Over the last nine months, Near TV, the community television component of the Coolock based Near Media Co-op has uploaded thirty videos onto Youtube. Quite a number should be of interest to our readers.
A short video in which Near TV talks to Dublin’s immigrant community about Gaelic Games:
A tour of the Casino at Marino, focusing on its architecture and the life of the designer James Caulfeild, 1st Earl of Charlemont:
A walkthrough of the magnificent Freemasons Lodge on Molesworth Street by Morgan McCreedy:
A tour of Glasnevin Cemetery by tour guide Shane MacThomáis:
Partly on topic.
Conor Doyle gave a fabulous talk on the Theatre Royal in City Hall yesterday (23/10/12). It grew out of a documentary he did for Near 103.3FM, the radio end of the Co-op. I have posted on the talk here:
http://photopol.blogspot.ie/2012/10/the-royal.html
That’s Near 90.3 fm.
The 3 part series Conor did is up on the website here: http://nearfm.ie/relive-the-magic-of-the-theatre-royal/