Bailte

DocumentariesHuman Interest/Local Interest

Bailte returns with a new 8 part series examining life in townlands all over Ireland. Síle Nic Chonaonaigh discusses the connection people have with their homeplace, the influence the landscape has on life there, the culture that informs them and the changes in the ways people in rural Ireland are now making a living. Amongst the town lands visited in the second series Síle goes to An Bun Beag in Co. Donegal, An Gleann in South Kerry and we begin with An Baile Uachtarach on the Dingle Peninsula.

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Clochán Bréanainn, Corca Dhuibhne

Episode 1

S4 E1 24m

Síle visits Clochán Bréanainn on the Dingle Peninsula where poet Micheál Ó Ruairc shows her some local points of interest. She meets renowned sheep shearer Thomas O'Connor and takes a trip to see An Sás with Eugene Lyne.

Leitreach Ard, Conamara

Episode 2

S4 E2 25m

As Síle Ní Chonaonaigh continues her journey through Irish townlands she visits the coastal village of Leitreach Ard in Carna, Conamara.

Toraigh, Dún na nGall

Episode 3

S4 E3 24m

In this programme Síle pays a visit to Toraigh, Ireland's most distant offshore inhabited island, where she meets Anton Meenan, Marjorie Carroll and Willie Ghráinne Ó Dubhgáin.

Baile na nGall, Na Déise

Episode 4

S4 E4 24m

In this programme, Síle visits Baile na nGall in Gaeltacht na Rinne, County Waterford. She also visits Criostal na Rinne glass factory to try her hand at designing a piece of glass herself.

An Bóthar Buí, Conamara

Episode 5

S4 E5 25m

Síle Ní Chonaonaigh visits An Bóthar Buí in An Cheathrú Rua, rich in history and resilience. Síle meets a local artist, a florist, Ukrainian refugees and Tomás Mac Eoin whose lyrics still resonate today.