Great British Railway Journeys

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8:10 AM to 8:35 AM

Wednesday 20 August

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Michael Portillo sets off on the first leg of a journey across Northern Ireland to Argyll and Bute. Beginning in Newry, he finds a specially chartered train that would deliver demonstrators campaigning for Irish Home Rule to a rally in the town. On the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic at Glaslough, Michael discovers a christening robe belonging to Sir Winston Churchill