Ennistymon premiere for North Clare film

FOLLOWING a successful preview at the Cork Film Festival, the North Clare-made film Seaside Stories premieres at the Courthouse Studios and Gallery in Ennistymon on Saturday.
There will be two screenings on Saturday, one at 5pm and another at 7pm. The money raised will go to the Friends of Ennistymon Hospital, who play an important role in support of the day care services for the elderly in North Clare.
The writer/director, Fergus Tighe ,will be at both screenings as will most of the actors including 11-year-old Fionn de Búrca of Kilcornan, who plays Locky, the boy at the centre of the film’s story. The film was made over the past three years from Gallivanting Media’s base at the Courthouse Gallery and Studios.
In the film, Locky is a boy who has been flourishing since his mother, Anna, gave up drinking three years ago. When Anna’s old boyfriend Mick gets out of prison she falls back into her old ways of daytime drinking while Locky runs wild in the streets with his friend Callo, played by 13-year-old Caolann O’Dwyer. Meanwhile, Sally arrives home determined to tell Locky that she is really his mother. This does not go exactly as planned and sets the scene for a series of events that changes the lives of all involved.