Brian Hoey

But Baltana, a very old tradition when cattle were driven through to pyres of fire, you know.

And so everything's tying together right here beside.

You've got a Hawthorne Three either side.

of the anthems to the boring growing up on this land and now running tours in the mountains what does it what does the land mean to you i find sometimes with the we have to make a living and you can sell your soul very easily on social media and the world of tourism you have to sell tickets but to be honest when i get up here it's as close to as close to heaven as i'll ever be and particularly on a day like this

What are we looking at?

First of all, let's get the breath back.

That's a good wee pull up there.

There's another name for this general part of the world, the country, is Gap of the North.

So that's what we're looking at.

But apart from that, what we're looking at, forget about all the history, forget about all the dates.

Look at the beauty.

Absolutely beautiful.

Stunning.

We're walking closer into the mountain now.

When we do get up here and we talk about bullion, young girls typically were the ones who went up and they looked after the cattle during the summer.

It depends how far away it was from the home place.

They might stay there for a week on time and they needed to milk the cow.

They needed to make the butter which was

You know, that's the goal.

When I said there was a culture around the whole thing, it was at a time when the Catholic Church was repressing everything, you know, particularly with young girls and young boys.