Exploratory meeting on Kilcullen Liffey video
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| Brendan O'Connell, Oliver Fallon Bailey, Martin Blake, Noel Clare and Nessa Dunlea. |
Nessa Dunlea, Noel Clare and Brendan O'Connell met with the owners of the Bailey & Blake video production company to discuss various stories around Kilcullen which might make a theme for the video, which would be around four minutes long.
The conversation ranged from the recent reclamation of Pinkeen Stream from high pollution, through the establishment of the Bridge Camphill Community alongside the river, as well as heritage, historical, and enterprise development in Kilcullen through the centuries and decades.
Bailey & Blake, which specialises in the production of advertising and broadcast quality promotional video, has already produced 14 videos in the The River Liffey series in a collaboration between the Heritage Offices of Wicklow, Kildare and South Dublin County Councils.
The films depict different aspects of the Liffey, from its source in the Wicklow Mountains, along its journey through Kildare and Dublin to the sea. Themes explored include history, geology, flora, fauna and the people associated with the river.
They were shown recently in Ballymore under the banner of River Liffey Stories, where Nessa Dunlea made initial contact with the company.
During yesterday's meeting, Martin Blake said that while only a small fraction of any interviews and gathered stories can be accommodated in the restriction of a four-minute segment, all such interviews will be retained in their entirety. "These will be very valuable for researchers in a hundred years' time, looking back on today," he noted.
It is envisaged that a gathering of people with memories or knowledge of various elements of Kilcullen and the Liffey will take place in the near future, for the purpose of videoed interviews.
Nessa Dunlea said she would like to see a video ready for one of the monthly Kilcullen 700 Tuesday heritage talks, possibly in November.
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