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News of the signing by President Michael D. Higgins of a warrant to grant a posthumous pardon to Myles Joyce (Maolra Seoighe), in relation to the Mám Trasna murders of 1882, has made headlines worldwide and the level of views of the TG4 docudrama chronicling the injustice, Murdair Mhám Trasna, has been substantial as well. The unprecedented, historic pardon has been covered by international media outlets such as SKY, BBC and others based in Britain, as well as the New York Times and Irish Central in the US. But perhaps more surprising is the level of interest from news outlets across the globe also, in places such as Brazil, Hungary, Indonesia, Switzerland and Russia. This interest is matched by a relatively large viewership of the programme online. Since it was first screened on TG4 last Wednesday, the programme has been viewed extensively in the US and Britain, as well as in substantial numbers in Canada, Australia, Spain, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Japan, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates, to name but a few. The feature length film Murdair Mhám Trasna, was commissioned by TG4 and co-funded by the BAI. It tells the story of the miscarriage of justice which ensued, due to perjury and bribery, after the brutal murder of five members of the same family in Mám Trasna in the West of Ireland in 1882, which eventually contributed to the fall of a British government. It had its television premiere last week on TG4 and is still available for viewing worldwide on the TG4player at www.tg4.ie/mmt. Murdair Mhám Trasna, is based on the book ‘Éagóir’, written by former Language Commissioner, Seán Ó Cuirreáin, directed by Colm Bairéad and produced by Ciarán Ó Cofaigh of ROSG.
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Tá an scéala gur shínigh an tUachtarán Micheál D. Ó hUiginn barántas pardúin iarbháis Mhaolra Seoighe (Myles Joyce) maidir le dúnmharuithe Mhám Trasna in 1882 go mór sa nuacht ar fud na cruinne. Tá lear mór daoine i ndiaidh féachaint ar líne freisin, ar sheinnteoir TG4, ar an bhfadscannán faisnéise Murdair Mhám Trasna, a léiríonn an éagóir a tharla. Tá aird faoi leith tugtha ag áisíneachtaí meán cumarsáide, macasamhail SKY, BBC agus cinn eile sa Bhreatain, mar aon leis an New York Timesagus Irish Central sna Stáit Aontaithe, ar an bpardún stairiúil neamhghnách seo. Ach, is dócha gur mó an díol iontais fós é go bhfuil suim nach beag léirithe sa scéal freisin, ag lucht nuachta i dtíortha eile, cosúil leis an Bhrasaíl, an Ungáir, an Indinéis, an Eilvéis agus an Rúis. Tá an spéis chéanna le sonrú i measc lucht féachana suntasach atá ag an gclár ar líne go dtí seo freisin. Tá sé feicthe go forleathan ag cuid mhaith daoine in áiteanna chomh fada ó bhaile leis na Stáit Aontaithe, Ceanada, an Astráil, an Spáinn, an Fhrainc, an Ísiltír, an Ghearmáin, an tSeapáin, Singeapór agus Aontas na nÉimíríochtaí Arabacha, gan trácht ar chuid mhaith eile. Scéal é Murdair Mhám Trasna, fadscannán arna choimisiúnú ag TG4 agus arna chómhaoiniú ag an BAI, faoi dhúnmharú cúigear den teaghlach céanna i Mám Trasna in Iarthar na hÉireann in 1882 agus an t-iomrall ceartais a lean de bharr fianaise bhréige agus breabaireachta, agus faoin mbaint a bhí ag an gcás le titim rialtas na Breataine ina dhiaidh sin. Craoladh an clár den chéad uair ar TG4 an tseachtain seo caite agus tá sé ar fáil go fóill ar fud an domhain, ar sheinnteoir TG4 ag www.tg4.ie/mmt. Is é Colm Bairéad a stiúir Murdair Mhám Trasna atá bunaithe ar an leabhar ‘Éagóir’, a scríobh an tIar-Choimisinéir Teanga, Seán Ó Cuirreáin. Ciaran Ó Cofaigh ó ROSG a bhí i mbun an léiriúcháin.