John Philip Holland: Fómhuireáin na bhFíniní - Irish Language Version

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Location

Boston, Clare

Year

2016

Date

Production 05/11/2018

Length

51min 49sec

Audio

sound

Format

colour

Source

Courtesy

Dearcán Media, ILBF, TG4

Rights Holder

Dearcán Media

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Description

John Philip Holland was an Irish engineer born in Liscannor, County Clare, in 1841. He grew up in an Irish-speaking family and didn't learn English until he attended school in Limerick. Following a stint as a Mathematics teacher, he emigrated to the United States in 1873. The USA was where he made his name. Following a bad fall on an icy Boston street, he spent his convalescence developing and refining his ideas for a submarine. This documentary follows Holland's remarkable life and his gruelling efforts to develop submarines for the US Navy, Irish revolutionaries and the Royal Navy. 

Packed with interviews with experts such as Dr Terry Golway and reproductions of key scenes from Holland's mission to build his submarines, Macdara Vallely hosts and directs the informative documentary. This version contains Vallely's narration in Gaelic.

Credits

Contributors:
Dr. Terry Golway
Bruce Balistrieiri
Gary McCue
Dr. Pádraig Ó Tiarnaigh
Eilís De Bláca
Dr. Dónall De Bláca
Stephen Finnigan
Lt. Commander Reginald N. Preston

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