Taoiseach launches 'JJ and The Admiral' film

Friday, 05 August 2011 19:35 Posted by  The Editor
Taoiseach launches film about Admirable Brown and JJ O'Hara, Foxford. Taoiseach launches film about Admirable Brown and JJ O'Hara, Foxford.

An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny TD launched a new film, "JJ and the Admiral", about Ireland’s greatest naval hero -  Foxford-born  Admiral William Brown at a premiere of the hour-long documentary in the Royal Theatre, Castlebar, on Monday.

Pictures: Henry Wills

The film which interweaves Admiral Brown’s story with that of  Foxford native, the late J.J. O’Hara, who did more than anyone to elevate the profile of Admiral Brown in Ireland, and developed links between Mayo and Argentina.

Writer/producer, Bill Tyson and cameraman Declan Cassidy of Timesnap Productions spent  four months in Buenos Aires researching the film, and uncovered new additional  material in the Argentine archives.

Film footage was shot in location in Foxford and Galway, while funding for the  completion of the documentary was provided by the Admiral Brown Society, Foxford and  Mhuintir Mhaigheo na Gailimhe, (the Galway Mayo Association).  DVDs of the documentary will be available for purchase locally.   

 

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