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The most romantic day in the calendar is St. Valentine’s Day. Are you feeling especially romantic, believe love can last forever and like kissing? If yes, then we have a place in mind for you! Tannaghmore Gardens is also home to the Kissing Gate, said to be the only Kissing Gate in Northern Ireland. Legend has it that couples who kiss over the gate will get married within a year. And couples who have their wish fulfilled often return to pose for wedding photographs. Anne Marie went along to meet Colin Donnelly, Animal Husbandry Manager to see the Gate for herself but there was no kissing involved.ÌýÌý

Bird Box Day is back again for all you nature lovers.Ìý Springhill House is getting ready to take down their bird boxes to see what has been nestling inside them, and to further prepare the birds for a place to nest for this season. You can also explore Springhill Estate on the nest spotters trail and there are free bird box making demonstrations. Anne Marie talks live to Claire Antony, Visitor Services Manager with the National Trust and Sophie Atkinson, Area Ranger.Ìý

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Ulster Wildlife Trust are running two events in two treasured landscapes: Magnificent Meadows Work Party is a taster session for volunteers to come along and help remove vegetation from monastery-owned land in Enniskillen.ÌýFireside Meadow Tales tells traditional storytelling about folk tales around a cosy fire. Both events are organised as part of the , Anne Marie went along to Enniskillen and Killykeegan Nature Reserve with Conor Mckinney and is also joined in studio by Giles Knight both from the Ulster Wildlife Trust.ÌýÌýÌý

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The Port of Newry had a Maritime Heritage night in the city recently, and four model steamers are now permanently on display at Courtney’s Restaurant, Merchants Quay. Anne Marie talks live to James MacAreavey from the Maritime Association in Newry to learn more.

Helen Mark meets Nelson McGonagle who lives just outside Limavady and has spent a lifetime taking and collecting photographs from friends and other sources in and around the area. The photographs cover the mid 19th century to the early 20th century and portray the history of the buildings and people of Limavady. Roe Valley Arts Centre are currently hosting an exhibition of Nelson’s photographs.

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St. Valentine’s Day will mark the 50th anniversary of the closure of the railway line from Portadown via Dungannon, Omagh and Strabane to Londonderrry or the ‘Derry Road’ as it was known as. 100 years ago you could travel to every part of Ireland by train but the Omagh to Derry train stopped half a century ago. Today, the much loved Derry Road will be remembered at a special event in Omagh Library. The highlight will be the screening of the iconic film ‘Farewell The Derry Road’ made by the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ and filmed by Fred Cooper who joins Anne Marie in studio, along with railway enthusiast, Alan Devers.ÌýÌý

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