Chronological History of Carlingford  - The Ages of Carlingford
Channel: Carlingford Heritage
Date: 2017-09-09

The video, entitled “The Ages of Carlingford”, tells the story of Carlingford and Cooley - in words, pictures, and music - from the Ice Age and the first human settlement through the Viking and Norman invasions and on to the Age of Steam. Along the way we meet
Cuchulainn, Queen Maeve and the Great O&#39;Neill and marvel at original drone footage - shot especially for the piece - clearly showing cultivation ridges still left behind on our uplands by the first farmers. The video, lasting approximately twenty-five minutes, is set to a stirring original sound track and concludes with a tribute to the heroic crew of Rescue 116.

“The Ages of Carlingford” is an entirely local and original work from a collective of local artists, storytellers and musicians. The script was written by journalist and local historian Seamus Murphy, who worked with Patrick Conway on obtaining drone images of historic sites, such as Lios an tSigeal, where the Brown Bull of Cooley was hidden from the men of Connacht. 

Seamus; script is spoken by professional actor Aoibheann
McCann and musician John McIntyre. Around this is woven an original musical score composed by our own Zoe Conway. Local technology wunderkind Cormac McCann of http://VisitCarlingford.com then pulled the whole thing together: sourcing and overlaying original still and moving
imagery and layering this with the narration and Zoe&#39;s foot-tapping score. 

The video and wider project are managed by backroom boys Gerry McAlinden, Kieran McCourt, Paraic McKevitt and Norman McMullan for Carlingford Lough Heritage Trust.

http://www.carlingfordheritagecentre.com/ages-of-carlingford/
http://visitcarlingford.com/ages-of-carlingford/