Sligo film focussing on the strawboy tradition for TG4
Local filmmakers will feature prominently in TG4's landmark Christmas extravaganza - Sámhlú - on the 15th December, 9.30pm. Strandhill camera and lightingmen Peter Clyne and Niall Flynn have teamed up with director Johnny Gogan and dancer Edwina Guckian to produce a film which celebrates the strawboy (or "mummer") tradition in Sligo and Leitrim Their film will be part of a 90 minute film which features comedian and actor Tommy Tiernan playing the character of a wanderer arriving into a night time village to use his talent of tapping into the dreams of the citizens. The film is above all a t...
Source: independent.ie