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An Bronntanas ***New***

Owen McDonnell mar_as Fiachra Image Name: Owen McDonnell mar_as Fiachra
Dara Devaney mar_as JJ Image Name: Dara Devaney mar_as JJ
Charlotte Bradley mar_as Ma Image Name: Charlotte Bradley mar_as Ma

An Bronntanas (The Gift) is set against the background of a local independent lifeboat crew working off the coast of Connemara, in the West of Ireland. The rescue crew receives a distress call on a stormy night to discover a fishing boat, its only passenger a dead woman and its cargo is over a million Euros worth of drugs. The crew is challenged with a moral dilemma — bring the woman on shore and hand the drugs to the authorities or, leave the body, sell the drugs and save their struggling village.  

In the opening episode JJ Magill (Devaney) reluctantly returns to Ireland on hearing of the death of his father.  The main employer in the area, the local fish factory owned and run by his family, is under fierce financial pressure and beginning to go under and with it the livelihoods of many of the villagers.

Meanwhile the rescue crew of the local independent lifeboat working off the coast of Conamara receives a distress call on a stormy night. On discovering an abandoned fishing boat with a cargo of over a million euros worth of drugs, the crew – which includes JJ – is challenged with a moral dilemma. 

Do they hand over the drugs to the authorities or sell them and save their struggling village? It’s a decision that will change their lives forever…

The original Irish language show was developed by Galway based production company ROSG and Derry based De Facto Films.

An Bronntanas was directed by Tom Collins, and produced by Ciarán Ó Cofaigh and Tom Collins.

Additional cast includes Pól Ó Gríofa, Januscz Sheagall, Charlotte Bradley, Michelle Beamish, and Dean Whatton. It is directed by Tom Collins (Kings) who also produced with Ciarán Ó Cofaigh. The series was shot in various locations in Conamara, with Cian de Buitléir as the Director of Photography.

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