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The CountryWide team feature the events, people and happenings that bring colour and life to communities, towns and villages across Ireland. Listen live Saturdays at 8am on RTÉ Radio 1.

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Angling on the Deele

Della Kilroy meets angler Damien Devine on the River Deele, a tributary of the Foyle, where he is teaching a group of young people how to fish as well as about the importance of preserving biodiversity around the river.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

6 min
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Countrywide Full Episode 04/04/2026

Countrywide Full Episode 04/04/2026See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

37 min
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Klondike by Neil Hegarty

Writer Neil Hegarty reads an excerpt from his essay ‘Klondike’ which explores the watery geographies of the River Foyle. The essay appeared in a collection entitled ‘Impermanence’, published by the Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris, to reflect on one hundred years of partition in Ireland.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

4 min
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Moville Pier

Kathy Donaghy visits Moville Pier to find out about the history of emigration from that very point throughout the ages. With historian Seán Beattie and retired local GP Don McGinley. This segment also includes Don McGinley's live rendition of 'Moville along the Foyle'.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

6 min
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The Loughs Agency

Philip meets Dr Sarah McLean from The Loughs Agency, the body tasked with managing and protecting Lough Foyle, to talk about the significant wild native oyster population of the Lough.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

6 min
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The River Foyle and Farming on Reclaimed Land

Philip meets geographer and author Liam Campbell at Derry’s Peace Bridge to talk about the history of the River Foyle and what it means to the city of Derry. For a farmer’s perspective, he travels to the farm of Richard and Leona Kane, producers of Broighter Gold Rapeseed Oil.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

14 min
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Countrywide Full Episode 28/03/2026

Countrywide Full Episode 28/03/2026See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

46 min
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Cullahill Mountain

The Heritage Council runs a Heritage in Schools scheme giving pupils a chance to experience farm life. Della Kilroy went on Vincent O’Sullivan’s tour of his farm with the pupils of Cullahill National School, Co Laois.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

7 min

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The CountryWide team feature the events, people and happenings that bring colour and life to communities, towns and villages across Ireland. Listen live Saturdays at 8am on RTÉ Radio 1.