonight John gets stuck into tug o鈥檞ar in Clonmany, learns more about the Irish language in east Belfast, and finds a musical sanctuary from the rain in Glengormley.

In this episode, John travels to Clonmany, which is the only place in the country with a training centre dedicated to tug o'war. He meets with past world champion Danny McGonigle and with the Ward brothers, Jimmy and Conall, who have 20 years' experience in the sport. John has a big challenge to face - he has to compete as part of the team, but not before they put him through his paces. In Belfast city, John returns to his student days at Queen鈥檚 University. Here he learns about the history of An Cumann Gaelach and meets with current students and historian Gordon McCoy to learn more about the historic link between the Protestant community and the Irish language. Then it's off to Glengormley, where he meets Jaff McCaff, who is passionate about traditional music and especially the uilleann pipes. Jaff is one of the very small number of people still handmaking uilleann pipes.

Sa chl谩r seo, t茅ann John go Cluain Maine, an t-aon 谩it amh谩in sa t铆r ina bhfuil ionad oili煤na Tarraingt na T茅ide. Castar air Danny McGonigle, curadh domhanda l谩 den saol, agus ar na dearth谩ireacha Ward, Jimmy agus Conall, a bhfuil taith铆 20 bliain acu sa sp贸rt. T谩 d煤shl谩n m贸r roimh John - caithfidh s茅 bheith ina bhall den fhoireann, ach beag谩n traen谩la a dh茅anamh roimh r茅! I mB茅al Feirste d贸, d茅antar mac l茅inn athuair do John in Ollscoil na Banr铆ona. Foghlaim铆onn s茅 faoin Chumann Ghaelach agus buaileann s茅 le mic l茅inn na linne agus leis an stara铆 Gordon McCoy, le heolas a chur ar an nasc stairi煤il idir an pobal Protast煤nach agus an Ghaeilge. Ar shi煤l leis ina dhiaidh sin go Gleann Ghormlaithe mar a gcastar air Jaff McCaff a bhfuil a chro铆 istigh sa cheol thraidisi煤nta agus sa ph铆b uilleann go h谩irithe. T谩 Jaff ar an bheag谩n daoine a dh茅anann p铆b uilleann de l谩imh go f贸ill.

29 minutes

Last on

Mon 28 Sep 2020 22:00

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Broadcasts

  • Mon 9 Sep 2019 22:00
  • Mon 28 Sep 2020 22:00