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BLUES SISTERS

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From 2014-2016 – for three years in a row – the All Ireland Ladies Football final was contested between Dublin and Cork.  And for three years in a row, Dublin were pipped at the post. The Dublin team had become the heartbreaking ‘nearly story’ of Ladies GAA.

Then – at the beginning of 2017 – a new management team was put in place, under the leadership of colourful coach Mick Bohan. Could a fresh voice in the dressing room push them over the top and find a Hollywood ending for a story that had taken on tragic proportions?

The hard work started in the dark Winter nights and the BLUES SISTERS cameras were rolling. Over the course of six months a gruelling physical fitness and skills regime was implemented.  But the biggest battle would be in the heads of the players – could they learn to believe again that they had what it takes to be champions?

The producers were granted unprecedented access to the inner sanctum of the dressing room and throughout the Summer they charted Dublin’s remarkable march to the All Ireland title; overcoming Laois, Westmeath, Waterford, Kerry and Mayo to lift the Brendan Martin cup.

Blues Sisters is to be a statement of intent by RTÉ in support of elite female sport.  It is the fastest growing women’s sport in Ireland.  In Blues Sisters it has found a vehicle to tell the real story of sacrifice and dedication needed to reach the top.

BLUES SISTERS is directed by Pat Comer, a filmmaker and former Galway footballer who boasts some of Irish sports’ most iconic documentaries in his back catalogue; including Tall, Dark & OhAilpín and the iconic story of Galway’s 1998 All Ireland triumph: A Year Till Sunday.

It is produced by Loosehorse, the winners of four Sports IFTAs and the programme makers behind previous titles like All Ireland Day,  The Rod Squad, Naked Election and Guess Who’s Dead