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from Belfast City.

Michael I'm Michael Londra.

I get to tell you about my home country how, through music.

Northern Ireland.

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for the first time or longing you a warm Irish welcome.

Ireland or to plan a visit, go to Ireland.com.

Fill your heart with Ireland.

[MUSIC PLAYING] of Ireland for nearly 90 years.

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SinBelfast has been0s, one of the world's great ports.

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the largest ship in the world, even if the rest was tragedy.

The muand enormous,autiful is aMaritime Heritage.st's the former Harland and Wolff an all-encompassing deep dive Titanic like no other.

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lights of Belfast fool you.

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Alive at Ulster Hall provingrs just that.

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Butcame over me,tune stray from the land.

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around every corner you turn, of extraordinary history.

simply magnificent, srevival city hall, international linen exchange.

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some of the most outstanding natural beauty in Ireland.

and the beaches untouched.

water's edge, I can home of my favorite scotch, lies the Bushmill's Distillery.

all drink around here.

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And at the heart of the vi, apub 250 years olded sitting in someone's living room than out for a pint.

grew up in The Moy,y way from Tomney's Bar to the fame of Celtic Thunder.

(MUof my true love's hair.olor Hred roses fair.e She's got the sweetest smile.

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And he still sings at Tomney's.

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for my love to find.

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the wings to fly.I lonesome boatman to ferry me oMy childhood days.

reflections of happy times I spent so long ago.

and my own relations like the melted snow.w Sin endless roaming.s Soft is the grass.

My bed is free.

Carrickfergus on that long road down to the sea.

In Kion marble stonesorted there as black as ink.

I will support her.r Well, I'll sing no more now.

For I'm drunk today.

And I'm seldom sober.

from town to town.

Ah but I'm sick now.

And my days are numbered.

men and lay me down.

For I'm drunk today.

Sure I'm seldom sober.

Soft is the grass.

My bed is free.

Carrickfergus on that long road down to the sea.

So Ryan, how are you?

I'm good.

Welcome to my home town.

here, believe me, in this bar.

Yeah.

I don't doubt that.

Nousually, when I see you,, somewhere in North America.

to be in your hometown.

Thank you.

Thanks for coming.

It's great to have you here.

It really is.

southeast of Ireland,e sa foreigner up in the north.f know it very well.

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Tyrone, which is sort of,y at the map of Ireland, it's sort of in the middle.

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Tyrone and Armagh.

that, we always say, this is the light side.

Athe other side, in Armagh.t with football and all, dubeen a lot of rivalry's when you're so close to the.

So tell us about the village.

What's life like here?

Wlife revolve around?

you think historically, farming has always villages around Ireland.

we're sitting here middle of the square.

Tthey say, is sort ofs built around a square.

of the biggest horse fairs in the whole of Europe-- Oh, right?

the turn of the century.

Yeah.

In the early 1900s.

I've seen programs and read-- we used to study this a- Italy and Spain and all over aThe Moy Square, just outside this window.

So tthe town started.ally agriculture got less and less as more things have moved in.

heart of the village here.

lot of the bars are.

Ireland villages.

They've got bars and churches.

Awhat The Moy is.y Sbe one of the best pubsay I've ever been in in my life.

or two nights here yourself.

One or two [INAUDIBLE],, amornings as well,ly as you can imagine.

It's a pretty unique bar.

going to come to The Moy, I sI need to bring you.ce And that's Tomney's bar.

It's certainly one of the whole of Ireland, I think.

Nospend your whole life't much as you want to.

Ion Gaelic footballd sport here in the county.

So yeah.

go to school, go to mass, and go to football.

things you had to do.e I'm not sure even in that order.

It could have been-- Right, right.

But yes.

club, the Moy Tír na nóg.

Land of the Young.

And I was the goalkeeper f. playing senior goalkeeper joined the circus Celtic Thunder back in 2007. nosedive there with that one.

spend so much time-- [INTERPOSING VOICES] So you want to tip about e or when you're home?

I don't.

No.

Not so much anymore.

legs will be useful in goals anymore.

But I mean, I still go down.

Thea week and every Sunday.ts to go down and see.

Weto the local tonight.wn Look, I heard there's a game on.

you down, actually.

I love it.

Perfect.

I'm not playing, though.

Second half?

Would you do even a half?

No.

Not going to happen.

OK. Well, we'll see.

stripped out in the Moy kit.

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I'm just not playing.

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madness, and often it is, game played around the world other for at least 800 years.

I know.

Wlast purely amateur sportse meaning everyone out for the love of the game.

(CHEERING) enough of pubs for the day, then you'd be dead wrong.

This place is something special.

Inn, about a half hour drive fcity of Belfastg tranquil Antrim countryside.

straight from Central Casting, but this place is built iserving customersen palmost 400 years.r that really transports you back horse drawn buggies.

slipping into the Cross Keys on a long journey to Belfast for food and dri.

meeting some of the best.

(MUSIC) Niamfinest fiddle playersnd's and mSeàn Og Graham,alist legendary Irish band Bword for lively, and a delightful couple.

Sheeran's latest album inspired by Irish music, Divide.

(MUSIC) Seaof a foreignerit up in this part of the world.

But you are not.

Where are you from?

I'm from about a mile up th.

Yeah, so.

this pub very well?

Very well.

This is my local.

and up the road, as I said.

Ain this pub growing up.ic every week for a session just sit in with the locals.

wife, is not a local.

Yopart of Ireland.r YeLimerick, but I'vey befor almost 10 years now.im Imagine.

about it up here?

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do women do anything?

a good man, my husband here.

when we got married.

(MUSIC) Nabout where you come fromou and your family, in particular.

little bit about how you got to be this great ?

long line of musicians.

So it's a very musical family.

My father and all before hi.

And that was their occupation.

That was their job.

musicians, or gypsy musicians.

supported their families traveling the roads of Ireland.

Solegacy in Irish music.t I'm very lucky.

final stop, then?r Limerick was their final stop.

settled and came off the road a40 years ago now, I suppose.

(MUSIC) Thanon my travelsg me around Northern Ireland.

I'm Michael Londra.

time on Ireland with Michael.

But for now, cheers.

Slàinte.

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