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Season 8 · Episode 14
Landed Thu, 19 Jan 2017 · 13:30 your time · 1 episode · 30m
Season 8, Episode 14 of Great British Railway Journeys aired Thursday, 19 January 2017 at 6.30pm UK time on BBC iPlayer.
- S08E14Dromod to SligoWith his Victorian Bradshaw's guidebook in hand, Michael Portillo crosses the Emerald Isle uncovering Irish identity, forged at a time of political strife. Travelling through the beautiful landscape, Michael learns how it inspired one of the 20th century's greatest poets, WB Yeats. In Dromod, Michael learns how to make an Irish staple - a potato pancake, known as boxty. At the home of the father of Irish fiddling, Michael attempts to master a traditional Irish dance.
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