0:00:02 > 0:00:03Isn't this magnificent?
0:00:03 > 0:00:06Oh, welcome to the beautiful surroundings of Glenarm Castle
0:00:06 > 0:00:09and on today's show, as a Ballymoney couple
0:00:09 > 0:00:12prepare for their Ulster-Scots wedding, is she really sure?
0:00:12 > 0:00:16I preferred Raymond's brother to him, I get on more with him.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19Cos Raymond was one of these hard men at school, he thought he was it.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22Tim McGarry begins his task of learning Ulster-Scots.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24It's caul or cold, make up your mind.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27- Caul.- Caul.- Cold.
0:00:27 > 0:00:31Jackie Fullerton tells us about some of his Ulster-Scots sporting heroes.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33Yeah, get in!
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Welcome to The Gaitherin.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:01:00 > 0:01:05TRADITIONAL MUSIC PLAYS
0:01:31 > 0:01:35Welcome to the beautiful and historic Glenarm Castle.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38Do you know, actually, that the town of Glenarm
0:01:38 > 0:01:41claims to be the oldest in Northern Ireland.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43It dates back to the 12th century. Is it?
0:01:43 > 0:01:45Well, we might find out about that later on
0:01:45 > 0:01:49because we have Liam Logan, who's an Ulster-Scots enthusiast,
0:01:49 > 0:01:51and Adrian Morrow, who's the estate manager,
0:01:51 > 0:01:55and we have the lovely Jackie Fullerton.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57What are you doing here, Jackie?
0:01:57 > 0:01:59I'm here, Helen, because of the World Cup.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03I'm here to talk about penalty kicks, about memories,
0:02:03 > 0:02:05about glories of yesteryear.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07Oh, aye.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10Well, we'll have a chat about that later on.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Can we say a big thank you to The Grousebeaters?
0:02:26 > 0:02:28CHEERING
0:02:30 > 0:02:33Now, we have found some more schoolchildren who just love
0:02:33 > 0:02:35speaking Ulster-Scots.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37They come from Ballinamore Primary School
0:02:37 > 0:02:40and at their end-of-term assembly, they were giving out awards,
0:02:40 > 0:02:43really, to celebrate their use of Ulster-Scots.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46So, we sent Ralph McLean along to find out more.
0:02:46 > 0:02:51First cup is awarded for effort and endeavour at Key Stage 1,
0:02:51 > 0:02:54and that goes to Henry Campbell.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57'It's a very busy morning for us,'
0:02:57 > 0:02:58awarding all our prizes
0:02:58 > 0:03:02and celebrating the successes of all the pupils this morning.
0:03:02 > 0:03:06Next up, we have the Kane Family Shield...
0:03:06 > 0:03:08The Ulster-Scots trophy that we awarded today is
0:03:08 > 0:03:14the Kane Family trophy and awarded for excellence in Ulster-Scots.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17..and that goes to Corey McIntyre.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24And how do you make Ulster-Scots fun for kids?
0:03:24 > 0:03:28I think it's because we spend quite a bit of time looking at the
0:03:28 > 0:03:33words and we look at the different phonics or sounds that are made.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35And, you know, there's glorious words.
0:03:35 > 0:03:40You've got sheugh and throch and we love all those "och" sounds,
0:03:40 > 0:03:44you know, so you have to keep it alive in that way.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48Bring it to life by showing the children that it is energised
0:03:48 > 0:03:49and it is an exciting language.
0:03:49 > 0:03:53But, of course, they've taken to it like ducks to water.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55The auld broon troot lay unner a stane
0:03:55 > 0:03:57Unner a stane lay he
0:03:57 > 0:04:01He thocht o' the wund An he thocht o' the rain
0:04:01 > 0:04:03An the troot that he uist tae be
0:04:03 > 0:04:06"A'm a gey auld troot" quo he tae hissel
0:04:06 > 0:04:07"A gey auld troot" quo he
0:04:07 > 0:04:10"And there's mony like a queer-like a tale a cuid tell
0:04:10 > 0:04:12"O the things that's happenin' tae me."
0:04:12 > 0:04:15Corey, that's a well shiny trophy and why did you win that?
0:04:15 > 0:04:20I won that because I was really good at Ulster-Scots.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23What's your favourite words in Ulster-Scots?
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Soor and what ye daein?
0:04:25 > 0:04:27What ye daein? Do you say that all the time?
0:04:27 > 0:04:30Yeah, if like my little sister doesn't get something right -
0:04:30 > 0:04:32- what ye daein? - RALPH LAUGHS
0:04:32 > 0:04:36- You can have fun with Ulster-Scots, can't you?- Yeah, you can, actually.
0:04:36 > 0:04:41It's really great to learn Ulster-Scots so it is.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44I enjoy learning Ulster-Scots.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47Are you going to keep on speaking Ulster-Scots cos you're P7 now
0:04:47 > 0:04:49and you're leaving the school but are you going to keep it going?
0:04:49 > 0:04:51Yeah, I am.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53My mum and my dad grew up in Ballymoney
0:04:53 > 0:04:56and they usually speak Ulster-Scots and I want to be like them.
0:04:56 > 0:05:00APPLAUSE
0:05:00 > 0:05:03Well done, Corey, that was lovely to see you and you had such
0:05:03 > 0:05:05a good chat with Ralph there
0:05:05 > 0:05:07about how important Ulster-Scots is to you.
0:05:07 > 0:05:11Now, we've something special for our audience tonight because Gary Blair,
0:05:11 > 0:05:15who is from the Ulster-Scots Agency, he has written you a special poem.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18So, take it away, Corey, the stage is yours.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:05:22 > 0:05:24I can hardly believe that I'm standin' here
0:05:24 > 0:05:26telling yous a rhyme in Ulster-Scots
0:05:26 > 0:05:29but if you're wonderin' "Dae I know much aboot it?"
0:05:29 > 0:05:31Me answer's aye, lots and lots.
0:05:31 > 0:05:35It's the language used every day when talkin' at school
0:05:35 > 0:05:39and I can speak as well in English for I'm naebody's fool.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42Ma wee dog knows Ulster-Scots as well
0:05:42 > 0:05:45for when I call him o'er, he runs right to me hill.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49My biggest passion's fitba though, I play it ev'ry day
0:05:49 > 0:05:53but if I played for Liverpool, I would still tak this way.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:05:58 > 0:06:01Corey, we loved that. Well done.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04Let's find out a little bit more about Glenarm, the estate.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08So, Liam, let's try and get the idea of the connection between here
0:06:08 > 0:06:11- and Scotland.- Well, Helen, you only have look over the water there.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13You can see Scotland,
0:06:13 > 0:06:15you can't see much of the rest of the country from here.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17The roads round here are good,
0:06:17 > 0:06:20and the sea was available to anybody that had a boat.
0:06:20 > 0:06:21Now, what about this estate, Adrian?
0:06:21 > 0:06:24Can you give us an idea of the size of the estate?
0:06:24 > 0:06:29The estate used to be about 330,000 acres.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32Now, it's 2,000 acres today.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34But it's still the same family, tell me about them.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38Still the same family, there's been MacDonalds here for some 400, maybe
0:06:38 > 0:06:42500 years, and they always would have had a Morrow along with them.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45They've been about here for years and they built that lovely,
0:06:45 > 0:06:48big house over there and a beautiful big house it is too
0:06:48 > 0:06:51but I don't know as much about it as Adrian.
0:06:51 > 0:06:55Well, this house over here, Liam, was built in 1629.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57- Did you build it yourself? - No.
0:06:57 > 0:06:58LAUGHTER
0:06:58 > 0:07:01But I'm sure there was a Morrow had a hand on it somewhere, I would say.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03The hoose isnae where it was originally.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05No, well, they said that one day,
0:07:05 > 0:07:10His Lordship in about 1830 was over here and he looked,
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Glenarm Village used to be in the field at the front
0:07:12 > 0:07:14of the house where it is today
0:07:14 > 0:07:16and the castle was on the other side of the river
0:07:16 > 0:07:18where the village is now
0:07:18 > 0:07:21and they said that the old lord came over one day to visit Glenarm
0:07:21 > 0:07:24and he stood up there where the site is and he thought,
0:07:24 > 0:07:26"This is a much nicer place.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28"I think I'll shift my house over here and put
0:07:28 > 0:07:31"the village on the other side." And that's exactly what he did.
0:07:31 > 0:07:35Was that a sort of Glenarm clearances then?
0:07:35 > 0:07:37I suppose you could say that in a small way, yes.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39Listen to the two of you, you could talk all night,
0:07:39 > 0:07:41but thanks, that's enough for just now.
0:07:41 > 0:07:42Well done.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44CHEERING
0:07:44 > 0:07:46You might remember that in our last show,
0:07:46 > 0:07:49we had a very brief introduction to this couple.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51I hate him.
0:07:51 > 0:07:52HE LAUGHS
0:07:52 > 0:07:54We just never, we never did see eye-to-eye.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57We just never really get on that well so we never.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59Their ambition is to have an Ulster-Scots wedding
0:07:59 > 0:08:03so I think it's time that we found out a little bit more about them.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07My name's Laura, this is Raymond, and on the 19th of September,
0:08:07 > 0:08:09we're having an Ulster-Scots wedding.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14- Well, we've known each other... - 20 years.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20I hated Raymond. We did, we used to hate each other.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23I preferred Raymond's brother to him, I got on more with him,
0:08:23 > 0:08:27cos Raymond was one of these hard men at school, he thought he was it.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30The night I met Laura, I was sitting in a bar
0:08:30 > 0:08:32so I was with one of my mates,
0:08:32 > 0:08:36and she came in so she did with one of her mates and the next
0:08:36 > 0:08:39thing she said was, "Do you want to come to my house for a party?"
0:08:40 > 0:08:43What really happened on the night me and Raymond met,
0:08:43 > 0:08:46me and my friend were sitting having a couple of drinks as you do
0:08:46 > 0:08:49and Raymond walked in with his friend and, of course,
0:08:49 > 0:08:51wanted to know if there were any parties.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54But Raymond would have you know that it's the other way around.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56RAYMOND LAUGHS
0:08:58 > 0:08:59Describe Laura?
0:09:01 > 0:09:03What did he say about me?
0:09:04 > 0:09:08She's one of the best girls ever you could meet.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10I would say he's very good to me
0:09:10 > 0:09:14and he can be romantic at times when he wants to be.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17Honest, loving, caring.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21Absolutely everything you could ask for in a girl.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25Our personalities are alike. You know, I'm thran but he's thranner.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27- Hello, Raymond. - Hello, Janet, nice to meet you.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29Hello, Laura, nice to meet you.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31I'm Janet, I'm going to be doing your wedding ceremony
0:09:31 > 0:09:33so would you like to come down and see the room?
0:09:33 > 0:09:36We decided upon the Ulster-Scots theme for our wedding
0:09:36 > 0:09:38because it's more traditional now in Ballymoney.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41Well, this is the Shiels Room where you plan to marry.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45'I'll be wearing my tartan kilt that day so I will,
0:09:45 > 0:09:47'me and the best man and groomsmen.'
0:09:47 > 0:09:54We're having our cake done in tartan so we are so things like that there.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57We were wondering if we could say our vows in Ulster-Scots?
0:09:57 > 0:09:59The bride or groom is perfectly entitled to
0:09:59 > 0:10:03declare their vows in Ulster-Scots or any language they prefer.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05'For our actual ceremony on the day,
0:10:05 > 0:10:09'we were wanting to do our vows in Ulster-Scots.'
0:10:09 > 0:10:11We're not too sure yet on what to do because we would need to
0:10:11 > 0:10:15find somebody that can actually translate the language for us.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20I could go on all day and say things about her
0:10:20 > 0:10:22but she's one in a million.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25And I really cannae wait to marry him and become his wife.
0:10:28 > 0:10:29APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:10:29 > 0:10:31Isn't that really romantic?
0:10:31 > 0:10:33But did you notice that the mothers-in-law-to-be,
0:10:33 > 0:10:35they didn't say very much.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38I expect we'll hear quite a lot more from them in the future.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42Now, it's not very often that I'm asked to introduce an item
0:10:42 > 0:10:45using a sheep. Certainly not one that looks like this.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48I think we'll need to find out more about this.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Over here is Nigel Campbell.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52Now, you are organising the Dalriada Festival
0:10:52 > 0:10:54and I should explain that this wonderful creature down here
0:10:54 > 0:10:56has got something to do with that so tell me
0:10:56 > 0:10:58about the festival first of all, Nigel.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01Well, the Dalriada Festival is one of Northern Ireland's biggest
0:11:01 > 0:11:03cultural family events.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06We have so much on offer in terms of sport, music and food but one
0:11:06 > 0:11:09of our wacky events is the world's only sheep fashion show at that.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12So, Lucy, here, was our winner last year and she's back with us.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15I'm not surprised, it's absolutely brilliant.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17I have to go over and have a quick chat with her.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19Lucy, this is lovely.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23- I mean is this like a pet lamb that you dress up like this?- Yeah.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25Does she have a name?
0:11:25 > 0:11:28It's a he and we don't usually have a name, we just call him Lamby.
0:11:28 > 0:11:29Well, that's nice and simple.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32Now, this item, this costume, how long did it take to prepare?
0:11:32 > 0:11:35It takes about ten minutes to get him dressed
0:11:35 > 0:11:38but the real challenge is to think of an idea and get the clothes.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40Like, the first year, I spray-painted him pink
0:11:40 > 0:11:43and put hair extensions and a handbag and a tutu
0:11:43 > 0:11:46and legwarmers, all fluorescent pink.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48What are you going to do this year?
0:11:48 > 0:11:49Oh, I'm keeping that a secret,
0:11:49 > 0:11:51keeping the cards close to the chest.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53Are you? That's good, good tactic.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55Thank you, Lucy, and listen, all the best to you
0:11:55 > 0:11:57and Lamby in this year's competition.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59Could we give her a big round of applause?
0:11:59 > 0:12:01APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:12:01 > 0:12:04Now, I think it's time for a little bit more music.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06We've got The Grousebeaters up here again and this time,
0:12:06 > 0:12:08they're going to perform Three Jigs.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13THE GROUSEBEATERS PLAY
0:13:47 > 0:13:50APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:13:50 > 0:13:52More from The Grousebeaters later on.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55We're going to stay with music because on the last show,
0:13:55 > 0:13:58we had the first chance to meet two young pipers, Zoe and Kyle,
0:13:58 > 0:14:01and they really hoped to become champions at the
0:14:01 > 0:14:05UK Pipe Band Championships which were held in the Stormont Estate.
0:14:05 > 0:14:06Do you want to see how they got on?
0:14:06 > 0:14:08BAGPIPES PLAY
0:14:08 > 0:14:10I'm extremely nervous
0:14:10 > 0:14:13because I've never been to a contest before.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16Never even seen one so this is all new to me.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24I'm a bit nervous but it should be a good day.
0:14:30 > 0:14:36First thing - when I tell youse to be here at 9.30, you're here at 9.20.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39You don't come waltzing down the hill 40 minutes late
0:14:39 > 0:14:44and then start doing your hair! This isn't a band parade!
0:14:44 > 0:14:48This is the UK Championships. The next one's the World Championships.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51'Some of the band were a wee bit late and I was a bit worried in case
0:14:51 > 0:14:53'we didn't get everything tuned up
0:14:53 > 0:14:56'and ready to go in and play on time.'
0:14:56 > 0:14:59By the right, quick, march!
0:15:30 > 0:15:32CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:15:33 > 0:15:36That's the best performance to date.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39So between now and the Worlds,
0:15:39 > 0:15:42I want you to start doing plenty of blowing on your instrument,
0:15:42 > 0:15:45and be able to last about 20 minutes to half an hour blowing.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47It went really well, it was brilliant.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50When everybody clapped at the end, it was very good.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53The next one is the World Championships.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55If you miss your slot you're disqualified.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58I'm going to practise really hard for the Worlds
0:15:58 > 0:16:02and improve my playing, so we get maybe a better place at the Worlds.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09Right, Kyle, your band leader, Andy,
0:16:09 > 0:16:12he laid into you about being late, didn't he?
0:16:12 > 0:16:15It really didn't affect us at the end, we all played really well.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18But did you get time to warm up, being so late?
0:16:18 > 0:16:21Well, we had a reasonable amount of time to prepare for the actual
0:16:21 > 0:16:25- performing of it.- Tell me about the nerves, were there any?
0:16:25 > 0:16:28Well, at the start I was actually very nervous, but halfway
0:16:28 > 0:16:32through the set I was starting to be more comfortable with it.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34How did you get on?
0:16:34 > 0:16:36Well, we came eighth out of nine,
0:16:36 > 0:16:39so we didn't quite come last, but Andy did say
0:16:39 > 0:16:42we performed really well, so that's all we wanted to hear.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45That's good. The only way is up from there, that's what we say.
0:16:45 > 0:16:46We all clubbed together.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE
0:16:48 > 0:16:50No more being late!
0:16:52 > 0:16:56Now, I want you to do a favour for me, Kyle.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58- Could you pipe in our next guests? - Yeah.
0:16:58 > 0:17:06HE PLAYS THE PIPES
0:17:09 > 0:17:14And another event in the Dalriada Festival is the Highland Games.
0:17:14 > 0:17:18Scott Clark here, you're a competitor in that, so welcome.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21Now, how long have you been taking part in Highland Games?
0:17:21 > 0:17:25I've been taking part personally for over 20 years now.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28Have you seen a change, is it becoming more popular?
0:17:28 > 0:17:29It's always been really popular
0:17:29 > 0:17:33but it's becoming really popular all over Europe at the moment,
0:17:33 > 0:17:36Helen, particularly in Germany and Hungary, it's really developing,
0:17:36 > 0:17:39but it's always been really popular in Scotland.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42I know there's lots of throwing of things but, of course,
0:17:42 > 0:17:45the iconic one is... Tossing the caber.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47And you are that man.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50- Yes, I'll be doing that for you tonight.- How heavy is it?
0:17:50 > 0:17:53The one I'm using tonight for demonstration purposes
0:17:53 > 0:17:55is a wee bit lighter, because we don't want any accidents.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57But the one, the championship caber
0:17:57 > 0:17:59that they're using at the Dalriada Festival
0:17:59 > 0:18:04- is going to be over 20 feet long and weighs about 70 kilos.- My goodness!
0:18:04 > 0:18:08- How difficult is it? - It's very difficult, in actual fact.
0:18:08 > 0:18:12Even picking it up, the technique to pick something that heavy up
0:18:12 > 0:18:15vertically in itself, never mind the weight.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17Getting it up in the air and tossing it.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20Would you do me a wee favour and go and get yourself sorted,
0:18:20 > 0:18:22- so we can see you actually heaving that caber?- Of course I will, Helen.
0:18:22 > 0:18:24All right, that's lovely. Thank you, Scott.
0:18:24 > 0:18:28Joining us now, we have Norik Koczarian.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30Welcome, Norik.
0:18:30 > 0:18:34You are part of the Team NI for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow,
0:18:34 > 0:18:38- but, you know, where are you from originally?- Poland.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41So how come you are able to play in Team NI?
0:18:41 > 0:18:44I've been in Northern Ireland for the last eight years.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47It just become so natural and I felt really at home,
0:18:47 > 0:18:50- everybody treated me like at home. - That's lovely.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53Whenever I had the first opportunity just to represent
0:18:53 > 0:18:56and be sort of an ambassador for my sport, I've just done it.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58- And what sport are you in? - It's freestyle wrestling.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00Wrestling. Are you any good at it?
0:19:00 > 0:19:04I'm current Irish Maltese champion.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07I got silver in the English Championships as well.
0:19:07 > 0:19:11Well, listen, that is fantastic, so with that record you stand...
0:19:11 > 0:19:13Oh, my goodness! Great muscles!
0:19:13 > 0:19:16You stand a good chance, and we'd like to wish all these other
0:19:16 > 0:19:19competitors who've come along to The Gaitherin today...
0:19:19 > 0:19:21Come the time in Glasgow.
0:19:21 > 0:19:25Now, I think it is time that we saw how Scott was getting on.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28Take it away, Scott, toss that caber!
0:19:28 > 0:19:29Here he goes.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31He's getting himself balanced up. Right.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33He grips lower down.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35SHE GASPS
0:19:35 > 0:19:37Concentration.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47Oh!
0:19:47 > 0:19:48CROWD CHEERS
0:19:48 > 0:19:50Fantastic!
0:19:50 > 0:19:52Scott, thank you so much.
0:19:52 > 0:19:56Another man who has grappled with some wrestling greats,
0:19:56 > 0:19:58Jackie Fullerton.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00Hello.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02Do you still get a little bit nervous
0:20:02 > 0:20:05when you are around people like Norik, who are great wrestlers?
0:20:05 > 0:20:07Yes, I stayed well away from Norik
0:20:07 > 0:20:09because even though he's smaller than I am,
0:20:09 > 0:20:11I still remember Giant Haystacks.
0:20:11 > 0:20:1634 years ago, people still shout at me, "Where is Giant Haystacks?"
0:20:16 > 0:20:18- But he did hurt me. - Bumped you on the ground.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21Let's forget about Giant Haystacks for now, shall we?
0:20:21 > 0:20:25Because you're here to tell us about the Ulster-Scots sporting heroes.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27That's right.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30I was interested in Norik's story, he's from Poland
0:20:30 > 0:20:33but now he's over here and he's in the Northern Ireland team,
0:20:33 > 0:20:35but that sort of thing has happened before.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38Our very own, he's not too far away from here,
0:20:38 > 0:20:42Dervock, Kennedy Kane McArthur won Olympic gold.
0:20:42 > 0:20:43He was a postman.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47He didn't represent Great Britain, he represented South Africa
0:20:47 > 0:20:50and won a marathon gold medal.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54He must have been quite an athlete because he liked to smoke a pipe,
0:20:54 > 0:20:59he liked Ulster frys, no nutrition experts then, but what a guy!
0:20:59 > 0:21:02- What about the football? - That was 1912, move forward 70 years.
0:21:02 > 0:21:061982, World Cup finals in Spain and I was there.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09It is one of those moments you are glad to say you were there.
0:21:09 > 0:21:13The night Gerry Armstrong scored that goal that made him a legend.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15But Billy Bingham's team, it was a team effort.
0:21:15 > 0:21:19When you think of Pat Jennings, Sammy McIlroy,
0:21:19 > 0:21:20all those people.
0:21:20 > 0:21:25But Norman Whiteside also took over from Pele at that time,
0:21:25 > 0:21:28the legendary Pele, as the youngest man to play in the World Cup finals.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30- He was 17 and 41 days.- Wow.
0:21:30 > 0:21:31Wonderful memories.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33Wonderful memories.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35The story about penalty kicks as well.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37Oh, aye, he's a great man.
0:21:37 > 0:21:41From Milford in County Armagh, William McCrum, 1890.
0:21:41 > 0:21:42He was a goalkeeper.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45He invented the penalty kick
0:21:45 > 0:21:48and changed the face of football forever.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50That is a rather good cue for us
0:21:50 > 0:21:52to get into our very own penalty competition.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55And for a competition like that, we can only have one commentator.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57The great Jackie Fullerton.
0:21:57 > 0:21:58CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:21:58 > 0:22:00Header a ball.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03Straight to the keeper.
0:22:03 > 0:22:04You hit a header or don't.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07A gey guid yin.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09Look, you know what.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12Come on, guys, let the girls have a go. Come on.
0:22:12 > 0:22:13Come on.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15Are you ready for this, Stephen, are you ready?
0:22:15 > 0:22:17- I know I'm not allowed to do... - From Scotland again.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20- Look at the owl up in the tree! - Helen Mark.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23CROWD ROARS
0:22:23 > 0:22:26Deception didn't even pay off.
0:22:27 > 0:22:31Right, so thanks very much to the wonderful Jackie Fullerton,
0:22:31 > 0:22:33to our goalie,
0:22:33 > 0:22:36and we wish all the very best to the NI Commonwealth team in Glasgow.
0:22:36 > 0:22:37Good luck to you all.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40APPLAUSE
0:22:40 > 0:22:42I threw down a challenge to Tim McGarry,
0:22:42 > 0:22:46to do some comedy stand-up but in Ulster-Scots.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48So he's got the task under way.
0:22:48 > 0:22:52He headed off to Ballymoney to meet with linguist Ian Parsley,
0:22:52 > 0:22:55who wanted to put him through some pronunciation paces.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57He started off with some pretty simple words.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01So Ulster Scots, like English, is a Germanic language.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04The core vocabulary in each language is really very similar.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06I'm glad to hear that, that's a good start.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08Well, the problem is they are not absolutely the same.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11Just to give an example, the English word
0:23:11 > 0:23:15"have" in Ulster Scots is "hae", you drop the V, effectively.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17So can you give me a drop of tea?
0:23:17 > 0:23:18Gie me a drop o' tea.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20That's it exactly.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22- Hello.- Hello, how are you?
0:23:22 > 0:23:24Watch and learn.
0:23:24 > 0:23:28- Could you gie me a wee drop o' tea? - Yes, that would be no problem.
0:23:28 > 0:23:29- And I'll hae another.- Nae bother.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33I didn't say please, but that's because he told me
0:23:33 > 0:23:36there's no Ulster-Scots word for please, I wasn't being rude!
0:23:38 > 0:23:40OK, Tim, we've decided to make it even harder.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42We've brought you out into the countryside,
0:23:42 > 0:23:44into Rasharkin Primary School.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46He'll not be as good as us, hey.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49- I hope he's real funny. - I've never heard o' him afore.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51He better be good.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53What we have to do now is expand on what we learned earlier.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57So if for example the word soon is "shain".
0:23:57 > 0:23:58Shain?
0:23:58 > 0:24:00What's good likely to be?
0:24:00 > 0:24:02- Gut? - No, Tim, that's German.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05Very impressive in Berlin but not so good in Rasharkin.
0:24:05 > 0:24:06Good is "guid".
0:24:06 > 0:24:07- Guid.- Guid.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10- Guid.- I think we've got it.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12- Are we guid to go? - We're guid to go.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15I don't like the look of them, they look quite tough.
0:24:15 > 0:24:19Are you ready for this?
0:24:19 > 0:24:22Listen and learn. "Gie."
0:24:22 > 0:24:23"Hye".
0:24:23 > 0:24:25- No, it's more like "Hae". - Like "hay"?
0:24:25 > 0:24:26Yeah, like "hae".
0:24:26 > 0:24:28- Like hay in a field?- Aye.
0:24:28 > 0:24:32- Curled.- No, it's caul.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34No, no, it's cold.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36It's caul or cold, make up your mind!
0:24:36 > 0:24:37- It's caul.- Caul.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40- Cold.- Cold.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42Caul... Co... So there's three pronunciations!
0:24:42 > 0:24:46I'm confused, this Ulster-Scots isn't easy, I tell you.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48Auld.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52Yeah, nearly but you need a bit more practice.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54You weans, yous are brutal.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57It's like flipping four Simon Cowells!
0:24:57 > 0:24:59I'm going to go.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02I'm going to speak to my agent!
0:25:02 > 0:25:05- Well, Tim, did they gie you a gunk? - A quare gunk. Tough crowd.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:25:08 > 0:25:11I have absolutely loved being here in Glenarm.
0:25:11 > 0:25:15But for some people, this is actually their home.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18Jackie Wilson is that man. So what's your connection, Jackie?
0:25:18 > 0:25:23Well, I was born in that we house up in the gardens, almost 80 years ago.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26My father was head gardener there for 21 years.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29The Lord at the time was about the same age as me
0:25:29 > 0:25:30so we palled about together.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33- What sort of age?- Three-and-a-half.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36Because he was called Alexander, it was kind of a bit of a mouthful
0:25:36 > 0:25:39when you are three-and-a-half, so he became Lordy.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41And he's Lordy to now.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43And he's nearly 80.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45But I think I'm the only one can maybe call him Lordy.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48I take it from that that you're still pretty close.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50We're pretty good, aye.
0:25:50 > 0:25:54I'm the taxi man, I collect him at Belfast airport when he comes in,
0:25:54 > 0:25:56and then he lets me keep a couple of cars up at the farm.
0:25:56 > 0:26:01The thing is, I heard there was a fire in Glenarm in 1966.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03Around about the '60s, we say,
0:26:03 > 0:26:05because we're no sure if it's '65 or '66.
0:26:05 > 0:26:09We were over here, I think it was about the New Year time.
0:26:09 > 0:26:13We were up on Mark Street, where Francis was born,
0:26:13 > 0:26:16- in the house we're living in now. - That's your wife, yeah?
0:26:16 > 0:26:17That's the boss.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20We heard this awful crackling.
0:26:20 > 0:26:21We looked out the window
0:26:21 > 0:26:27and here's the castle going up in flames at the servants' end.
0:26:27 > 0:26:29- Was much of it destroyed? - That whole end was taken down.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32That was the WAF's end during the war.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34Was Lordy here at the time?
0:26:34 > 0:26:37No, no, he wasn't here. He had just left.
0:26:37 > 0:26:41I think it was his granny maybe was maybe a wee bit careful with
0:26:41 > 0:26:44the heating and a pipe burst and water fell down on a blow heater,
0:26:44 > 0:26:47which should have had the correct fuse in it.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50- But at least it saved the house. - The big house was all right.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52It was saved.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54Half of Glenarm came and carried out paintings and precious things
0:26:54 > 0:26:56and set them out on the lawn.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59I think if you set them out on the lawn today they might disappear,
0:26:59 > 0:27:02but in them days it wasn't so bad.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05- Of course, this is still home for you, Jackie.- This is home.
0:27:05 > 0:27:10We are back here, we went to Inverness in '58, me and Francis.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13We weren't married at the time, and that was a wee bit of a scandal.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16But it's been a kind of long pregnancy
0:27:16 > 0:27:19because we're 55 years married and there's still no children.
0:27:19 > 0:27:23Well, you know, Jackie, it is a joy to talk to you.
0:27:23 > 0:27:24Thanks very much.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27Pleasure to talk to you, thank you.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29Time for one more piece of music.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32Considering the MacDonald connection, we have the perfect one.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34Road to the Isles.
0:28:10 > 0:28:14Thank you, thank you to everyone for being here this evening,
0:28:14 > 0:28:16we've had a great time.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19Our next stop, you're going to have to bring your buckets
0:28:19 > 0:28:22and spades with you because we're going to Portballintrae.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24See you then, bye!