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Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Scrap Lads |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE Galway Film Centre Galway City Council |
Sponsor | Galway City Council |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Producer | Ballybane Travellers Group |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
Format | Digital Video |
Production date | 2004 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 28/07/2004 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | Short documentary on young Galway travellers who make a living on recycling scrap and waste. |
Note | Screened at the 16th Galway Film Fleadh, 6 - 11 July, 2004. |
Reference | Galway Film Fleadh Programme 2004 |
RTE guide vol | 28 |
RTE guide issue | 30 |
Keywords | Traveller Community Travellers |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Home |
Production company | Vertigo Films Irish Film Board/Scannan Na Heireann |
Sponsor | Arts Council of Ireland/An Chomhairle Ealaíon |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Producer | CONROY, Petra HODGINS, Patrick |
Director | HODGINS, Patrick |
Photography | DOYLE, Des |
Editing | HODGINS, Patrick |
Music composer | BRYERS, Gavin |
Language | English |
Colour | b&w |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
Format | 35mm |
Production date | 1998 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 23/08/2000 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | A visual portrait of homelessness in Dublin, examining what it is like to be displaced, not to have a private space called home. |
Note | Screened at the 12th Galway Film Fleadh, 11-16 July 2000. Screened at the 44 Cork Film Festival, 10 - 17 October, 1999. |
RTE guide vol | 24 |
RTE guide issue | 33 |
Distributor | Vertigo Films 25 Croydon Green Marino Dublin 3 + 353 1 833 8846 petramc@iol.ie |
Keywords | Homeless |
Location | Dublin |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Sonny Days |
Production company | Irish Film Board/Bord Scannán na hEireann |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Producer | CURTIN, Celine |
Director | HAUGHEY, Donal |
Photography | FARRAR, Paul |
Editing | MARCUS, Joe |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
Format | Digital Video |
Production date | 1997 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 02/08/2000 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | A personal recollection of the changing ways of shop-keeping, told through the eyes of the 'King' of Galway's High Street, Sonny Molloy. |
Note | Screened at the 9th Galway Film Fleadh, 8 - 13 July 1997. |
Reference | Galway Film Feladh Programme 1997 |
People | Sonny Molloy |
Keywords | Shops Retail Shopkeeping |
Location | Galway City |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Docklands |
Production company | End of the World Productions
Y.L.E. TV1 |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Producer | FITZGERALD, Michael |
Director | McCARTHY, Darragh |
Photography | DOYLE, Michael
DE BUITLEÁR, Cian (Additional) MATHER, James (Additional) FITZGERALD, Michael (Additional) |
Editing | DOYLE, Michael
EGAN, Joe |
Assistant photography | DE BUITLEAR, Cian
MATHER, James FITZGERALD, Michael |
Production assistant | MARKS, Bailey |
Narrator | SHERIDAN, Peter |
Acknowledgements | Special Thanks: Peter Sheridan, William Early McCann Fitzgerald, The Inner City Trust, The Ireland Funds, Guiness Irish, Joe Murphy, Jonathan Ryder, Colleen Leary, Christy Doody, Fr. John Wall, Professor P.J. Drudy, Dick Conroy, Mick Rafferty, Terry Fagan / Inner City Folklore Project, Nuala Carr, Angela Dorgan / F.M.C., An Taoiseach Bertie Ahern. And thanks to those who contributed to the film in the form of interviews, time or spirt. In memory of James 'Ship' Evans. |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
Production date | 2001 |
Copy | IFA/RTE |
Summary | This film charts the history of the North Wall and Sheriff Street area and charts the residents struggles against unemployment, poverty and the destruction of their community at the hands of property tycoons. The film also charts the changing face of the North Wall and Sheriff Street. |
Shotlist | Black and white footage of North wall docks and men working there. Voiceovers of ex-dockers. Footage of Sheriff Street. Narration and shots of area and Church of Saint Laurence O'Toole. Archive photographs of ship yards and footage from various stages during the first half of the centuary. Footage of North Wall. Register showing how community went from full employment to total unemployment. Footage of area from the 1970s. Interview: Gerry Fay with photographs from the launch of the urban renewal act. Interview: Johnny Walsh. Interview: Brian Dunleavy. Interview: Tony Gregory. Interview: Fay. Interview: Gregory. Interview: Fay with photographs and footage from protest. Modern Sheriff Street. Interview: Maary Cummins. Footage of anti-drug vigils. Interview: Fay. Super imposition of planned Spencer Dock devopments. Interview: Millie Masterson. Interview: Cummins. Interview: Marie O'Reilly. Voiceover: Masterson. No high rise campaign Protests around the area. Illustrations of plans and news paper headlines. Map of Docklands and shot of Dublin Docklands Development Authority headquaters. Interview: Peter Coyne, from the Dublin Docklands Development Authority with shots of Docklands. Interview: Dunleavy. Fay in shop putting up campaign posters. Interview: Fay. Saint Laurence O'Tooles Boy's School, exterior and interior. Interview: Mark Candon, principle and shots of school. North Wall Women's Centre. Interview: Celine Howard. Shots of area. Margaret Hennesy at work in the I.F.S.C. with interview. Interview: Gregory. Interview: Cummins. Shots of area. Interview: Dunleavy. Interview: Coyne. Interview: Fay. Shots of children in area. Interview: Walsh.Shots of Sheriff street. |
Keywords | Property
Education Community Drugs Unemployment |
Location | North Wall
Sheriff Street Dublin City |
Production credits | p.c.: End of the World Productions, Y.L.E., TV1, p: Michael Fitzgerald, d: Darragh McCarthy, ed.s: Michael Doyle, Joe Egan, voiceover: Peter Sheridan, c.op.: Michael Doyle, research: Jonathan Ryder, Bernice Donaghue, p. a.: Bailey Marks, research a.: Gareth Wynne, Jessica Gillingham, rostrum: Caboom/ Brown Bag Films, still ph.: Jackie King, a. c.s: Cian DeBiuitlear, James Mather, Michael Fitzgerald, archive photographs: Derek Spiers, Report, Dublin Port Co. D.D.D.A., archive footage: RTE, Gael Linn, National Library of Ireland, Irish Archive of the National Film Institute of Ireland. special thanks: Peter Sheridan, William Early McCann Fitzgerald, The Inner City Trust, The Ireland Funds, Guiness Irish, Joe Murphy, Jonathan Ryder, Colleen Leary, Christy Doody, Fr. John Wall, Professor P.J. Drudy, Dick Conroy, Mick Rafferty, Terry Fagan, Inner City Folklore Project, Nuala Carr, Angela Dorgan/ F.M.C., An Taoiseach Bertie Ahern. And thanks to those who contributed to the film in the form of interviews, time or spirit. In memory of James 'Ship' Evans. YLE/ TV1 Co Productions. Made in association with Radio Telefís Éireann. Copyright 2001 End of the World Productions Ltd. Col, 50 mins approx, 2001, Copy: RTE, IFA. |
Research | RYDER, Jonathan
DONAGHUE, Bernice WYNNE, Gareth GILLINGHAM, Jessica |
Camera operator | DOYLE, Michael |
Stills | KING, Jackie |
Rostrum camera | Caboom
Brown Bag Films |
Archive sources | Photographs: Derek Spiers, Report, Dublin Port Co. D.D.D.A., Archive Footage: RTE, Gael Linn, National Library of Ireland, Irish Archive of the National Film Institute of Ireland. |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Whose Plan Is It Anyway? |
Production company | Making Waves Productions South Dublin Urban Initiative Radio Telefís Éireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Producer | KERNAN,Cliona |
Director | LARKIN, Paul |
Photography | O'ROURKE, Mick MURPHY, Stephen |
Sound recording | HARKIN, Mary O'REILLY, Philip |
Editing | FALLON, Ray SCOTT, Jessica |
Assistant photography | DEMPSEY, Bonnie (Trainee) |
Narrator | LAWLOR, Aine |
Acknowledgements | The staff and steering group at South Dublin Urban, Jobstown Community Centre, St. Ronan's National School, Montague Communications, South Dublin County Council. |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
Production date | 2001 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 19/09/2001 |
Copy | IFA/RTE |
Summary | Film about community involvement in plans for urban renewal in Dublin. |
Shotlist | A comment from Eddie Conroy, Senior Architect, South Dublin County Council. Shots of Clondalkin. Interview: with model plans for area. Text: "Plan" Interview: Lorraine Rochford, Manager, Fettercairn Market. Text: "Is it anyway." Shots of Clondalkin. Interview: Cecil Johnston: Resident Participation Worker, South Dublin Urban Initiative. Text: "Fight the power." Shots of area including Melrose Estate. Miniature model of the future of area. Shots of Children at school and South Dublin Urban Initiative. Text: "Who knows best?" Interview: Siobhan Duff, Community Planner, South Dublin Urban Initiative." Interview: Sharon Cosgrove, Manager, South Dublin Urban Initiative. Text: "Planning for real." Interview: Duff, shots of model. Interview: John Kiernan, Resident, Jobstown. Voiceover: Duff. Residents place suggestion cards on model of area. Interview: Duff. Interview: Conroy. Interview: Kiernan. Interview: Conroy. Interview: Rochford. Interview:Dara Larkin, Senior Executive Planner, South Dublin County Council. Text: Urban Democracy. Conroy at work with residents, including Rochford, interview: Conroy, Conroy and residents. Market being set up at down and interview: residents and marketers. Market during day. Interview: Rochford. Photographs of Taoiseach launching indoor market. Text: Urban Art. Interview: Johnston. Interview: Eileen Gallen, Community Artist Clondalkin, Arts Squad. Site of planned park with interview: Les Moore, Senior Executive Parks superintendent, South Dublin County Council. Interview: Gallen with children. Text: "Urban Warfare." Shots of area. Interview: Catherine McNamara, Resident, Harelawn Estate. Interview: Conroy. Interview: Aileen O'Donoghue, Manager Clondalkin Partnership. Interview: McNamara. Interview: O'Donoghue. Text: "A new deal". Shots of area. Interview: O'Donoghue. Montage of scenes. Text: "Urban is dead long live urban?" Closing shots of participants in documentary with their comments. ' |
RTE guide vol | 25 |
RTE guide issue | 38 |
Keywords | Urban Renewal Community Children Markets Eddie Conroy South Dublin County Council Clondalkin Lorraine Rochford Fettercairn Market Cecil Johnston South Dublin Urban Initiative Melrose Estate Siobhan Duff Community Planners Sharon Cosgrove, John Kiernan Jobstown Dara Larkin Taoiseach Urban Art Eileen Gallen Community Artist Arts Squad Les Moore Catherine McNamara Harelawn Estate Aileen O'Donoghue Clondalkin Partnership |
Location | Clondalkin Dublin |
Production credits | p.c.: A Making Waves production fot South Dublin Urban Initative and RTE, p: Cliona Kernan, d: Paul Larkin, narr: Aine Lawlor, light.c.: Mick O'Rourke, Stephen Murphy, sound: Mary Harkin, Philip O'Reilly, camera trainee: Bonnie Dempsey, online ed.s: Teresa Dalton, Kitty Lee Groves, post production sound: Keith Alexander, Steve McGrath, p. co-ordinater: Margaret Mulligan, ed.s: Ray Fallon, Jessica Scott, d: Paul Larking, p: Cliona Kernan, thanks to: The staff and steering group at South Dublin Urban, Jobstown Community Centre, St. Ronan's National School, Montague Communications, South Dublin County Council. A Making Waves Production for South Dublin Urban Initiative and RTE Copyright Making Waves 2001, col, 50 mins approx, 2001, Copy: RTE, IFA. |
Post production sound | ALEXANDER, Keith MCGRATH, Steve |
On-line editor | DALTON, Teresa GROVES, Kitty Lee |
Production co-ordinator | MULLIGAN, Margaret |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Gods, Faeries And Misty Mountains |
Production company | Vinegar Hill Productions |
Sponsor | Bord Scannan na hEireann |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Producer | RANE, David |
Director | NI CHIANAIN, Neasa |
Photography | HUDSON, Simon |
Editing | RODGERS, Anna |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
Format | Digi-Beta |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 30/07/2003 |
Copy | IFA |
Summary | An exploration into the dreams and aspirations of women, who moved from different corners of the globe to Donegal, drawn there by its mystic magnetism. A personal story seen through the eyes of director Neasa Ni Chianain, as she herself searches for a place she feels she belongs (2003 IFB Review). |
RTE guide vol | 27 |
RTE guide issue | 31 |
Keywords | Women Mysticism Myth |
Location | Donegal |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Nook, The |
Production company | Song Way Film Productions |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Producer | McARDLE, Dennis |
Director | McARDLE, Dennis |
Photography | GALVIN, Brendan KEANE, Gary O'MAHONY, Conor |
Sound recording | McDOWELL, Stephen CROSS, Ray |
Editing | CHAPMAN, Helen |
Assistant photography | MANLEY, Larry BYRNE, Darryl |
Music composer | BRESCHI, Antonio |
Acknowledgements | Helen Curtain Barry O'Mahony The Maritime Museum, DunLaoghaire People of Booterstown |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
Release date | 2000 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 30/08/2000 |
Copy | IFA/RTE |
Summary | A documentary film on Martin Lysaght, owner of the Nook shop on Booterstown Avenue. Martin has his own highly individual belief system and is a well known and popular figure in the area. |
Shotlist | Martin Lysaght opens up his shop, 'The Nook'. Text: '1998, Martin Lysaght's Last Day.' Goes to cash register. Text: 'The Nook.' Customers saying good bye to Lysaght. Voice over: Lysaght. Text: 1990. Lysaght serving customers. Interview: Lysaght and in shop. Talking to customers. Lysaght making deliveries and voice over. Lysaght and friend, Mr. Kenny, chat. Lysaght swimming in forty foot. Interview: Lysaght, on forecasting the outcome of sports events. Voice over on forecasting lotto wins. Mr. Kenny and customers doing lotto in shop. Lysaght with dance group. Interview: Lysaght, on numerology and spirt world. Lysaght in group meditation. Voiceover of Lysaght on meditation. Lysaght stocking shop and his voice over: on the occult. In shop with customer. Interview: Lysaght on spirit world. Lysaght serving people in shop and in interview on shop. Closing down party. Interview: Neighbour. Locks up for last time. Text: 2000. Interview: Lysaght's wife. Lysaght in 'Lucky Alex's' shop in DunLaoghaire. Lysaght's wife gardening and in voice over with Lysaght. Lysaght enters shop which is now decorated with odds and ends of an artistic or occult nature. Lysaght sits in customized fridge. Lysaght walks dog on Sandy mount beach. Lysaght walking about and in voiceover talking about time in Navy and in Maritime museum. Interview: Lysaght and wife and photograph of son Gregory. Text: For Gregory. |
Note | Screened at the 45th Cork Film Festival 15 -22 Oct 2000. |
RTE guide vol | 24 |
RTE guide issue | 35 |
People | Martin Lysaght |
Keywords | Shop Occult Bereavement Community Family |
Location | Dublin Booterstown |
Dubbing mix | GIBBONS, Paddy |
On-line editor | NEENAN, David |
Production co-ordinator | THORNTON, Christine |
Telecine | WARD, Gerald |
Colourist | BYRNE, Paul |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Jolly Fine Boating Weather |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Director | O'CONNOR, Paddy |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
Release date | 2000 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 26/07/2000 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | Documentary about Galway Rowing Club, established in 1903, focusing on 2000 when two crews, an Intermediate four and a Junior Pair competed for the Irish Championships, better known as the POT. |
Note | Screened at the 12th Galway Film Fleadh, 11-16 July 2000. |
Reference | Galway Film Fleadh Programme 2000 |
RTE guide vol | 24 |
RTE guide issue | 30 |
Keywords | Galway Rowing Club Boats Rowing Canoeing Water Sports |
Location | Galway City |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Hill, The |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Director | HODGINS, Ita ROBINSON, Noreen |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 27/06/2001 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | Lives and lifestyles of the residents in the St Grellan housing estate, Ballinasloe. |
RTE guide vol | 25 |
RTE guide issue | 26 |
Keywords | Housing Estates |
Location | St Grellan Housing Estate Ballinasloe |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Young Pavee Voices |
Production company | AV Edge Productions
Pavee Point Productions |
Sponsor | Youngstart Human Resources Community Initiative |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Producer | RUSSELL, Sue |
Director | MEEHAN, Ruth |
Photography | FAY, John |
Sound recording | O'CONNOR, Peter |
Editing | FAIRWEATHER, Scott
SIMON, Derek |
Executive producer | HARKIN, Mary |
Songs | 'Raggle Taggle Gipsy' (Christy Moore) Sony Music UK
'Don't Fence Me In' (Bing Crosbie and the Andrews Sisters) Warner Chappell Music Ltd 'Into the Mystic' (Van Morrison) Warner Music UK 'Soul Surfing' (N. Cook) Universal Music Publishing 'Jelly Roll - I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free' (Nina Simone) BMG Entertainment International UK and Irish 'Gin Soaked Boy' (The Divine Comedy) Setanta Records UK |
Narrator | KEENAN, Kathleen |
Acknowledgements | Colaiste Dhulaigh Leisureplex, Coolock Training Centre, Cara Park Darndale Boxing Club Northside Shopping Centre Finglas Shopping Centre Teso Project Northside Travellers Support Group Travellers at: Cara Park Avila Park St Christophers, Cappagh St Marys, Cappagh St Josephs, Dunsink Pavee Point Youth Development Group: Michael Kelly Alison Fox John Paul Collins Barney Power John Patterson |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
Format | Digital Video |
Release date | 2000 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 08/08/2001 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | Community video exploring traveller culture through the eyes of the youth of the travelling community. They discuss housing, the difficulties accessing pubs and clubs, the different world view of male and female Travellers and their varying outlooks towards settled people. As one interviewee puts it: 'What's so great about being settled?' Contributors: Bernard Collins, Thomas Collins, Paddy Collins, Martin Keenan, Michael McDonagh, Michael Collins, Lisa Collins, Kathleen Lawrence, Lisa McDonagh, Louise McDonagh, Anne Marie McDonnell. |
Note | Screened at the 12th Galway Film Fleadh, 11-16 July 2000. |
Reference | Galway Film Fleadh Programme 2000 |
RTE guide vol | 25 |
RTE guide issue | 32 |
Keywords | Traveller Community, Travellers, Youth, Bernard Collins, Thomas Collins, Paddy Collins, Martin Keenan, Michael McDonagh, Michael Collins, Lisa Collins, Kathleen Lawrence, Lisa McDonagh, Louise McDonagh, Anne Marie McDonnell. |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Riverun |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
Format | Digital Video |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 05/07/2000 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | First in a series of ten original documentaries. Corkman Aiden Stanley makes a journey from the mouth of the River Lee to Cork Harbour, retracing the journey that St Finbarr would have taken 1,400 years ago. |
RTE guide vol | 24 |
RTE guide issue | 27 |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Director | SHAW-SMITH, David |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
Format | Digital Video |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 12/07/2000 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | Series of ten original documentaries. Portrait of Spiddal-based woodturner Liam O Neill as he mounted his first exhibition in the Visitor's Centre, Phoenix Park, Dublin. |
RTE guide vol | 24 |
RTE guide issue | 28 |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Director | SHEERAN, Aidan |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
Format | Digital Video |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 19/07/2000 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | Series of ten original documentaries. The restoration of the gardens at Birr Castle, County Offaly. |
RTE guide vol | 24 |
RTE guide issue | 29 |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Alive And Kicking |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Producer | CONDREN, Patrick |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
Format | Digital Video |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 09/08/2000 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | Series of ten original documentaries. profile of a group of kick boxing fanatics from Tallaght as they compete in the World Championships in Greece. |
RTE guide vol | 24 |
RTE guide issue | 32 |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Tales Of A Townland |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Director | HAUGHEY, Donal |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
Format | Digital Video |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 16/08/2000 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | Series of ten original documentaries. A look at the lives of five elderly residents in Killina, County Galway. |
RTE guide vol | 24 |
RTE guide issue | 33 |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Fields Of Gold |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
Format | Digital Video |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 06/09/2000 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | Series of ten original documentaries. A profile of Munster rugby captain Mick Galwey. |
RTE guide vol | 24 |
RTE guide issue | 36 |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Dinny Mclaughlin |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
Format | Digital Video |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 13/06/2001 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | New series of ten original documentaries. A profile of fiddler Dinny McLaughlin in his home place of Inis Owen, Donegal. |
RTE guide vol | 25 |
RTE guide issue | 24 |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Cook With Love |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
Format | Digital Video |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 04/07/2001 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | New series of ten original documentaries. A profile of Neven Maguire from Blacklion in County Cavan, on of the most respected chefs in Ireland. |
RTE guide vol | 25 |
RTE guide issue | 27 |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Journey's End, A |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
Format | Digital Video |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 11/07/2001 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | New series of ten original documentaries. A portrait of Jerry Devaney whose search for his mother has continued for thirty years and has only recently found its conclusion in Swinford, County Mayo. |
RTE guide vol | 25 |
RTE guide issue | 28 |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Muckross House - Our House |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
Format | Digital Video |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 18/07/2001 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | New series of ten original documentaries. A look at Muckross House from the perspective of Billy Vincent who inherited the house in the 1920s. |
RTE guide vol | 25 |
RTE guide issue | 29 |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Miles To Paint |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
Format | Digital Video |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 25/07/2001 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | Observational documentary about Corinna Earlie, a landscape artist from Kildare, and her undertaking to walk five hundred miles through Northern Spain to find inspiration for her work. |
RTE guide vol | 25 |
RTE guide issue | 30 |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series Observational Documentary Documentary Profile Arts |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
Format | Digital Video |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 22/08/2001 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | Documentary about the traditional art of mural painting in Northern Ireland - a form of political propaganda, or an art form in its own right? |
RTE guide vol | 25 |
RTE guide issue | 34 |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
Format | Digital Video |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 29/08/2001 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | Documentary on All Hallows College, Dublin, looking particularly at the means by which it has has to effect change in order to meet the demands of a changing society. Its focus is now not so much on clerical - as lay - training. |
RTE guide vol | 25 |
RTE guide issue | 35 |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Presenter/Reporter | O'SHANNON, cathal |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
Format | Digital Video |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 05/09/2001 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | Documentary on the restoration of Ireland's railway network - the film begins at the Railway Preservation Society and features Dromod and the Cavan and Leitrim railways. |
RTE guide vol | 25 |
RTE guide issue | 36 |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Common Ground |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
Format | Digital Video |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 12/09/2001 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | Documentary on the village of Castletownshend, West Cork, as it attempts to adapt to the many changes going on around it. |
RTE guide vol | 25 |
RTE guide issue | 37 |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Body Searchers |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 19/06/2002 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | New thirteen part series. Documentary on the unpleasant work undertaken by the Search and Recovery Unit of the Grainne Uaille Dive Club in Ballina. |
RTE guide vol | 26 |
RTE guide issue | 25 |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Gone Dancing |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 26/06/2002 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | New thirteen part series. Documentary about the world of ballroom dancing in Ireland. |
RTE guide vol | 26 |
RTE guide issue | 26 |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Lights! Action! Bark! |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 03/07/2002 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | New thirteen part series. Documentary on Foircroft Kennels in County Kildare - a home and an acting school for dogs. |
RTE guide vol | 26 |
RTE guide issue | 27 |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | For One Night Only |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 10/07/2002 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | New thirteen part series. Documentary on Dermot Hallion, who, on his release from Portlaoise Prison in February 2002, decided to put on a play, 'For One Night Only'. |
RTE guide vol | 26 |
RTE guide issue | 28 |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Enright's Way: Land Of Whispers |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Presenter/Reporter | ENRIGHT, Damien |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 17/07/2002 |
Repeats | 20/04/2004 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | New thirteen part series. Three-part documentary on contemporary life in Ireland. Ireland's prehistoric sites and historical monuments - is our archeological heritage being ruined by the Celtic Tiger? |
RTE guide vol | 26 |
RTE guide issue | 29 |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Enright's Way: The Beaten Path |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Presenter/Reporter | ENRIGHT, Damien |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 24/07/2002 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | New thirteen part series. Three-part documentary on life in contemporary Ireland. Do we have a right to roam the land? |
RTE guide vol | 26 |
RTE guide issue | 30 |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Enright's Way: Blow Ins |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Presenter/Reporter | ENRIGHT, Damien |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 31/07/2002 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | New thirteen part series. Three-part documentary on contemporary Ireland life. Who are the people who make a conscious decision to come to live in Ireland. |
RTE guide vol | 26 |
RTE guide issue | 31 |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Hawk's Well, The: Twenty Years A Growing |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Director | HEALY, Shay |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 07/08/2002 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | New thirteen part series. Nostalgic look back at twenty years of the Hawk's Well Theatre in Sligo. Contributors include Mick Lally, Mary McEvoy, Maureen Toal, Frank McCusker, Deirdre O Kane and Adrian Eames. |
RTE guide vol | 26 |
RTE guide issue | 32 |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Most Haunted |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 17/08/2002 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | New thirteen part series. Documentary about Leap Castle, Tipperary, the most haunted castle in Europe. |
RTE guide vol | 26 |
RTE guide issue | 34 |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Show Day |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 28/08/2002 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | New thirteen part series. Documentary about cooks Yvonne Craven, Anna Tolan and Anna Moyles and their preparations for one of the most important days of the year for them - the Crossmolina Agricultural Show. |
RTE guide vol | 26 |
RTE guide issue | 35 |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Island Life |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 04/09/2002 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | New thirteen part series. Documentary about Tony Smith from Drogheda who is the first non-native to buy a property on Inishbofin Island - a huge house which he is converting into a hostel. |
RTE guide vol | 26 |
RTE guide issue | 36 |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Munster Mob, The |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 18/09/2002 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | New thirteen part series. Documentary about the Munster dog show circuit - follows three sets of people at the Clonmel, Killarney, Limerick and Tralee. |
RTE guide vol | 26 |
RTE guide issue | 37 |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Wow Factor, The |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 25/06/2003 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | New series. Documentary about the lives of three Irish inventors as they visit Geneva for the world's greatest invention show. |
RTE guide vol | 27 |
RTE guide issue | 26 |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Eye Of The Storn |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 02/07/2003 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | New series. Documentary about Donegal surfer Richard Fitzgerald and British professional Gabe Davies as they ride some of the biggest waves in Europe - off the coast of Donegal. |
RTE guide vol | 27 |
RTE guide issue | 27 |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | In The Footsteps Of Augustine Henry |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 09/07/2003 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | Documentary about Irish botanist Augustine Henry, who collected over over 150, 000 plant species in China in the late 19th Century. |
RTE guide vol | 27 |
RTE guide issue | 28 |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Animal Rescue |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 16/07/2003 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | New series. Documentary about the regional branches of the Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. |
RTE guide vol | 27 |
RTE guide issue | 29 |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | In The Barber's Chair |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 23/07/2002 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | New series. Documentary about the world of Ireland barbershops - from Temple Bar and the Wardorf Adare in Dublin to a mobile barber in County Donegal. |
RTE guide vol | 27 |
RTE guide issue | 31 |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Into The Valley |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 06/08/2003 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | Documentary about the the people of the Black Valley in County Kerry and the tourist industry they have been nurturing for over a hundred years. |
RTE guide vol | 27 |
RTE guide issue | 32 |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Millstreet Maestro, The |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 13/08/2003 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | Documentary about the rally driving legend Billy Coleman, an unassuming Millstreet farmer. |
RTE guide vol | 27 |
RTE guide issue | 33 |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Football Crazy |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 20/08/2003 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | Documentary about builder Mick Wallace and his twin passions - Italy's Juventus and building Wexford soccer. |
RTE guide vol | 27 |
RTE guide issue | 34 |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Agency, The |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 23/06/2004 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | New Series. Documentary about jobbing models in Ballysheedy, County Limerick, who operate on the lower rungs of the fashion industry. |
RTE guide vol | 28 |
RTE guide issue | 25 |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Communion Kids |
Production company | Wildfire Films Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Director | McCARTHY, Adrian |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 30/06/2004 |
Copy | RTE IFA (VHS) |
Summary | Documentary about Adam and Lorna, two very different eight-year-old children from Fatima Mansions, Dublin, and are preparing for their First Communion. |
RTE guide vol | 28 |
RTE guide issue | 26 |
Keywords | Catholicism Holy Communion Fatima Mansions Dublin Inner City Working Class Communities |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | See For Me |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 07/07/2004 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | Documentary about three visually impaired people as they train to use guide dogs, |
RTE guide vol | 28 |
RTE guide issue | 27 |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Winging It |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 14/07/2004 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | Documentary about a group of people in Clonakilty with a passion for aviation. |
RTE guide vol | 28 |
RTE guide issue | 28 |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Connemara's Secret Garden |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 21/07/2002 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | Documentary about Kylemore Abbey in Connemara and the efforts of the Benedictine Nuns to restore the reality of a Victorian era. |
RTE guide vol | 28 |
RTE guide issue | 29 |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Tough Of The Turf |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 04/08/2004 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | Documentary profile of ex-jockey Adrian Maguire whose life changed when he fell from his horse in February 2002. He is now a racehorse trainer. |
RTE guide vol | 28 |
RTE guide issue | 31 |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Not Fade Away |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 18/08/2004 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | Documentary about two French women, Mesdemoiselles Mespoulet and Mignon, who arrived in Ireland in the early Twentieth Century to photographically record rural life in all its gritty reality. |
RTE guide vol | 28 |
RTE guide issue | 33 |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Preachers |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Director | GRAY, Brian |
Narrator | GRAY, Brian |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 25/08/2004 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | Documentary profile of three Evangelical preachers - Clifford Evans, Mike Mullens and Billy Hamilton. |
RTE guide vol | 28 |
RTE guide issue | 34 |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Bianconi |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Presenter/Reporter | STANLEY, Aidan |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 01/09/2004 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | Documentary profile of Charles Bianconi, the man who revolutionized the transpost system of 19th Century Irish. |
RTE guide vol | 28 |
RTE guide issue | 35 |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Homeless World Cup, The |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 07/09/2004 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | Documentary following the Irish team as they triumph in the Homeless World Cup 2004 in Gothenberg. |
RTE guide vol | 28 |
RTE guide issue | 36 |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Archie Simpson |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 06/07/2005 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | Documentary on musician Archie Simpson and the formation of the amateur choir, the Lismorahaun Singers, and its impact on the rural community of Enistymon, County Clare. |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 20/07/2005 |
Repeats | 20/02/2004 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | Documentary on Willie Leahy and how he transformed the village of Loughrea into an attractive venue for the equestrian elite. |
People | Willie Leahy |
Location | Loughrea |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Beyond The Dark Mountain |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 27/07/2005 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | Documentary on the Mountain Mine in Allilhees, Beara, County Cork. |
Keywords | Mining |
Location | Beara Cork |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Weatherproof |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 13/07/2005 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | Humourous documentary on the Irish weather - speculation on the changeability and unpredictability of the weather is intercut with footage of the RTE weather forecaster Evelyn Cusack's preparation for her evening broadcast. |
Keywords | Mining |
Location | Beara Cork |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 10/08/2005 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | Report on inland fishermen. |
Keywords | Fishermen |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Miss Etiquette |
Production company | Seanchas Productions Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Producer | McCABE, Anne WHITE, Johnny |
Director | McCABE, Anne |
Photography | O'DUBHAIN, Michéal DORNEY, Peter |
Sound recording | O'MAINÍN, Padraig |
Editing | WHITE, Johnny |
Production assistant | DONNELLY, Vicky |
Narrator | CONNEELY, Gerry |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 17/08/2005 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | Report on Constance Shaw, the wife of George Bernard Shaw, who left a fund for the development of the social arts and manners - Ireland's Miss Manners, Margo Bellew, uses the bequest to carry on the tradition. |
People | Constance Shaw Margo Bellew |
Keywords | Arts Social Manners |
Archive sources | Irish Film Archive of the Irish Fim Centre for extracts from OUR COUNTRY and THE MARCH OF TIME |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Love's Old Sweet Song |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Producer | BRADSHAW, Harry |
Director | ESMONDE, Roy |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
Format | Digital Video |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 24/08/2005 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | Short documentary profile of Mayo-born tenor John Feeney who emigrated to London where he worked as a labourer until he moved to the US in the late 20s. |
Keywords | Migration Irish America Tenors Irish Diaspora |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Stradbally Hall Days |
Production company | Brian Gray Productions Esras Films |
Sponsor | Radio Telefís Éireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Producer | BROPHY, Mary |
Director | GRAY, Brian |
Photography | GRAY, Brian |
Sound recording | LOWRY, John POOLE, Alan BYRNE, Finny |
Editing | HURLEY, Jeanine |
Production assistant | DAVIDSON, Jennifer |
Narrator | MOYNIHAN, Elizabeth |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
Format | Digital Video |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 31/08/2005 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | Short documentary on Stradbally Hall, County Laois, and its owner Tommy Cosby whose ancestors have occupied the hall for over fifteen generations. The film looks at behind-the-scenes activities in the lead-up to the Electric Picnic Festival. |
Location | Stradbally Hall Laois |
Dubbing mix | FITZPATRICK, Mark |
Lighting | BOYLE, Neal FOX, Ronan GRAHAM, Philip |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Production company | Eo Telefís Megamedia Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Producer | NÍ Cheallaigh, Laura |
Director | HAYES, Paddy |
Photography | BREATHNACH, Sean O'CONNOR, Christine Mc GAIN, Martin GRINROD, Andy |
Sound recording | BREATHNACH, Sean O'CONNOR, Christine Mc GAIN, Martin GRINROD, Andy |
Editing | Ó'SCOLAI, Cóilin |
Music composer | Lunása |
Narrator | DENNEHY, Ned |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 28/06/2006 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | Report on the Doolin Coast Guard Unit. |
Keywords | Mattie Shannon Martony Vaughan Patricia Casey Ray Murphy Coast Guards Rescue Doolin Co Clare |
Production credits | narr: Ned Dennehy, c/s: Seán Breathnach, Christine O'Connor, Martin Mcgain, Doolin unit. c.: Andy Grinrod, m: Lunása, stills: Colm Hogan, tech engnr: Seamus Ó hEidhín, ed: Cóilin Ó Scolaí, thanks to the Doolin Coast Guard, The Irish Coast Guard, Inland Coast Guard Shannon Helicopter, Walsh Family, Noelle Gallagher, Carol O'Connor, Orl;a King, d: Paddy Hayes, p: Laura Ní Cheallaigh. |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 05/07/2006 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | Report on tennis. |
Keywords | Tennis |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Aon Focal Eile - The Richie Kavanagh Story |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 12/07/2006 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | Documentary profile of singer-songwriter Richie Kavanagh, who contacted psoriasis at the age of forty-four, and abandoned his work as a maker of ornamental fountains for a career as a singer-songwriter. |
Keywords | Singer Songwriters Richie Kavanagh |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Why Rebel Cork Did Not Rise |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 19/07/2006 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | Documentary on the Cork corps of the Irish Volunteers from its turbulent formation at City Hall on December 1913 to the events of Easter week 1916 in Cork City. With contributions from Gerry White, Brendan O'Shea, Fionnuala McCurtain and Donal O'Drisceoil of UUC. |
Keywords | Irish History 1916 Easter Rising Cork City Irish Volunteers Eoin McNeill Sean McDermott Padraig Pearse Tomás McCurtain Gerry White Brendan O'Shea Finnuala McCurtain Donal O'Drisceoil |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Birdwatch Ireland |
Production company | Joe St. Leger Productions
Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Producer | ST LEGER, Joe |
Director | ST LEGER, Joe |
Script/Adaptation | O'MEARA, Aileen (Consultant) |
Photography | ST LEGER, Joe |
Sound recording | FITZGERALD, Mark |
Editing | CEARBHAILL, Coilin |
Narrator | McCABE, Ruth |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 26/07/2006 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | Documentary on the little Terns of the Murrough, County Wicklow, and the Birdwatch Ireland conservation teams' charting of their activities in Ireland before returning to West Africa. |
Keywords | Terns
Bird Watch Conservation Murrough Wicklow |
Production credits | sc.cnslt: Aileen O'Meara, s.mix: Mark Fitzgerald, colourist: Anna Kearns, online ed: Cóilin O'Cearbhaill, off-line ed: Eamonn Little, p/c: Joe St. Leger. |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Seven Wonders Of Westport, The |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Producer | ST LEGER, Joe |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 02/08/2006 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | Documentary on Westport, one of a handful of planned towns in Ireland. |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Brothers, The |
Production company | Nemethon Productions Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Producer | MacMURCHÚ, Irial |
Director | O'FLATHARTA, Michael |
Photography | FITZGERALD, Richard |
Sound recording | SPENCER FIELD, Richard |
Editing | O'FLATHARTA, Michael |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 08/08/2006 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | Documentary on two elderly brothers, Nicholas and Paddy Butler, who lived celibate lives together on an isolated farm in the Comeragh mountains, Co Waterford. When Paddy dies, Nicholas was confronted by a woman who claimed to be his brothers' daughter. A long legal battle has cost Nicholas in health and legal fees. |
Keywords | Farmers Bachelors Fatherhood Daughters Illigitimate Children Legal Cases Waterford Nicholas Butler Paddy Butler |
Production credits | In Memory of Paddy Butler who died in 1997 and Nicholas Butler who died in 2004. A film by Richard Fitzgerald, p.m.: Paula Uí Uallacháin, voice-over: Eoghan O'Riada, s: Richard Spencer Field, c: Richard Fitzgerald, s.mix: Kevin Evans, a.ed.: Tadgh O'Foghlú, ed: Mikey Ó'Flatharta Darba, p: Irial Mac Murchú, co.d.: Richard Fitzgerald, d: Mikey Ó Flatharta Darba. |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Building On The Edge |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 16/08/2006 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | Documentary on Leitrim-based architect Peter Cowman who advises people on 'self-building' their own homes. |
Keywords | Peter Cowman Architects Housing Building Property |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Photo Lady, The |
Production company | Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 23/08/2006 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | Documentary on photo journalist Eileen O'Leary who works with photography students from the Gaeltacht to set up an exhibition at the Blasket Centre. |
Keywords | Eileen O'Leary Photography Photographic Exhibitions Photo Journalism Blasket Island |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |
Series/Newsreel title | TOWNLANDS |
Episode/Item title | Wedding Dress, The |
Production company | Loopline Productions Radio Telefís Eireann/RTE |
Country of origin | Ireland |
Producer | DURAC, Martina |
Director | BEHAL, Julian |
Photography | MERRY DOYLE, Sé HOOL, Albert |
Sound recording | HEGARTY, Daniel |
Editing | Ó'MUIRGHAISA, Rónan |
Narrator | BERGIN, Helen |
Language | English |
Colour | col |
Sound | sound |
Duration | 24 |
TX channel | RTE 1 |
TX date | 30/08/2006 |
Copy | RTE |
Summary | Documentary on a young couple Dublin-based from Cameroon - Diudonne Sidi and Diane Njigang Tchotou - who are getting ready for their wedding day and have to buy the wedding dress fom an Oxfam store. |
Keywords | Cameroonians Migrants Weddings Oxfam Wedding Dresses Marriage |
Production credits | p.c.: Loopline, Radio Telefís Éireann/RTE, d: Julien Behal, p: Martina Durac, ed: Rónan Ó Muirghaisa, colourist: Marc Ó'Gleasáin, s: Daniel Hegarty, narr: Helen Bergin, stills: Darren Kinsella, p.a.: Rachel Healy, p.m.: Daniel Hegarty, c: Sé Merry Doyle, a.c.: Albert Hool. |
Genre/Category | TV Documentary Series |