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The Irish Connection

Television (Full Length) – 1999

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This high-rating 1999 documentary follows Gary McCormick to Ireland to investigate "those strands which tie" Kiwis to the Emerald Isle, from Dublin to the north, where his forebears originated in the 1870s. He meets locals, (musicians, tinkers, playwrights, scuba divers) and Kiwi expats, and talks The Troubles, Celtic Tigers, and why Irish emigrated to Aotearoa. Irish Connection was another collaboration between McCormick and director Bruce Morrison (Heartland, Raglan by the Sea). Companion title The London Connection saw McCormick examining Kiwi links to London.

I don't much like the Guinness away from home, I prefer the Guinness in Ireland.
– Matt Molloy of band The Chieftains

Key Cast & Crew

Gary McCormick

Presenter

Bruce Morrison

Director

William Grieve

Producer

Bruce Lynch

Title Music

Liam de Bheag

Research

Simon Parsons

Camera

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Produced by

Morrison Grieve

Source

Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision

Acknowledgements

Made with funding from NZ On Air

More Information

Te Ara entry on the Irish in NZ

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