Documentary on Dan Donnelly tonight

Lámh Fhada Dan Donnelly is a documentary being screened tonight on TG4.

The programme looks at the life and times of Ireland's greatest bare-knuckle fighter and is 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 an unexpected hero whose bone-crunching fists bring hope to the hopeless.

It was shot on location in London, Dublin and the Curragh and uses extensive, previously unseen illustrations of his fights and dramatic re-enactments.