Rare Donal O'Kelly Mini Feature `Catalpa'
Channel: Loopline Film Sé Merry Doyle
Date: 2013-08-21

Donal O'Kelly takes us on a journey exploring two of his most famous creations. 
'Catalpa' is based on the true story of the Catalpa whale ship that set sail from New Bedford, USA to Fremantle Australia  to rescue 6 Irish prisoners. 
"A masterpiece ... searingly satirical, comic, tragic, profoundly sensitive"
The Scotsman
'Bat The Father, Rabbit The Son' was Donal's first major breakthrough in 1988 and  went on to worldwide acclaim. Bat and Rabbit go on a crazed voyage out of Howth and up the River Liffey that builds to a climax described by The Guardian as "one of the strongest dramatic conclusions I've ever seen".

Directed by Sé Merry Doyle
Presented by Theo Dorgan
First Broadcast 18/02/1999
Duration: 10 mins
1999 Copyright Loopline Film

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