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L谩 i 1916

Documentary. Kevin Magee examines the controversial shooting of Charlie McGee, a native Irish speaker from the Donegal Gaeltacht and the first RIC man to die in the 1916 Easter Rising.

Fiosra铆onn an t-iriseoir ini煤chta Kevin Magee scaoileadh consp贸ideach a tharla i 1916 nuair a mara铆odh an ch茅ad fhear de chuid an RIC san 脡ir铆 Amach. D茅anann Magee eachtra铆 an lae sin a athchruth煤 le nochtadh cad 茅 mar a tharla s茅 gur mara铆odh Charlie McGee. Leanann an cl谩r sc茅al ceathrar fear a bh铆 gafa in eachtra铆 an lae ar Luan C谩sca 1916. Scaoileadh marbh McGee, cainteoir d煤chais Gaeilge de bhunadh Ghaeltacht Th铆r Chonaill agus gorta铆odh oidhre ar an impireacht ghn贸 Dunville Whiskey, an Leifteanant Robert Dunville.

I measc na n-贸glach a bh铆 i l谩thair bh铆 an poblacht谩nach as B茅al Feirste Se谩n MacEntee a bh铆 le bheith ina Th谩naiste i Rialtas na h脡ireann blianta n铆os moille, agus Paddy McHugh, pearsa l谩rnach i gCogadh na Saoirse. I gcasadh comhaimseartha tagann gaolta fhear an RIC le ch茅ile le clann an fhir is m贸 a bh铆 faoi amhras de bharr an scaoilte le hiarmhairt铆 na heachtra a phl茅 breis agus c茅ad bliain n铆os moille.

Investigative journalist Kevin Magee examines a controversial shooting in 1916, when the first RIC man was killed in the Easter Rising. Magee carefully recreates the events of the day and reveals how the RIC man Charlie McGee met his death.

This documentary follows the lives of four men who were caught up in the events of Easter Monday, 1916. Charlie McGee, a native Irish speaker from the Donegal Gaeltacht, was shot dead, and Lieutenant Robert Dunville, heir to the Dunville Whiskey empire, was injured. The rebels involved included Belfast republican Se谩n MacEntee, who later became T谩naiste in the Irish government, and Paddy McHugh, a key figure in the Irish War of Independence.

In a contemporary twist, the relatives of the RIC man and the descendants of the chief suspect come together to discuss the fallout from the killing more than 100 years later.

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59 minutes

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Sun 3 Apr 2022 22:20

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  • Sun 10 Oct 2021 21:45
  • Sun 3 Apr 2022 22:20

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