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Faiscthe as an Talamh

Documentary charting a year in the life of an Irish farming family in Conamara, highlighting the great changes taking place in agriculture.

A sg矛re Chonamara ann an 脠irinn sgeulachd mun daimh d矛omhair eadar an duine agus an talamh. Tha S茅amus agus M谩ir铆n de B煤rca a' leantainn ann an lorgan - coise an athraichean agus iad ri obair an fhearainn, obair chruaidh a tha a' leantainn bho r脿ith gu r脿ith bliadhna bho bhliadhna agus tro na ginealachan. Sin mar a bha, ach an ann mar sin a bhitheas e as d猫idh seo?

Documentary charting a year in the life of an Irish farming family in Conamara, highlighting the great changes taking place in agriculture. Behind the bare statistics on the demise of small farming in Ireland lie thousands of individual stories. This documentary tells one of them as it chronicles the bittersweet change from the daily toil of farming to a more urban style of living that brings some comfort but also a palpable sense of loss. A year in the life of a rural family in the Irish-speaking Connemara region in the West of Ireland, capturing the decision to end fulltime farming on the family holding.

50 minutes

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Mon 8 Nov 2010 22:30

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