Lámh Fhada Dan Donnelly
Lámh Fhada Dan Donnelly
Dpcumentary looking at the life and times of Ireland's greatest bare-knuckle fighter Dan Donnelly. Based on Patrick Myler's book, Regency Rogue: Dan Donnelly his life and legends. Set in an Ireland paying the price for a failed uprising in 1798, the film tells of grave-diggers, uprisings and sexual and alcoholic excess, and of one unwitting hero whose bone crunching fists bring hope to the hopeless. Shot on location in London, Dublin and the Curragh this film uses extensive, previously unseen illustrations of his fights and dramatic re-enactments
Lámh Fhada Dan Donnelly airs on TG4 at 8:00 PM, Friday 15 November. (Repeat.)
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