Your Farm and Mine

By BBC Radio UlsterScience

Your Farm and Mine episodes

February 27 Training Sheepdogs and Farmhouse Pies
Lorraine Killen joins Eve Blair in the studio for a lively chat about all things farming. In Benbradagh, sheep farmer Alwyn McFarlane shares how vital his sheepdog Moss is to the farm, doing the job of several men all on his own. Plus, County Tyrone farmer Joel Kerr, on how he juggles his work looking after shorthorn cattle, caring for chickens, and working on his pie business.
A Your Place and Mine podcast.
30 min
February 27 Robotic Milking and Strawberry Picking
Andrew Wright joins Eve Blair in the studio for a lively chat about all things farming. Plus, we head to the Mitchell family farm in Castlederg to hear about the 750-cow dairy farm with an on-site milk processing and packaging business. And from pumpkins to strawberries, how Clayton Fulton's diversification on his farm in Donemana has proven its benefits to the local community.
A Your Place and Mine podcast.
26 min
February 26 Valais Blacknose Sheep and Farm Safety Awareness
Andrew Wright joins Eve Blair in the studio for a lively chat about all things farming. Plus, Eve visits Jackie O'Shea's farm in Belleek to meet those 'fluffy clouds with button noses' rare sheep and to a farm in Donemana to meet William Sayers who urges caution after losing an arm in a farming accident when he was a child.
Listeners may find some details in this podcast upsetting.
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29 min
May 23, 2025 Remembering Joey Dunlop
Your Place and Mine visits Ballymoney to hear about local motorcycling legend Joey Dunlop
8 min
November 18, 2023 Storm Debi Wrecks Garrison Tree
The strong winds of Storm Debi have destroyed a beautiful tree at Garrison on the shores of Lough Melvin. The artist, Michelle Duffy, has been painting the tree for as long as she can remember. She spoke to Anne Marie McAleese about the loss of the picturesque ash, and recalled a time when she and Anne Marie went together to visit that very tree.
And Singtonicity at Derry Well Woman is an innovative and creative way of improving health and well-being, through singing, breathing, voice-work and relaxation exercises. The group's leader, Siobhan Heaney, says that you can't worry and sing at the same time. She met Brian Kernohan at one of the group's sessions.
Presented by Anne Marie McAleese.
17 min
November 11, 2023 The Highwayman of Macosquin and Limavady, and Derrylin's Resistance Fighter
Monica Massey Beresford, who grew up in Derrylin in Fermanagh, became a resistance leader in Denmark. She died in Waldheim concentration camp in 1945 but her courage and incredible life have been honoured by the Ulster History Circle with the unveiling of a Blue Plaque at Kinawley Parish Church on Main Street in Derrylin. Lord Dunleath of Ballywalter, her great nephew, and Lady Dunleath, told Anne Marie McAleese her story. With archive recording from the BBC TV programme, SOE: Subversion (1984).
And a highwayman, Joseph Scott, wreaked havoc around the mountain road between Limavady and Macosquin near Coleraine in the 1800’s. His life and times and eventual demise feature in the most recent edition of the Bann Disc, Coleraine Historical Society's Annual publication. Clive Hunter, who wrote the article, met Helen Mark at the ruins of the old family cottage in the townland of Camm to hear how the notorious brigand came to meet his death.
Programme presented by Anne Marie McAleese.
17 min
November 04, 2023 Tyrone Glass and Innova Dance
A new digital timeline telling the history of glass-making and a decade of Innova Dance.
15 min
October 28, 2023 The Passage Tomb at Slieve Gullion, and the Derry Man at the Court of Versaille.
Slieve Gullion welcomes visitors for its Footsteps in the Forest Halloween experience. Anne Marie McAleese also hears about the huge burial cairn at the summit of Slieve Gullion, known as The Calliagh Berra's House, which is the highest surviving passage tomb in the UK or Ireland.
Deirdre Donnelly reports on the story of a young curate from Derry, George Vaughan Sampson, who escaped the court of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette just before the French Revolution. He returned to Derry where he became headmaster of the city’s first school and later became rector of the Church of Ireland in Aghanloo near Limavady. Recently, his last resting place has been discovered, forgotten for almost 200 years, by Roe Valley historians, Betty and Matt Ferguson.
Presented by Anne Marie McAleese. Listen to the whole show on BBC Sounds.
19 min
October 21, 2023 Omagh's Showbands, and the Human Computer from Armagh.
Omagh's many musicians and showbands feature in a new exhibition called "Sights and Sounds of the Showband Era at the Strule Arts Centre in the town. Anne Marie McAleese called in to have a look around with the Heritage Officer for Fermanagh and Omagh District Council, Melissa Harpur.
And Ulster History Circle unveils a blue plaque for a "human computer" from Armagh. Hugh Breen was an exceptional mathematician and astronomer, the head of the Scientific School at the Armagh Mechanics’ Institute. Later he became a human computer at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich where he was in charge of large amounts of vital numerical data. Sean Barden, the curator of the Armagh Museum told Anne Marie why he nominated Hugh Breen for the plaque.
Presented by Anne Marie McAleese.
16 min
October 14, 2023 Fishing on the Faughan and Celebrating the Silent Valley
One hundred years ago the first sod was cut at the Silent Valley in County Down, to create the huge reservoir that eventually suppled water to the city of Belfast. It was a mammoth undertaking, which stretched the technology of the time. Gary Presho, NI Water’s water supply manager, and Anna Killen, the education officer explained how it all happened. Anna told Anne Marie McAleese why they were keen that schoolchildren were involved in the celebrations.
And in County Derry a very special book, described as the bible for anglers in the north west, has been republished by local anglers. Fly Fishing for Trout and Salmon on the River Faughan is so rare that first editions can change hands for more than a thousand pounds. It was written by E.C or "Clarkie" Heaney, also known as Black Spider. Helen Mark met keen fisherman, Gerry Quinn, on the banks of the river to hear more about this angling magnum opus.
Presented by Anne Marie McAleese.
17 min

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Eve Blair travels across Northern Ireland, meeting local farmers in every county to hear what matters most to the people who keep the countryside running, while experiencing both the challenges and…