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Radio Ulster,4 mins

SeriesSeries 13

Liam Logan meets Les Byers at Ellisland Farm

A Kist o Wurds

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Les Byers, Curator of Ellisland Farm, where Robert Burns once farmed, tells Liam Logan that Tam O’Shanter was written during Burns’ years at Ellisland. Liam has a look around the property which is visited by tourists from all over the world. Les reads us his favourite Burns’ poem - ‘To a Mouse’.(Broadcast: 20 Jan 2007) Find out more at www.ellislandfarm.co.uk

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