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Making Kist's in Kilkeel and Drum Majoring in Ontario

Making Kist’s in Kilkeel and Drum Majoring in Ontario.

Helen Mark MBE presents Âé¶¹Éç Radio Ulster’s weekly Ulster-Scots magazine this week alongside Rab Lennox, Jonnie Crawford and Willie Hill. This week, Helen found herself in Kilkeel visiting the newly established Hairtland Hub where the local Men’s Shed group were hard at work on a very special woodwork project - handcrafting a number of 'kists' (chests) for a schools project. Rab catches up with Drum Major Emma Barr ahead of her return to a huge highland games…in Ontario, Canada! Jonnie’s up the north coast to chat to Ulster-Scot Jason Atkinson – who went to an art class just for the craic only to discover he had a remarkable gift for painting! The team also invite suggestions for where to visit this summer – use the email helen.mark@bbc.co.uk to let us know!

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27 minutes

On radio

Sunday 18:03

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  • Sunday 18:03