There's another chance to see the 2001 IFB short documentary AR DOVER FEIN when it airs on BBC Alba again, this Monday at 10:30pm. The film tells the tragic story of a group of immigrants from Achill Island, County Mayo who came to Scotland, as was traditional, to work the potato fields in 1937 only to die in a horrific bothy fire. The documentary covers the human tragedy but also raises the question of whether it was an accident or something more sinister.
(Note: It's an Irish Film Board production in which the interviewees speak Irish Gaelic, but because this version is on BBC Alba it is then given a Scottish Gaelic narration on top of it... with English subtitles. Convoluted or what? It's definitely worth watching though.)
(Note: It's an Irish Film Board production in which the interviewees speak Irish Gaelic, but because this version is on BBC Alba it is then given a Scottish Gaelic narration on top of it... with English subtitles. Convoluted or what? It's definitely worth watching though.)
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