A new movie directed by Co Monaghan Táine King featured at this years Galway Film Fleadh. The new short-film focuses on the deaths of Emily and Mary Wilde. Emily and Mary were the half-sisters of Irish poet, novelist and dramatist, Oscar Wilde. The sisters lost their lives in a tragic fire at Drumaconnor House just off the Monaghan/Clones road back in 1871.
The Oram director intrigued by the story of both women. Indeed, it a story which she believes is still very much alive among the people of the Kilmore/Drumsnatt parish. Ms King, who has worked in the film industry for many years, says it was "important" for her to take this story back to Monaghan and shoot it within the locality, using local people and a local cast.
Our reporter Jodie Curran spoke with Táine and began by asking her to to explain more about the project and the Galway Film Fleadh:
