One priest's vision to bring the zoo to a County Derry village
One priest's vision to bring the zoo to a County Derry village The zoo eventually fell victim to the Troubles after the onset of internment. Reporter: '); '); Most are familiar with Fr James Horan's campaign to capitalise on the tourism boom in Knock, County Mayo, by building an airport, but two decades beforehand, another clergyman had implemented his own grand ideas to bring a zoo to rural north Derry. Liam Tunney finds out more about the fascinating story. Across Ireland's north coast, the 1960s brought a boom in local tourism. The National Trust had taken ownership of the Giant's C...
Source: derrynow.com