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Drama on One

Simply Am-Dram 1 Image Name: Simply Am-Dram 1 Description: Simply Am-Dram is a brand new six-part observational documentary series following a diverse number of amateur drama groups from different parts of Ireland in the build up to their annual event, the All-Ireland Finals, held in Athlone in May each year. Tx: Tuesdays at 7pm on RTÉ One begining 16th April 2013


This is a history of three men now counted saints. They owned no wealth, ate little, let their spirits soar. It made strange beings of them-men who had somehow lost themselves and carried grace like light. To understand their story you will have to let yourself imagine the fierce times they lived in. The Legions had long gone from Britain and the wild tribes of the North seized lands that once were Roman-held, they squeezed the Pax Romana ever Eastwards. The Irish raided: burning, taking slaves-and in their turn their coasts were raided and their people taken. Some thought the Old Ways should be honoured and could still be their salvation, but others saw a new light in the teachings brought to Ireland by the slaves they took. It was a time of change.