Electrification of Connemara / Leictriú Chonamara

Category:
Irish Language, History, Newsreels
Directed by:
Gael Linn
Produced by:
Gael Linn
Year:

1956-1959
Duration:

3 min 6 sec
Language:
Irish with English subtitles

Long Form Newsreel

 

Electricity reaches the people of Connemara, County Galway.

Shroich leictreachas muintir Chonamara, Contae na Gaillimhe.

 

 

Produced by Gael Linn, Amharc Éireann (A View of Ireland) is Ireland’s first long-running indigenous newsreel series. It was distributed to cinemas throughout the country to promote the Irish language. Between 1956 and 1964, 267 editions of the newsreel were produced for cinema exhibition.
To see more of the Amharc Eireann: A View of Ireland collection, click here.
With kind permission of Gael Linn.

 

Léirithe ag Gael Linn, ba í Amharc Éireann (A View of Ireland) an chéad sraith dhúchasach de nuachtríleanna fadbhunaithe in Éirinn. Dháiltí iad ar phictiúrlanna ar fud na tíre leis an Ghaeilge a chur chun cinn. Idir 1956 agus 1964, léiríodh 267 eagrán de na nuachtríleanna le taispeáint sa phictiúrlann.
Chun tuilleadh d’Amharc Éireann: A View of Ireland a fheiceáil, cliceáil anseo.
Le caoinchead ó Gael Linn.
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