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Rathlin, Carrickfergus and Tamlaght

Rathlin Island needs volunteers for the birdwatching season ahead, Eden Allotment Gardens celebrate their tenth birthday and the ladies in Tamlaght are knitting a 53-flag blanket.

Anne Marie McAleese with the people, places and stories that make Northern Ireland unique. The RPSB West Light Seabird Centre on Rathlin Island needs volunteers, Eden Allotment Gardens in Carrickfergus celebrate their first decade and the Women's Institute in Tamlaght are knitting a blanket encompassing the 53 flags of the Commonwealth.

57 minutes

Last on

Sat 10 Mar 2018 08:05

Rathlin Island volunteers

Rathlin Island volunteers

As visitors prepare to flock to the Rathlin West Light Seabird Centre, Anne Marie speaks to Liam McFaul, RSPB warden on the Island and volunteer James McDowell as they put out a call for help with the upcoming birdwatching season. Last year over 20,000 people came from all around the world to get a close-up view of Northern Ireland's biggest seabird colony, where puffins and thousands of other birds jostle for space from May to July.

Eden Allotment Gardens

Eden Allotment Gardens

Eden Gardens in Carrickfergus is Northern Ireland鈥檚 largest allotment site and they are celebrating their 10th birthday with a series of events on site all year. Anne Marie went to visit聽Myrtle Fraser,聽Godfrey Robinson and Alison Diver to get a sense of the place and the history behind the garden of Eden.

Erne Commonwealth Blanket

Erne Commonwealth Blanket

The members of the Women鈥檚 Institute from Fermanagh are unfurling a special blanket which they've knitted to commemorate the upcoming Commonwealth Day on Monday March 12th. Norma Heap from Derrygonnelly Women鈥檚 Institute speaks to Anne Marie about how long it took to knit the 53 flag work of art and the events planned for the debut of the Erne Commonwealth Blanket.

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  • Sat 10 Mar 2018 08:05

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