What does it mean to be a punk in Ireland? In the Ireland of the late 70s – early 80s, with a conflict raging in Belfast, and a depressed economy all over the country, many young punks consciously stepped outside of the mainstream. They dressed and acted differently, they looked at what society had to…
John Philip Holland was the Irish born inventor of the modern submarine. A former Christian Brother, he created one of the most formidable weapons of war. An Irish patriot, whose first working submarines were funded by Irish revolutionaries, he later developed the first US and British submarine fleets. A self taught genius of the late…
Puncaí will be broadcast on TG4 on 28.12.17 at 9.30pm. We’re couldn’t be happier with the contributions made by our six participants: Cormac ‘Buzz’ Ó Briain & Nic Sadlier (Belfast) Giordaí Ua Laoghaire (Cork & Berlin) Úna Ni Chanainn (Cork & Dublin) Aoife Nic Dhonncha (Dublin) Ben Ó Ceallaigh (Roscommon & Edinburgh)
Dearcán Media has secured support for a major traditional music series examining the interaction between the Scottish and Irish traditions, and the manner in which they have changed and developed over the past few generations. This is a co-production between Dearcán Media in the north of Ireland, MacTV in Scotland, and Magamedia in the south…
Dearcán Media and Lugh Films have been commissioned by TG4 and BBCNI to produce a one off documentary on Tory Island, the life of the islanders, and its well known King, Patsy Dan Rogers. The commission is supported by the Irish Language Broadcast Fund, and it will be directed by Loic Jourdain.
Dearcán Media’s new documentary on John Philip Holland will be broadcast on November 22nd on TG4 at 9.30pm. John Philip Holland, recognised world-wide as the inventor of the first functioning submarine (built in the US in the 1890s), has largely been forgotten in his own country. His first submarines were financed by the IRB –…
An insight into the deadly circumstances of the north of Ireland, and how three murders over two days in Fermanagh in October 1972 left a border community feeling frightened, vulnerable and mistrustful. While two of the killings gained notoriety as the so called ‘Pitchfork Murders’, As Radharc na Súl details how historical events continue to…
Dearcán Media producer Deaglán Ó Mocháin is travelling to MIPCOM on 16th-19th October 2016 with two other Irish language producers from the north under the auspices of the ILBF. Deaglán commented that he was looking forward to the trip with his Irish language peers, and was hoping to secure financial backing for two projects –…