Bád Chlós Mhíobhaigh

Séamus Mac Géidigh Image Name: Séamus Mac Géidigh Description: Séamus Mac Géidigh, Presenter Copyright: RTÉ
Workers - Mevagh Boat Yard Image Name: Workers - Mevagh Boat Yard Description: Workers - Mevagh Boat Yard
Mevagh Boat Yard - Bád Chlós Mhíobhaigh Image Name: Mevagh Boat Yard - Bád Chlós Mhíobhaigh Description: Mevagh Boat Yard - Bád Chlós Mhíobhaigh
An Iúd Naofa Image Name: An Iúd Naofa Description: An Iúd Naofa - the biggest wooden boat built in any boatyard in Ireland at the time.
Workers in Mevagh Boatyard - Bád Chlós Mhíobhaigh Image Name: Workers in Mevagh Boatyard - Bád Chlós Mhíobhaigh Description: Workers in Mevagh Boatyard - Bád Chlós Mhíobhaigh

Ba é Bord na gCeantar Cúng a thóg Bádchlós Mhíobhaigh sna Dúnaibh agus fosclaíodh é sa bhliain 1910.  Ba é seo an dara bhádchlós a fosclaíodh i nDún na nGall mar gur tógadh ceann sna Cealla Beaga sa bhliain 1899.  Bhí na Dúnaibh fán am ar tógadh Bádchlós Mhíobhaigh ar cheann de na poirt iascaireachta scadán is mó san Eoraip.  Sa chlár seo labhrann Séamus Mac Géidigh le roinnt acu sin a d’oibir sa bhadchlós fán tábhacht a bhí leis don cheantar agus do thionscal na hiascaireachta sa chontae.  Láithriú agus léiriú le Séamus Mac Géidigh.

The Congested Districts Board built the Mevagh Boatyard in Na Dúnaibh in north Donegal, and it was opened in 1910.  This was the second boatyard opened in Donegal, as another had been opened in Killybegs in 1899.  By the time that Mevagh Boatyard was built, Na Dúnaibh was one of the biggest herring ports in Europe.  In this programme, Seámus Mac Géidigh talks to some of those who worked there about its importance for the area, and for the fishing industry in the county.  Presented and produced by Séamus Mac Géidigh.