Faiscthe as an Talamh
Documentary charting a year in the life of an Irish farming family in Conamara, highlighting the great changes taking place in agriculture.
A sgΓ¬re Chonamara ann an Γirinn sgeulachd mun daimh dΓ¬omhair eadar an duine agus an talamh. Tha SΓ©amus agus MΓ‘irΓn de BΓΊrca a' leantainn ann an lorgan - coise an athraichean agus iad ri obair an fhearainn, obair chruaidh a tha a' leantainn bho rΓ ith gu rΓ ith bliadhna bho bhliadhna agus tro na ginealachan. Sin mar a bha, ach an ann mar sin a bhitheas e as dΓ¨idh seo?
Documentary charting a year in the life of an Irish farming family in Conamara, highlighting the great changes taking place in agriculture. Behind the bare statistics on the demise of small farming in Ireland lie thousands of individual stories. This documentary tells one of them as it chronicles the bittersweet change from the daily toil of farming to a more urban style of living that brings some comfort but also a palpable sense of loss. A year in the life of a rural family in the Irish-speaking Connemara region in the West of Ireland, capturing the decision to end fulltime farming on the family holding.
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- Thu 4 Nov 2010 21:00
- Mon 8 Nov 2010 22:30