A documentary about four thousand Irish orphan girls sent to Australia after The Great Famine
Producer: Siobhan MacHugh
(First broadcast April 2001)
Music used:
A Stor Mo Chroí (Fintan Vallely)
A Stor Mo Chroí (Maire Ni Cheileachair)
Donnchadha Bán (Mairéad Ní Oistín)
An Irish radio documentary from RTÉ Radio 1, Ireland – Documentary on One – the home of Irish radio documentaries
Famine Girls - Documentary on One First Broadcast 2001 - Siobhan MacHugh Produced [ 42:17 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
In 2003, Edward Walsh and Constance Cassidy purchased Lissadell House, Co. Sligo as private property. Their vision was to transform the estate into a flagship for tourism in Sligo and the North West, and to provide a secure environment for their seven children. With that in mind, they set out restoring the house and gardens to their former glory. The end goal was to make Lissadell self-sustaining. However, on 1st December 2008 Sligo County Council, without any notice, passed a resolution that the Council “amend the current County Development Plan to include in it a provision for the preservation of the public rights of way along routes through the Lissadell Estate” in accordance with section 14 of the Planning and Development Act 2000. The council chose the four main avenues in Lissadell, including the avenue running right in front of the doors of the house itself.
The story of the final night at the Gaiety Cinema in Carrick-On-Shannon, Co. Leitrim. In 1997 it was fully refurbished with new seating, a new screen and state of the art Dolby Surround sound. But it was never going to be that easy-and now its gone forever.
