Major Longford cultural attraction set to feature on British travel programme
The upcoming programme on the county Longford area will be presented by Sandi Toxvig and broadcast on Thursday, September 3 on the More 4 digital channel owned by Channel Four.
Earlier this year the broadcaster and TV presenter Sandi Toxvig travelled around Ireland filming a travel series for More 4.
The well-known presenter visits places all around Ireland telling the stories of Ireland’s greatest writers, Yeats, Swift, Heaney, Kavanagh and Maria Edgeworth.
The upcoming programme will be broadcast on Thursday, September 3 on the More 4 digital channel owned by Channel Four.
During the programme, Sandi can be seen travelling to Edgeworthstown to visit the wonderful Maria Edgeworth Visitor Centre and Museum.
There she is met by Dr Susan Manly of St Andrew’s University who is an expert on Maria Edgeworth.
On her visit Sandi remarked. “I am ashamed to say I’d never heard of Maria Edgeworth until making this show, but she was the writer Jane Austen aspired to be, I think Maria’s problem is that she didn’t get into the movie business."
The staff at the Maria Edgeworth Centre are delighted that the legacy of this great female writer will be remembered in the show and are hopeful that the exposure to a large audience in Britain will attract more visitors to Longford.
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