Pat the pipe Píobaire
March 4, 2014
The radio drama “Pat the pipe Píobaire” will be launched in The Glens Centre on tuesday 11th of March at 6pm. It’s a mockumentary based on the book of the same title by Colm Ó Snodaigh and published by Coiscéim.
It was produced by An Puball Gaeilge and was directed and adapted for Radio by Proinn Ó Duigneáin agus Rossa Ó Snodaigh. They both have acting roles as do the well known actors and performers Dónal O Kelly, Sorcha Fox, Lochlann Ó Mearán, Des Bredin, Breandan de Gaillí, and two newbies Muiris Ó Conchubhair and Ruth Smith.
Jacques Pellen provided the theme music from his CD A Celtic Procession and Eoin Dillon mimicked the piping efforts of the main character Pat.
It was recorded in The Glens Centre (cluainín) and An Stiúdeó Dearg (BÁC) with sound supervison by Ray Duffy.
The mockumentary will be broadcast on Raidió na Life 106.4 in two parts on Fridays 14th and 21st of March at 8.30pm.
This project was funded by the BAI’s ‘sound and vision scheme’ and by Foras na Gaeilge.
