The Pipe Wins Major Award For Best Documentary at Galway Film Fleadh

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Tuesday July 13, 2010 23:32

by Michael Gallagher - Photographer

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A documentary film four years in the making, The Pipe tells the story of the people of Rossport in the West of Ireland and the efforts of the Shell oil company to lay a pipeline through their community. The discovery of gas off this remote coastal village has led to the most dramatic clash of cultures in modern Ireland.

Nigel O'Regan (editor); Rachel Lysaght (producer) and Risteard Ó Domhnaill (directot and producer)

The rights of farmers over their fields, and of fishermen to their fishing grounds, have come into direct conflict with one of the world’s most powerful oil companies. Whenthe citizens look to their State to protect their rights, they find that the government has put Shell’s right to lay a pipeline over their own. Risteard Ó Domhnaill’s compelling documentary follows three very different characters as the local community is plunged into turmoil, not only by their opposition to the project, but more tragically, by the struggles within their own campaign. ThePipe tells the story of a pipeline that can bring economic prosperity or destroy a way of life shared for generations.

http://www.galwayfilmfleadh.com/pr_2010.html

All pics unless stated © Michael Gallagher July 2010

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A clip from the film, Pat 'The Chief' O'Donnell being arrested at sea. © Risteard Ó Domhnaill