Summary Beginning of the journey at the cliffs of Moher: Sophie meets there George Graham, a sheep shearer: they enjoy the landscape and then they leave the seaside and travel towards the mountains: they meet Tim Creedon, a sheep farmer (450 sheep), speak about the sheep (black sheep and white sheep) and begin the sheep shearing.Sophie shears also a sheep.Then Sophie meets the family of Tim and they drink coffee.Then Sophie is in Galway (Connemara) where she meets Marianne Gardiner; they go to the market and Sophie tastes oysters.Later they go to a dance school where they meet Michael (18 years old) and Matthew (16 years old) who are training tap dance (they are world champions of tap dance).On the morning Sophie takes breakfast with the family (the daughter Anna is also tap dancer) and they go the the mass in the Catholic church (a 25 minutes mass).In the night they go to an evening and the sons and daughter dance tap.Then Sophie travels by bus to Dingle, a town with colorful facades like in Galway: she meets there Sean Daly , the crystal craftsman who invites Sophie to carve a glass.They take ice-creams at Sean Murphy shop and go to the port: they make a boat tour with Jimmy Flannery to see dolphins in the Dingle bay.On the next day Sophie meets again Sean Daly and they take the Slea Head Drive: they meet Michal Liam Houlihan and visit a beehive hut (dry-stone hut with a corbelled roof): later they have a picnic at the Slea head. Then Sophie travels by bus to Carraroe where she meets Max Couque, a fishing guide and also Titianne Guillou , his wife and their children.On the morning Titianne who has worked as guide and Sophie travel by boat to the island of Inisheer; a landscape with many stone walls and little parcels (the farmers make soils with algae and sand); they see a shipwreck and then go to a cemetery: inside there is the Saint Caomhan's church and in a wall there is a famous hole with a legend: who can cross the hole goes directly to the paradise, they see also a ruined castle and speak about the Great Irish Famine (1845-1852).Later Max and Sophie go fishing in the sea and capture some mackerels: In the night supper with crabs and grilled mackerels and a moment of baby foot with the family. Besides we see zooms about the island of Inishmaan (Peadar O'Conghaile, a senior farmer speaks only in Gaelic, the primary school where children study Gaelic, the stone walls and little parcels), about the Wild Atlantic Way (surfing, cliff climbing, mountain bike tours), about the "Match making festival" of Lisdoonvarna (60.000 visitors each year, the fortune teller and the match maker), about the pubs of Galway (the stout beer, the folk musicians, the pleasure to be with friends), about the Irish redhead (the cliches, the genetic explanation, the Irish Redhead Convention in County Cork with the red-haired king and queen, the great sense of humor ) and about the Bay of Dingle and the diving ( Louise Howell, the diving coach, the sea beds with algae , the seals).
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : Ismaël Khelifa Raphaël de Casabianca Sophie Jovillard Jérôme Pitorin
Genres : Documentary
Release date : Feb 26, 2016
Countries of origin : France
Official sites : Bo Travail ! France 5
Language : French
Production companies : France Télévisions France 5 Bo Travail
Summary Beginning of the journey at the cliffs of Moher: Sophie meets there George Graham, a sheep shearer: they enjoy the landscape and then they leave the seaside and travel towards the mountains: they meet Tim Creedon, a sheep farmer (450 sheep), speak about the sheep (black sheep and white sheep) and begin the sheep shearing.Sophie shears also a sheep.Then Sophie meets the family of Tim and they drink coffee.Then Sophie is in Galway (Connemara) where she meets Marianne Gardiner; they go to the market and Sophie tastes oysters.Later they go to a dance school where they meet Michael (18 years old) and Matthew (16 years old) who are training tap dance (they are world champions of tap dance).On the morning Sophie takes breakfast with the family (the daughter Anna is also tap dancer) and they go the the mass in the Catholic church (a 25 minutes mass).In the night they go to an evening and the sons and daughter dance tap.Then Sophie travels by bus to Dingle, a town with colorful facades like in Galway: she meets there Sean Daly , the crystal craftsman who invites Sophie to carve a glass.They take ice-creams at Sean Murphy shop and go to the port: they make a boat tour with Jimmy Flannery to see dolphins in the Dingle bay.On the next day Sophie meets again Sean Daly and they take the Slea Head Drive: they meet Michal Liam Houlihan and visit a beehive hut (dry-stone hut with a corbelled roof): later they have a picnic at the Slea head. Then Sophie travels by bus to Carraroe where she meets Max Couque, a fishing guide and also Titianne Guillou , his wife and their children.On the morning Titianne who has worked as guide and Sophie travel by boat to the island of Inisheer; a landscape with many stone walls and little parcels (the farmers make soils with algae and sand); they see a shipwreck and then go to a cemetery: inside there is the Saint Caomhan's church and in a wall there is a famous hole with a legend: who can cross the hole goes directly to the paradise, they see also a ruined castle and speak about the Great Irish Famine (1845-1852).Later Max and Sophie go fishing in the sea and capture some mackerels: In the night supper with crabs and grilled mackerels and a moment of baby foot with the family. Besides we see zooms about the island of Inishmaan (Peadar O'Conghaile, a senior farmer speaks only in Gaelic, the primary school where children study Gaelic, the stone walls and little parcels), about the Wild Atlantic Way (surfing, cliff climbing, mountain bike tours), about the "Match making festival" of Lisdoonvarna (60.000 visitors each year, the fortune teller and the match maker), about the pubs of Galway (the stout beer, the folk musicians, the pleasure to be with friends), about the Irish redhead (the cliches, the genetic explanation, the Irish Redhead Convention in County Cork with the red-haired king and queen, the great sense of humor ) and about the Bay of Dingle and the diving ( Louise Howell, the diving coach, the sea beds with algae , the seals).
Genres : Documentary
Release date : Feb 26, 2016
Countries of origin : France
Official sites : Bo Travail ! France 5
Language : French
Production companies : France Télévisions France 5 Bo Travail