Great British Railway Journeys
Newry to Portadown
Season 10 Episode 6 of 15
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
Great British Railway Journeys airs on U&Yesterday at 6:10 AM, Thursday 3 July. (Subtitles.)
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Michael Portillo
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Alison Kreps
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George Boyle
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