The Boys of St. Columb’s

(Documentary for RTÉ & BBC)

Documentary following the lives of several great Irish figures, including Nobel Laureates Seamus Heaney and John Hume, who have helped transform modern Ireland and who all attended the same small school in Derry in the 1950s.

In 1947, a British Act of Parliament granted free secondary education to Northern Irish children for the first time. This film tells the story of eight schoolboys from the first generation who were born into social division and low expectation. This new era of education changed their country forever and led them to become some of the most important figures in Irish Culture in recent history.

Cast: Paul Brady, Phil Coulter, Bishop Edward Daly, Seamus Deane, Seamus Heaney, John Hume, Eamonn McCann, James Sharkey.

Director: Tom Collins (Kings)

Producer: Kevin McCann (Testing Time, Teddy Boy)

Executive Producer: André Singer (The Wild Blue Yonder)

Writer/Co-producer: Maurice Fitzpatrick

Editor: Brand Thumim (Death of a President)

Camera: John T Davis (Hobo), Donal Gilligan (Omagh)

Narrator: Stephen Rea (The Crying Game)

Animator: John McCloskey (The Crumblegiant)

The Boys of St. Columb’s is a Ireland/UK co-production between Maccana Teoranta and Westpark Pictures, London. It was funded by B.A.I., RTE, BBC and Northern Ireland Screen.

THE BOYS OF ST.COLUMB’S IS AVAILABLE TO BUY ON DVD.

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