The Three Glens

The first programme we're recording For Highland Radio will come from the Three Glens that sweep down to Kinnagoe bay. Sometimes splelt Kinnego but it's Kinnagoe on the signs. The tourist potential of the area hasn't been exploited and perhaps that's a good thing. Kinnagoe is most famous for the shipwreck of La Trinidad Valencera but we'll be exploring the people and social history of the Mossy Glen, The Long Glen and Glenagiveny and you can see them all clearly in this Google Earth extrapolation.

We've already recorded about 6 hours of material that we'll turn into an hour long audio portrait of the area. We'll be at the Monthly musical shindig on the 28th so look out for a blog on that soon.

Carrowmenagh

We're making a series of programmes forHighland Radio, all about Donegal. Travelling around, we meet people we've arranged with such as the local historian but then we have nice surprises too. Yesterday we came upon this colourful scene in Carrowmenagh, just north of the three Glens.























These old phone boxes were dismantled, much like the red boxes in England but many people liked them and wanted them brought back. So this one was kept. The Eircom man told me they're an expense to maintain because boys keep smashing the glass. They replace the individual panes with a sheet of perspex.


He took us on into the Post Office, which was more like a wee house, to meet Annie. Here's what that sounded and looked like:




Does this look like your Post Office?




Danny & Paul meet Annie


Ornaments and emblems of state and religion



Annie talks about the Post Office having been in her family for over 100 years and there's a letter from Bertie Ahern on the wall congratulating the family on their service through the years.