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Media Coverage of Rathlin
This page updates readers on media coverage of Rathlin. Please note that some news websites charge for access to any material, and others charge for older news archive material. This affects the range of material that we can link to.
2010
BBC Radio Ulster documentary (30 August 2010) about the Black Family's links with the island (available until Monday 6 September 2010).
Belfast Telegraph article (28 July 2010) about the sighting of a group of Atlantic white-sided dolphins off the island.
Belfast Telegraph article (22 July 2010) about the sighting of a humpback whale off the West Light.
Belfast Telegraph travel feature (15 March 2010) about cycling on Rathlin.
BBC Newsline video (8 March 2010) report on the Shackleton 80th anniverary event.
Belfast Telegraph feature (26 February 2010) on bird watching, including the recollections of Brendan McMahon who worked on the monitoring of the bird population at the RSPB Seabird Centre last year.
UTV Hidden Heritage video (22 February 2010) featuring the role of smuggling in Rathlin's past (available until 24 March 2010).
2009
RTÉ Ryan Tubridy Show audio (18 November 2009) feature about life on Irish islands, featuring Rathlin, Inis Meáin and Inishturk, with Marianne Green representing Rathlin. The islands item starts at 22 minutes 30 seconds into the programme.
Il Reporter travel feature (23 October 2009) (in Italian), with separate photo gallery.
University of Ulster media release (9 October 2009) about archeological finds on Rathlin.
iStockAnalyst article (22 September 2009) about renewable energy in Northern Ireland, including tidal power from the waters surrounding Rathlin.
Ballymoney Times article (16 September 2009) on the official launch of the MV Rathlin Express.
San Francisco Chronicle letter to the editor (15 September 2009) about Francis Drake and the massacre on Rathlin.
UTV News report (9 September 2009) on the official launch of the MV Rathlin Express.
Irish Times article (29 August 2009) on archeology, including Rathlin pottery.
Belfast News Letter reprint (12 August 2009) of 1897 report of a wedding on Rathlin.
BBC Newsline video (27 July 2009) report on the Irish Islands Federation meeting on Inis Oirr, including a delegation from Rathlin.
Ballycastle Chronicle report (23 July 2009) on the first public sailing of the MV Rathlin Express.
Belfast Telegraph article (20 July 2009) on the first public sailing of the MV Rathlin Express.
Guardian travel feature (18 July 2009).
Ghost Hunters International video, part 1 & part 2 (15 July 2009) 'Skeletons in the Closet', an investigation into ghosts in the Manor House (Rathlin section starts 39 seconds into part 1).
BBC News report (9 July 2009) on the official opening of the RSPB's Roonivoolin walk.
Irish Times report (7 July 2009) on the official opening of the RSPB's Roonivoolin walk.
Belfast Telegraph report (6 July 2009) on the official opening of the RSPB's Roonivoolin walk.
Belfast Telegraph report (10 June 2009) on the official opening of the Resource Centre.
Belfast News Letter article (1 June 2009) on its 1901 reporting of the installation of wireless telegraphy on the island.
Ballymoney Times report (29 April 2009) on the Bishop of Connor's visit to the island.
RTÉ Seascapes audio (17 April 2009) report on the model yacht races on Ushet Lough.
Irish Times reprint (2 February 2009) of a 1910 newspaper report of a sighting of a 'sea serpent' off Rathlin.
2008
RTÉ Six-One News video (23 December 2008) report on Christmas on Rathlin.
RTÉ Morning Ireland audio (23 December 2008) report on Christmas on Rathlin.
Sunday Mail (Scotland) article (19 October 2008) on photographer Andy McInroy's work on the caves of Rathlin.
BIG Lottery Fund media release (10 September 2008) about the securing of a Lottery grant by the RDCA to fund community development projects.
BBC News report (30 July 2008) on the results of the seabed survey of the waters surrounding the island (includes a link to survey video).
Culture Northern Ireland article (14 July 2008) about the archaeology of the island by Rathlin resident Jonathan Mitchell.
Northern Ireland Housing Executive report (3 July 2008) on the official opening of the Richard Branson Centre.
4NI.co.uk article (27 June 2008) on the official opening of the electricity link to the national grid for the island.
BBC Newsline video (21 May 2008) report on the RSPB Seabird Centre, featuring Liam & Alison McFaul.
Organic Matters feature (2008) on Richard Green's organic farm.
2007
Belfast Telegraph account (17 October 2007) by Kenny Boyd of his swim earlier that month from Rathlin to Ballycastle.
Belfast Telegraph article (15 October 2007) on the start of the seabed survey work around Rathlin as part of the Joint Irish Bathymetric Survey Project.
BBC News report (4 October 2007) on Kenny Boyd's swim from Rathlin to Ballycastle.
Belfast News Letter article (24 September 2007) on its 1970 report on life on Rathlin.
BBC News report (14 August 2007) on Ciaran McGinn's swim from Rathlin to Ballycastle.
BBC News article (4 June 2007) on the Robert the Bruce festival.
BBC News story (1 June 2007) on the opening of the new combined Coastguard/Fire Service emergency centre on the island.
ninemsn.com.au travel feature (13 March 2007) on the island.
BBC News article (16 January 2007) on World Wildlife Fund report on Rathlin's need for environmental protection.
BBC Nature's Calendar page (2007) on the island's wildlife.
2006
RTÉ Nationwide video (3 November 2006) featuring Frances Black talking about her relationship with the island.
Scotsman article (21 March 2006) about Robert the Bruce and Rathlin.
BBC News story (20 March 2006) about Robert the Bruce's descendant on claims about Bruce's links with Rathlin.
BBC News report (2 February 2006) on the discovery of a Bronze Age burial site on the island.
2005
BBC News article (28 February 2005) about the provision of an extra ferry run to allow both a hen party and the Church of Ireland minister visit the island.
2004
BBC News report (2 October 2004) about the 2005 island calendar with just 362 days.
RTÉ Morning Ireland audio (3 August 2004) report on the RSPB's Seabird Centre.
BBC News item (2 August 2004) about the RSPB's Seabird Centre.
BBC News item (20 June 2004) about a kayaker's journey from Rathlin to Kintyre.
BBC News report (18 June 2004) on a BIG Lottery grant for sports facilities for the island children.
2003
BBC News report (29 October 2003) on the visit of a team of researchers working on the Countryside Exchange project.
RTÉ Nationwide video (5 September 2003) about the restoration of St. Thomas' Church.
BBC News report (19 February 2003) on the provision of piped water for seventeen Rathlin properties.
2002
BBC News story (18 September 2002) about the lack of crime on the island.
2001
BBC News report (16 October 2001) on the provision of free ferry travel for the island's senior citizens.
Conservation Volunteers Northern Ireland article (10 June 2001) about dry stone walling volunteers working on the Camping Barn wall.
2000
RTÉ Nationwide video (18 September 2000) featuring the RSPB Seabird Centre and model yacht racing on Ushet.
BBC News report (10 April 2000) on fears of declining population on the island.
BBC Northern Ireland Schools video (early 2000's) featuring the West and East lighthouses, and a video focusing on the island's ecosystem.
1990s
New York Times story (15 October 1992) about the beginning of the wind turbine electricity service.
1980s
New York Times report (4 July 1987) on Richard Branson's balloon crash north of the island.
Wilmington Morning Star (North Carolina, USA) report (7 October 1980) about a wedding party stranded on the island by bad weather.
1930s
Argus (Melbourne, Australia) report (30 July 1930) of a test flight of the R101 airship over the island. The R101 crashed with 48 fatalities in October 1930.
1910s
New York Times article (8 February 1918) on the sinking of the SS Tuscania 'north of Rathlyn'.
Argus (Melbourne, Australia) report (6 October 1917) of the sinking of HMS Drake off Rathlin.
1900s
New Zealand Tablet report (4 February 1909) on the audience of Rathlin priest Rev. E.V. MacGowan with Pope Pius X in the Vatican.
C19th
Brisbane Courier (Australia) article (30 December 1898) about Marconi's groundbreaking wireless transmissions from the island.
Poverty Bay Herald (New Zealand) report (1 October 1898) of the death of Edward Glanville while working for Marconi on Rathlin.
New York Times report (1 July 1885) of the sinking of the SS Colina off Rathlin.
Living Age (New York) article (11 August 1860) about a shipwrecked passenger sailing from the island.
Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle report (30 October 1858) of a talk in Dublin on steam baths, including reference to the 'native Irish sweating house' of Rathlin.
