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The Mountain Gate
by Margaret Doyle
A gentle reflection on life in the beautiful Dromara Hills in County Down, Northern Ireland. When you go through The Mountain Gate with Maggie Doyle, you'll hear stories about this landscape and the natural world.In this Spring episode, Maggie is reunited with a friendly starling, explores the history of the Red Kite population (www.redkitetoursni.com) and talks to artist Rachel Fitzpatrick about finding inspiration in birds nests (www.rachelfitzpatrickdesign.com) Finally, she reads a poem called Dechomet Mountain written one hundred years ago by a young poet called Michael McKay.
Episodes
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The Mountain Gate - Legananny Christmas Tree Farm
The Mountain Gate profiles artists, poets, writers, farmers and business people living and working in the Dromara Hills in County Down, Northern Ireland. Maggie Doyle is the host and she lives in the townland of Dechomet where she runs a small, independent jazz venue called Magy's Farm. In this...
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The Mountain Gate - May Blossoms
A gentle journey into the Dromara Hills, Co Down with Maggie Doyle. In this episode, she celebrates the return of the cuckoo to the area, the fragrant May hedgerows and reads an extract from her nature diary 'Mountain Notes'. She also meets the local, award winning poet Jim McElroy who has…
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The Mountain Gate - Winter Reflections
A gentle journey into the Dromara Hills in County Down, Northern Ireland. In this episode, Maggie Doyle meets John and Elaine McCombe who work and live at The Turnip House, a craft workshop and tea room in Benraw at the foot of the Windy Gap in the Mournes Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty....
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The Mountain Gate - Autumn Walks
A gentle reflection on life in the Dromara Hills in County Down, Northern Ireland. In this second episode of The Mountain Gate, Maggie Doyle meets Karen and Stephen Malcolmson who have created the 'Red Kite Retreat' a new, eco-tourism development on Dechomet mountain. The project includes the…
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Spring in the Dromara Hills
Maggie celebrates the return of early morning birdsong in Spring. Artist Rachel Fitzpatrick praises the art of nest building and Shelagh Henry explains how the glorious Red Kites have settled on Dechomet Mountain.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
A gentle reflection on life in the beautiful Dromara Hills in County Down, Northern Ireland. When you go through The Mountain Gate with Maggie Doyle, you'll hear stories about this landscape and the natural world.In this Spring episode, Maggie is reunited with a friendly starling, explores the history of the Red Kite population (www.redkitetoursni.com) and talks to artist Rachel Fitzpatrick about finding inspiration in birds nests (www.rachelfitzpatrickdesign.com) Finally, she reads a poem called Dechomet Mountain written one hundred years ago by a young poet called Michael McKay.
HOSTED BY
Margaret Doyle
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A gentle reflection on life in the beautiful Dromara Hills in County Down, Northern Ireland. When you go through The Mountain Gate with Maggie Doyle, you'll hear stories about this landscape and the natural world.In this Spring episode, Maggie is reunited with a friendly starling, explores the...
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The Mountain Gate is created and hosted by Margaret Doyle.
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