 The Rule of the Land

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Garrett Carr

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Eilidh McCreadie

The Rule of The Land by Garrett Carr: 4. Lough Derg - Bogland

The Rule of the Land

4. Lough Derg - Bogland

The Rule of The Land by Garrett Carr

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Rule of The Land by Garrett Carr, 4. Lough Derg - Bogland

Memories rise to the surface against a backdrop of bogs, trees and standing stones.

As mapmaker Garrett follows the UK-Irish border, he enters a landscape of bogs and standing stones. Read by John Paul Connolly.

Travelling on foot and by canoe, mapmaker Garrett Carr follows the border between the UK and Ireland. 

In Donegal, he finds memories rising to the surface against a backdrop of bogs, trees and standing stones.

Read by John Paul Connolly

Abridged by Anna Magnusson

Producer: Eilidh McCreadie

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2017.

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Mapmaker Garrett Carr follows the border between the UK and Ireland.

Mapmaker Garrett Carr follows the border between the UK and Ireland, discovering the landscapes and people who make up this fragile borderland.

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