2025
Dinnseanchas
Role: Director/Producer/Camera
Commission: Hometree
Funding: Creative Ireland
Format: 18 min Documentary
Project
Dinnseanchas (lore of place) weaves voices of farmers, artists, and communities reflecting on land, language, and belonging in Ireland’s coastal uplands.
Director & Producer
João Tudella
Editor
Kevin Corry (The Assembly Rooms)
Commissioned by
Hometree
Cinematography
João Tudella
James Skerritt
Peter Clyne
Conor Flanagan
Community Artists
Heather Griffin – Lyreacrompane, Co. Kerry
Patrick Mulvihill – Lyreacrompane, Co. Kerry
Peadar-Tom Mercier – Maam Valley, Co. Galway
Róisín de Buitléar – Glenveagh, Co. Donegal
Síomha Brock – Uíbh Ráthach, Co. Kerry
William Bock – Beara Peninsula, Co. Cork
Zoë Rush – Corca Dhuibhne, Co. Kerry
Contributors (in order of appearance)
Aindrias de Staic, Allan Mee, Anna Conlan, Breandán Seoighe, Brendan Ó Caoimh, Colm Gavin, Colm Mac Con Iomaire, David Teevan, Dervla McAuley, Eugene Costello, Fergal Conlan, George Mudge, Grace Wells, Jack O’Donovan Trá, Jennifer Ahern, Joe Harrington, John Duffy, John Heena, Laura McGoran, Léila Worth, Liam Grant, Lucy Taylor, Marie (Donegal Gate), Mike Sé, Neillie O’Leary, Pádraic Hopkins (Páraic Ó hOibicín), Patricia Deane, Ray Ó Foghlú, Seán Cronin, Seán O’Gaoithín, Teddy (Con Thade) Cronin, Thomas Reidy
Script
Caitríona Phelan
João Tudella
Translations
Caitríona Phelan
Color Grade & Mastering
Niklas Malkin (Crayon)
Post-Production Assistant
Eimear O’Sullivan
Sound Mix
Mick Creedon (Highwire Ireland)
Music
“Uplands” by Tiago Perestrelo
“Giolcadh an Ghealbhain” by Trá Pháidín
“Live from Cley Hill” by Peter Talisman
Design & Visuals
Studio Saol
Special Thanks
To the communities and individuals who welcomed us, shared their time, their places, and their stories.
Go raibh míle maith agaibh.
Supported by
Creative Ireland – Creative Climate Action Fund
Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications
Note of Thanks
Dinnseanchas has been a great project to work on. We spent time in the uplands with the artists during their residencies, hearing stories from people who live and work there, and seeing how land, language and community come together. The film is about connection and about listening to each other, to the land and to the rhythms that have shaped these places for generations.
Thank you to all the artists and everyone we met during the process for sharing their voices and their time, to the crew and supporters who brought creativity and care to the project, and to everyone at Hometree and Creative Ireland for making it possible.
Upland frames
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