'Friends' Goodwill Festival' inc. musical launches in Larne

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(L-R centre) Mid & East Antrim Chief Exec.Anne Donaghy; Mayor Audrey Wales; US Consul General Daniel James Lawton

by Roger Donnelly

The 'Friends’ Goodwill' festival launches in Larne later, with a series of free events until Sunday.

Three hundred years ago 'Friends’Goodwill' ship left Larne for America, the first Ulster emigrants to the New World.

Historian Doctor David Hume wrote a musical about their journey entitled "American Dreams", which previewed in Larne last night.

He's been speaking with Q Radio's Roger Donnelly:

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