Terry Wogan reaches the halfway mark in the odyssey around his homeland. Now it's the turn of the north, much of which is quite literally a different country. After sharing memories of his buttoned-up childhood holidays in Galway and ...See moreTerry Wogan reaches the halfway mark in the odyssey around his homeland. Now it's the turn of the north, much of which is quite literally a different country. After sharing memories of his buttoned-up childhood holidays in Galway and witnessing a seismic shift in Catholic prudery when 180 Irish ladies throw off all their clothes and take a 'Dip in the Nip' for charity, Terry heads for the border. As he crosses into Northern Ireland he recalls the watchtowers and armed security. More than a decade after the Peace Agreement, Terry finds reasons to be cheerful here, with football replacing fighting in the notorious Creggan housing estate. Written by
Christopher Bruce
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