Screening
of “Island”.
The screening
of “Island”,
a short documentary film about the Arranmore Disaster of
1935 in which 19 islanders lost their lives took place
in the Community
Centre at 8pm on Saturday
6th November, 2004. Feedback fom the screening
was very positive with many people ordering a copy of the documentary
from filmaker Michael Carolan. You can order your copy
by contacting Michael at alsace@oceanfree.net.
The price
is €10 which covers a VHS video copy plus postage and
packaging. |
The recent screening of “Island” in
the Community Centre
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"And
the World says it was a rock.... But it was not a rock. It
was society. The world has spelled out one of its crimes in
corpses".
Peadar O’Donnell, 1935
Listen
to the audio promotion  |
The
site of the tragedy |
Recovery
of the Boat
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When the open boat hit the rock in pitch darkness all twenty
passengers were thrown into the water. One by one
they died
of exhaustion and cold. Only one, Patrick Gallagher,
survived. He watched helplessly as six members of his
family died. The passengers were returning home to Arranmore
Island off the West coast of Donegal after six months of
potato picking in Scotland. The year was 1935. These
migrant labourers had made the journey from Arranmore
to
Glasgow for generations in order to save enough money to
stay in Ireland rather than emigrate permanently. These
immigrants were known as the ‘Tatie Hokers’
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| Island’
is a fifteen minute audio promotion for film focusing on
the Arranmore boating disaster but also explores the lives
and experiences of the people who lived in a harsh maritime
environment of the time and looks in detail at the
experience of the "Tatie Hokers" and the Arranmore
boating disaster. The story of the boating disaster and
the immigrant movement is told using excerpts from interviews
compiled and sequenced together to portray the tale.
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Examination
of the Boat
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Families
grieve |
The
Funeral
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