Great Irish Journeys with Martha Kearney

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Great Irish Journeys with Martha Kearney: Episode 2

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Martha takes in Dunluce Castle, Mussenden Temple and Kearney Point before visiting Dunmoe.

Martha Kearney retraces the footsteps of George Victor Du Noyer. Martha travels north, taking in Dunluce Castle, Mussenden Temple and Kearney Point, before visiting Dunmoe.

Martha Kearney walks in the footsteps of a 19th-century artist and geologist who spent his life charting the landscape, people and buildings of Ireland. She retraces the journey of George Victor Du Noyer, whose 35-year odyssey left a unique record of how Ireland looked during a period of great change. 

In this episode, Martha travels north, taking in the extraordinary beauty of Dunluce Castle, and onwards to Mussenden Temple - only a romantic would expect to find a house here and only a lunatic would build it. She marvels at how Belfast was shaped by the Victorians, and visits Kearney Point on the Ards Peninsula to find out what's in a name. And she journeys south to Dunmoe, overlooking the site of the Battle of the Boyne.

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Martha Kearney retraces the footsteps of artist and geologist George Victor Du Noyer.

Martha Kearney walks in the footsteps of 19th-century artist and geologist George Victor Du Noyer who spent his life charting the landscape, people and buildings of Ireland.

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