A Kist o Wurds - Series 23
Ulster-Scots music and conversation
A Kist o Wurds - Series 23 - Episode 1
Crack at the annual horse ploughing match near Ballycastle; music from Emily Smith and Jim Reid; poetry from Bab M’Keen; a visit to the Kirk at Ballycarry; and Charlie rolls an egg for Easter.
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A Kist o Wurds - Series 23 - Episode 10
Andy Mattison asks local historian Dr Mitchell about Hanna's Close in Kilkeel. Stephen Hall talks about the coming of the Scots; and Anne Morrison Smyth hears from North Antrim comedian Thomas Smyth.
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A Kist o Wurds - Series 23 - Episode 11
Charlie Gillen meets the crowd at the Horse Drawn Vehicle Day at Cultra. The Thompson Brothers, Mark and Graeme, introduce their new album, Soda Farls and Redemption Songs.
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A Kist o Wurds - Series 23 - Episode 12
Lord Erne and Noel Johnston tell Helen Mark about Scottish heritage in Crom, Fermanagh. Wilson Burgess considers the Summer Solstice. Plus music from children of the Ards peninsula.
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A Kist o Wurds - Series 23 - Episode 13
The legacy of the battle of Glenmaquin; two American youngsters research Donaghadee Ulster Scots; New England fiddler Frank Ferrel; and Ballycarry children study local history.
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A Kist o Wurds - Series 23 - Episode 14
At Anne Morrison-Smyth's house, Ulster-Scots talk about holidays, past and present. How has our perception of what a holiday should be changed over the years?
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A Kist o Wurds - Series 23 - Episode 15
Charlie Gillen finds out about the Garryduff Ulster-Scots Community Festival. Bill Kennedy discusses the Armoy Road Races. History in Ballycarry - and Cairncastle prepares for its 10th Folk Festival.
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A Kist o Wurds - Series 23 - Episode 2
Genealogist Boyd Gray tells Helen Mark about tracing family trees; a music lesson in two Monaghan primary schools; and cooking 'sparbled fadge' with Paula McIntyre. Presented by Anne Morrison-Smyth.
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A Kist o Wurds - Series 23 - Episode 3
Wilson Burgess takes part in a schools workshop in Bready; news of a Scotch-Irish poet; and the Blitz in Meadow Bridge Primary School.
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A Kist o Wurds - Series 23 - Episode 4
George Patton discusses Scarva's links to Hampton Court Palace, WW2 and salt mines. Wilson Burgess has a spring poem - and news of a little-known fiddle-maker.
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A Kist o Wurds - Series 23 - Episode 5
Charlie Gillen and Charlie Reynolds are on the trail of Ulster-Scots writer John McFall and Alister McReynolds meets Maine's Scotch Irish. Plus a tribute to the late George Holmes.
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A Kist o Wurds - Series 23 - Episode 6
Historian Belinda Mehaffey tells Helen Mark about Rev James Porter's role in the '98 Rising; John Craig recalls the remarkable life of Ballymoney's Sam Mary-Ann; and 'The Reiver and the Gael'.
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A Kist o Wurds - Series 23 - Episode 7
Ulster's connections to Nobel Prize winner, John Steinbeck; news from the Ullans Academy Awards at Stormont; and a song from the Thompson Brothers' new album, 'Soda Farls and Redemption Songs'.
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A Kist o Wurds - Series 23 - Episode 8
Join Kist on a bus journey round the Plantation sites of County Londonderry, with tour guide Nick Brannon - stopping off at various sites with a link to our 'Planter' past.
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A Kist o Wurds - Series 23 - Episode 9
Folk in Stranorlar get ready to celebrate 400 years of history; and the Balmoral Show has an Ulster-Scots input. The Twa Wulls and David Hume pay tribute to the late Samuel Young and Ernie Scott.
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