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Councillor Felim Gurn wants TV duo Ant and Dec to be brought back to Leitrim

Dec 6, 2020 09:40
By Shannonside News
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Councillor Felim Gurn wants TV duo Ant and Dec to be brought back to Leitrim
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A Leitrim councillor is proposing that TV duo Ant and Dec be brought back to the county for a visit. Councillor Felim Gurn says the

A Leitrim councillor is proposing that TV duo Ant and Dec be brought back to the county for a visit.

Councillor Felim Gurn says the English market is a huge untapped one for Leitrim, and more could be made of it by asking the television stars to come back for a few days.

The two made headlines in 2017 when they visited the county as part of a DNA tracing documentary and Ant McPartlin discovered he was related to half the inhabitants of Drumkeeran.

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Councillor Gurn says the local authority should plan an official ceremony for the two men and ask them to help promote Co Leitrim in the UK:

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