{"id":71468,"date":"2017-12-14T10:52:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T10:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/?page_id=71468"},"modified":"2019-06-25T10:50:16","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T09:50:16","slug":"tg4s-christmas-crackers-2017","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/information\/press\/press-releases\/2017-2\/tg4s-christmas-crackers-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"TG4\u2019s Christmas Crackers 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Anseo i L\u00e1r an Ghleanna<\/em><\/strong> chronicles a year in the life of a small Connemara community as it strives to protect and preserve its past, realising that while it may not be able to save the village, perhaps it can save its heritage. An animated adaptation of Flann O&#8217;Brien&#8217;s acclaimed 1941 novel in Irish is the award winning <strong><em>An B\u00e9al Bocht<\/em><\/strong>. It is regarded as one of the greatest Irish-language novels of the 20th century.<\/p>\n<p>For the music lovers we have a Christmas Day treat in <strong><em>S\u00e9 Mo Laoch Speisialta- Matt Molloy <\/em><\/strong>where the &#8216;Chieftain&#8217; Matt Molloy meets &#8216;The Lord of the Dance&#8217; Michael Flatley and &#8216;The King of the Concert Flute&#8217; S\u00e9amus Tansey.<strong><em> Brian Kennedy Live at Vicar Street<\/em><\/strong> features Brian performing the entire &#8216;A Better Man&#8217; album Live at Vicar Street twenty one years after the album was released. <strong><em>Frank Sinatra a timeless legend<\/em><\/strong> documents Sinatra\u2019s career which spanned more than five decades.<\/p>\n<p>Will it be a scrooge dark and dismal Christmas in Tigh Thaidhg or full of mistletoe and wine in TG4\u2019s soap <strong><em>Ros na R\u00fan?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>F\u00e1ilte 2018<\/em><\/strong> rings in the New Year live from P\u00e1id\u00ed \u00d3 S\u00e9\u2019s pub in Ventry. Presenters Caitl\u00edn Nic Aoidh and P\u00e1draig \u00d3 S\u00e9 are joined by a host of guests to bid adieu to 2017 and welcome 2018- Bliain na Gaeilge.<\/p>\n<p>As sporting events have kept us engrossed throughout the year TG4 gives you another chance to see this year\u2019s All-Ireland hurling &amp; football senior and minor finals as well as featuring all the best GAA goals of the year<strong><em>. Laochra Gael<\/em><\/strong> episode recorded with Tony Keady is shown as a tribute to the late legend. <span>We also have live rugby <\/span>action in <span><em>Rugba\u00ed Beo<\/em><\/span> <span>from the 11<sup>th<\/sup> &amp; 12<sup>th<\/sup> rounds of <\/span>PRO14 on 23<sup>rd<\/sup> December \u2013Connacht v Ulster, St. Stephen\u2019s Day \u2013Munster v Leinster, and Leinster v Connacht on New Year\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n<p>Movies for all the family include a range of classics, westerns, cinema releases such as <strong><em>Elizabethtown, Nacho Libre, My Favourite Spy, Bee Movie, Little Boy Lost, Rango, Shane, Scared Stiff, Appointment with Death, The Molly Maguires, The Terminal, The Big Country <\/em><\/strong>and Irish language versions of animations <strong><em>SpongeBob Squarepants <\/em><\/strong>and <strong><em>Garfield &#8211;\u00a0 Rodent Rebellion <\/em><\/strong>for our younger viewers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anseo i L\u00e1r an Ghleanna chronicles a year in the life of a small Connemara community as it strives to protect and preserve its past, realising that while it may not be able to save the village, perhaps it can save its heritage. 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