Cloch Le CarnTemporada 2009
The title of this occasional series "Cloch le Carn " could be literally interpreted as "adding a stone to the funeral mound" but in reality the series takes a constructive but not always uncritical look at public figures who've made a contribution to Irish society in their lifetimes.
Onde assistir Cloch Le Carn • Temporada 2009
4 episódios
- Nuala Ó FaoláinE3
Nuala Ó FaoláinMany people may be aware of Nuala Ó Faoláin as a result of her writing or indeed her intimate interview with Marian Finucane on the latter’s radio show where, six weeks after being diagnosed with two inoperable brain tumours, she announced; "Even if I gained time through the chemotherapy it isn't time I want. Because as soon as I knew I was going to die soon, the goodness went out of life. It amazed me, Marian, how quickly life turned black, immediately almost." ‘Cloch Le Carn’ provides a space for some of the people who were close to Nuala O Faolain to reflect on both a public and private life full of conflict, controversy, pain and laughter and to give audiences a further insight into Nuala’s life. - Joe DolanE4
Joe DolanAnother Irish figure whose life will be examined is singer and sometimes sex symbol, Joe Dolan. The reflective programme will look at the Mullingar man’s life before his death in 2007 using foreign archive material previously unseen in Ireland. Joe Dolan and his brother Ben founded their showband, ‘The Drifters’, in 1960, just as the showband craze was taking off. However, it soon became clear that Joe was the real star, and the group was soon renamed ‘Joe Dolan and the Drifters’. Unlike most Irish showband singers, Joe went on to become an internationally recognised star, recording original songs and selling millions of records around the world. The programme will also examine the controversies that surrounded Joe when he was alive such as drink driving, gigs in apartheid-era South Africa, an air rage incident on an Aer Lingus plane, and non-payment of taxes.