Máire an Chlocháin Léith: an Grá Coiscthe’

'Máire An Chlocháin Léith: An Grá Dodhéanta', clár faisnéise Éireannach nua do TG4 ó Dhún na nGall-bhunaithe Lugh Films faoi stair brónach taobh thiar de na bailéad cáiliúil Éireannach a bheidh, scáileán seo Dé Céadaoin 4ú Meán Fómhair ag 09:30.

Cruthaíonn an bhean a spreag an t-amhrán agus an fhéile bhliantúil i nDún na nGall ar an ábhar an scannáin faisnéise seo a insíonn conas a thit Máire Gallaher i ngrá le fear a bhfuil chros a tuismitheoirí di chun pósadh.

Cur síos orthu mar 'fileata doiciméid drámaíochta', 'Máire Léith Chlocháin, ar Coiscthe GRA' a insíonn scéal an ghrá, bochtaineacht, eisimirce agus briseadh croí - ag tarraingt ar chuntais comhaimseartha agus i gcuimhne na ndaoine le cabhair ó staraithe.

Tá Féile Mháire an Chlocháin Léith ar cheann de na féilte is mó a mheallann turasóirí gach
bliain go Dún na nGall.

Ach cérbh í Máire an Chlocháin Léith? Clár é seo faoi ghrá, faoi
bhochtanas, faoi eisimirce agus briseadh croí.
Déanfaidh staraithe áitiúla agus ionadaithe pobail cur síos ar an saol mar a bhí sa naoú céad déag in Iarthar Dhún na nGall agus ar na fáthanna ar mb'éigean do Mháire an Clochán Liath a fhágáil agus dul ar bord loinge go dtí an Nua Shéalainn.

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‘Mary from Dungloe: The Impossible Love’, a new Irish documentary for TG4 from Donegal-based Lugh Films about the sad history behind the famous Irish ballad, will screen this Wednesday 4th September at 9:30pm.

The woman who inspired the song and annual festival in Donegal forms the subject of this documentary which recounts how Mary Gallaher fell in love with a man whom her parents forbade her to marry.

Described as a ‘poetic docu-drama’, ‘Máire an Chlocháin Léith, an Grá Coiscthe’ tells a story of love, poverty, emigration and heartache - drawing on contemporary accounts and folk memory with the help of historians.

Mary of Dungloe: The Mary from Dungloe Festival is one of Donegal's main tourist attractions with thousands gathering every August to celebrate her life.

But who was Mary from Dungloe?
This documentary tells the story of love, poverty, emigration and heartache that surrounded her life.

With contemporary accounts and memories with the help of local historians and public representatives, we reveal the impoverished life of West Donegal at the end of the 19th century and the reasons that drove Mary Gallagher from her home near Dungloe to board a ship New Zealand bound and the short tragic life that awaited her.

(Source: TG4/IFTN)