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Conor Coyle

Joe Mahon heads to Lisnaskea in latest episode of 'Mahon's Way'

Lisnaskea is the centre of attention this Sunday as it features in the latest episode of UTV's Mahon's Way.

Co Derry native Joe Mahon makes his way to the Co Fermanagh town for a Fair Day reenactment and a visit to three local primary schools.

Joe also takes time out at Carrowhony Pet Farm, where he helps Veronica Greenaway feed an exotic pig.

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The show airs this Sunday 23 October at 7.30pm on UTV.

A description for the show reads: "In this episode Joe Mahon joins the throngs heading for the Fair Day re-enactment in the Fermanagh market town of Lisnaskea.

"The threat of a bit of rain did nothing to dampen the spirits of the children of three local primary schools who entertained the crowds with singing and dancing and playing music, all dressed up to represent past generations of barterers and traders, and some of them had little to learn about fleecing innocent passers-by out of their hard-earned pennies.

“The Maguires certainly knew how to party!” local historian Vicky Herbert tells Joe, as she describes the ancient ceremony whereby the Lords of Fermanagh crowned their new chieftain.

"Lisnaskea is where the ancestral inauguration site of the Maguire clan was located and it was no accident that, in the early years of the Plantation of Ulster, Sir James Balfour chose this location on which to build his castle in 1618."

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