{"id":82519,"date":"2018-05-03T16:57:02","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T15:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/?page_id=82519"},"modified":"2020-07-15T15:19:54","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T14:19:54","slug":"murdair-mham-trasna-receives-history-prize-at-celtic-media-festival","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/information\/press\/press-releases\/2018-2\/murdair-mham-trasna-receives-history-prize-at-celtic-media-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Murdair Mh\u00e1m Trasna receives History prize at Celtic Media Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Murdair Mh\u00e1m Trasna<\/em><\/strong> is a feature docu-drama recounting the brutal slaying in 1882 of a family in and the wrongful hanging and conviction of those accused. Based on the critically acclaimed book <em>\u00c9ag\u00f3ir<\/em> written by Se\u00e1n \u00d3 Cuirre\u00e1in and published by Cois Life, <strong><em>Murdair Mh\u00e1m Trasna<\/em><\/strong> tells the story of barbaric murders committed in the dead of night in the midst of a rural community in Joyce Country, on the border between counties Galway and Mayo in 1882 and the subsequent trial in Dublin (most unusual for the time) which lead to the unjust hanging and life imprisonment of innocent people based on the testimonies of false witnesses, traitors and the dishonesty of the authorities and the gentry. <strong>President Michael D. Higgins<\/strong> signed a warrant on the 4<sup>th<\/sup> of April granting a posthumous pardon to <strong>Myles Joyce<\/strong> (Maolra Seoighe), who was hanged in the wrong, for the M\u00e1m Trasna murders, 136 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>The docu-drama was produced by Rosg.<!-- and can be viewed here <span><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/en\/player\/home\/?pid=5763458639001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/dev.tg4.ie\/player\/baile\/?pid=5763458639001<\/a><\/span> --><\/p>\n<p>The Celtic Media Festival (CMF) is one of the most prestigious and long- established in these islands and is held each year, rotating between venues in the various Celtic nations and regions.\u00a0 It combines a three-day media conference that attracts broadcasters, producers, media and students with a competition across the full range of Film, TV, Radio and new media content genres.\u00a0 CMF awards are highly-coveted.\u00a0 Entries go through a national pre-selection phase with the shortlist from each country announced in February before advancing to the international Festival. This year\u2019s Festival will take place in Llanelli in Wales from the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> to 4<sup>th<\/sup> of May 2018 (<span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.celticmediafestival.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.celticmediafestival.co.uk<\/a><\/span>)<\/p>\n<p>TG4 Ardsti\u00farth\u00f3ir Alan Esslemont, congratulated the winning entry, saying that, \u201c<em>This is public service content of the highest quality<\/em> <em>and <\/em><em>I would like to congratulate all involved in the production team on a job very well done&#8217;<\/em><em>\u201d<\/em> adding that TG4 is \u201c<em>gratified with this latest accolade from our peers in the Celtic media industries<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Images are available here\u00a0 <span><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/s\/aHsmiVjnMw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/flic.kr\/s\/aHsmiVjnMw<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Promo clip from programme <span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/cnvL4cXHowg?list=PLZCDKZI5tB4r3A7ROsYcdOEUu9_yWidp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/cnvL4cXHowg?list=PLZCDKZI5tB4r3A7ROsYcdOEUu9_yWidp3<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Murdair Mh\u00e1m Trasna is a feature docu-drama recounting the brutal slaying in 1882 of a family in and the wrongful hanging and conviction of those accused. Based on the critically acclaimed book \u00c9ag\u00f3ir written by Se\u00e1n \u00d3 Cuirre\u00e1in and published by Cois Life, Murdair Mh\u00e1m Trasna tells the story of barbaric murders committed in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":876,"featured_media":81247,"parent":72851,"menu_order":18,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/template-pr.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Murdair Mh\u00e1m Trasna receives History prize at Celtic Media Festival - TG4<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Murdair Mh\u00e1m Trasna receives History prize at Celtic Media Festival - TG4\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Murdair Mh\u00e1m Trasna is a feature docu-drama recounting the brutal slaying in 1882 of a family in and the wrongful hanging and conviction of those accused. 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