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River Runner is a feature length documentary of a river system in southern Ireland that holds many secrets. This is the true story of the plight of the wild Atlantic salmon and the near catastrophic clear felling of a unique river forest. Two dams built in the 1950's killed the salmon run. 39 Irish speaking families were issued compulsory orders and their homesteads were blasted out of existence. The lands were flooded a whole community wiped out of existence for the sake of progress.This is the untold story.