This week finds Joe in Errismore in Co. Galway, where he visits the former home of Grace O’Malley and finds out how to smoke salmon, and why South Korea is interested in Connemara ponies.
Joe Mahon visits the small medieval town of Fethard in Co Tipperary, where he discovers how rats helped to defeat the Normans, explores some very old buildings that are still looking their best and tries his hand at the potter's wheel.
In this week’s episode, Joe travels to the parish of Upper Templecrone in County Donegal, named after the 6th century anchorite, St Crone, who founded a religious settlement here.
Joe Mahon travels to Ballymahon in Co Longford, where he discovers some of the amazing things that can be found in the bog, including a 2,000-year-old trackway, a narrow-gauge railway line and bogwood that is transformed into beautiful sculptures.
UTV Joe visits Cappoquin, Co. Waterford, where he finds out about the ill-fated Plantation of Munster and the origins of the traditional, EU-protected ‘bla’ bread, and has a go at road bowling.
Joe pays another visit to Cappoquin, Co. Waterford, where he learns about the town’s history as an industrial hub, learns how to row and tries his hand at a sport unique to the area – the long puck across the river Blackwater.
This week, Joe visits Lough Oughter in County Cavan, where he learns about daily life in Premonstratensian monasteries and Plantation prisons, taste-tests some homemade apple wine, and learns the rules of kayak polo.
In this episode, Joe visits the town of Drumshanbo in County Leitrim, where he discovers why the town is well-known for its jam in Saudi Arabia, gets a crash course in bee-keeping and visits the former island home of a 19th century sea captain.