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Kintra: A Bangor bard’s words newly published, honours for sewing tartan togs, and the refurb of Ballycopeland mill is almost finished.

A Bangor bard’s words newly published, honours for sewing tartan togs, and the refurb of Ballycopeland mill is almost finished.

BBC Radio Ulster - Kintra, A Bangor bard’s words newly published, honours for sewing tartan togs, and the refurb of Ballycopeland mill is almost finished.

A Bangor bard’s back in print, honours for Granny Greta, and refreshing Millisle’s mill. 

A Bangor bard’s words and yarns newly published, an honour for sewing tartan togs for highland dancers and pipers, and finishing off the refurbishment of Ballycopeland windmill.

Although he’d never probably have described himself as a bard, Dr Robert Lee Moore of Bangor collected words and wrote stories in Ulster-Scots.  Some found their way into the local papers in the early 1900s but a new collection of his words, phrases and stories have just been published as “The Leevin’ Tongue”.  We’ll hear more about the collection as well as the picture it reveals of Bangor as an Ulster-Scots town.
Jonnie Crawford catches up with the ongoing refurbishment of Ballycopeland Windmill and Helen Mark chats with “Granny Greta” whose work of kitting out dancers and pipers with tartan uniforms for decades earned her a mention in the News Year’s Honours list.  Rab Lennox along with guests Anne Smyth, Mark Thompson complete this week’s line-up. 
If you’ve a good yarn to share, a tune to request or an Ulster-Scots event to promote then get in touch with the team by email at kintra@bbc.co.uk


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