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Radio Ulster,6 mins

SeriesSeries 13

Robert Burns - the final days

A Kist o Wurds

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In Dumfries, Wilson Ogilvie takes Liam Logan to see a statue of Jean Armour with her eldest son, Robert: and they finish off at St Michael’s kirkyard where Burns was buried in 1796 before his body was moved to the Mausoleum in 1815. The journey ends inside the Mausoleum where Robert’s wife and some of his children are also buried. (Broadcast: 27 Jan 2007)

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