Scealta on Riocht Episode Guide

Episode Guide

• Beaufort Movies

  Exploring how the small rural community of Beaufort just outside Killarney became a thriving film location. Over 20 hugely successful movies were made there, beginning in 1910 when Canadian director Sidney Olcott of Irish descent returned to his homeland to make the ground-breaking films

• Butty Sugrue

  An insight into the life of Butty Sugrue from Killorgan, a former circus strongman who helped Muhammed Ali claim victory when he fought a legendary fight in Croke Park in 1973

• Mansfield

  An account of the 1967 clash between the Bishop of Kerry and Hollywood actor Jayne Mansfield, ahead of the blonde bombshell's scheduled appearance at the Brandon Hotel in Tralee, after the Church warned its parishioners to boycott the event

• Maurice Walsh

  Profile of Maurice Walsh, author of the short story that inspired the Oscar-winning film The Quiet Man, examining his formative years in Kerry and career as a customs officer, as well as his eventual emergence as a renowned writer

• Melville

  The story of baker's son William Melville, who was born in Sneem, Co Kerry, and emigrated to London, where he joined the police force. He later became the first head of MI5 and the inspiration for the Bond character M, as well as Britain's most important spy

• Wild Colonial Boy

  Documentary studying the origins of the song Wild Colonial Boy. Some people believe the song is about Jack Duggan from Kerry and others think it refers to an unnamed Australian