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PROGRAMME ONE

WHEELS

Cathal Black’s directorial debut adapts John McGahern’s story of a young man’s return home to the family farm where his stepmother attempts to broker fraught relations with his father.

Cathal Black, 25 mins, 1976

PROGRAMME TWO

SWALLOWS

Another assured debut, Michael O’Connell’s adaptation of the short story Swallows filmed where an isolated rural Garda is reminded of his love of Paganini when he meets a violin playing surveyor.

Michael O’Connell, 20 mins, 2000

See also: From the Vaults: John McGahern: A Private World and That They May Face the Rising Sun.

Notes by Sunniva O’Flynn