Clonfin documentary film set for online release

Clonfin documentary film set for online release
Produced by local company Harp Media

Press Release
24 October 2022

Clonfin, a documentary film about the North Longford Flying Column and the Clonfin ambush of 1921, will be released online on Wednesday, 26 October.

The film will be made available on the Longford County Library, Heritage and Archives Services YouTube channel. Its online release follows the premiere of the film in Granard Community Library earlier this year.

The documentary was produced by local company Harp Media, founded and owned by Robert Higgins and Patrick McGivney, rising stars within the film industry. It was commissioned by Longford County Library, Heritage and Archives Services, part of Longford County Council. It is a Decade of Centuries project.

The historical subject matter is told through a combination of interviews with historians and relatives of those, archival footage and dramatic reconstructions. Professor Marie Coleman of Queen’s University Belfast, an expert on County Longford in the revolutionary period, was the historical advisor on the project. Dr Mel Farrell (Royal Irish Academy) and Professor Diarmaid Ferriter (UCD) were also contributors to the project.

For further information, check out Longfordlibrary.ie or follow Longford Heritage and Archives on social media.

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