Across the narrow waters, Rathlin can be seen from both Scotland and Ireland. It is a land of rough roads and storm-bound jetties; of paraffin lamps in solitary cottages and sea birds in their thousands. On this Island long ago, Robert the Bruce watched the spider. Today only 150 people live here-but they have managed to turn isolation and hardship to their uses. Credit to : BBC Archive The post 1957: Life on Rathlin Island | BBC Archive first a…
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