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LISTEN BACK: Film on forgotten 'Wilde sisters' set in Monaghan

Aug 23, 2023 09:15
By News Northern Sound
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LISTEN BACK: Film on forgotten 'Wilde sisters' set in Monaghan

Monaghan director and producer Táine King is currently working on a new short-film which focuses on the deaths of Emily and Mary Wilde, the half sisters of Irish poet, novelist and dramatist, Oscar Wilde.

The sisters lost their lives in a fire at Drumaconnor House just off the Monaghan/Clones road back in 1871.

Our reporter Jodie Curran spoke with the Oram director.

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She began by asking her why she got involved with the project:

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