FÍNIÚIN
INISH MEÁIN
A Cogar documentary for TG4
TX: 22.10.06
Duration: 25 mins
This
documentary chronicles the remarkable story of James Concannon
a truly fascinating man who kept heading west. James left
his home on Inis Mean in the Aran Islands in 1865 to seek
his fortune in America. James was a pioneer, a prospector
and a profiteer. He seized every opportunity possible, from
hotel manager to book seller to rubber stamp sales man to
America's first Irish vintner.
Concannon's
escapades also brought him to Mexico City where it is said
he became friends of the famed dictator Porfirio Díaz. His
legacy still thrives at Concannon's Vineyard in the Livermore
Valley today - one of California's oldest wineries.
SAMPLE
PRODUCTIONS: Click on a link below to view programme
details.
TAIRNGREACHT
ACLA (The Achill Prophecy) The 17 century prophecy and the two disasters of the Achill
Branch Line.
AICÍD
- The Great Flu Pandemic in Ireland Charting the source and impact of the 1918 Flu Pandemic
in Ireland.
SÉIPLINIUGH
NA nIMIRCEACH The work of the Irish Emigrant Chaplains.
DÁMA
CHNOC MHUIRE The lifelong involvement of Dame Judy Coynewith
Knock.
FÍNIÚIN
INISH MEÁIN
Documentary
on the remarkable story of James Concannon.
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THE
SEARCH FOR TRISTAN'S MUM
Groundbreaking
documentary about an Irish child illegally adopted.
MIR
FRIENDS
Donegal
and the Soviet Union meet in space.
STRADBALLY
HALL DAYS
The Cosby
family's endless efforts to keep their estate going.
PREACHERS
The lives of three Irish preachers set to the soundtrack of
Johnny Cash.
NATION
BUILDERS
Historical
documentary series on prominent Irish public servants.
LA
NINA BONITA & AN ROISIN DUBH
The story
of Eugene Downing who fought in the Spanish Civil War
THE
CONCLAVE
Following
the Conclave after the death of Pope John Paul II.
