Déanfar iniúchadh sa tsraith faisnéise seo ar shochaí iar-choimhlinte an Tuaiscirt, trí thaithí agus scríbhinní cruthaitheacha an ghrúpa Scríbhneoirí an tSléibhe, meitheal scríbhneoirí i mBéal Feirste a bunaíodh mar thacaíocht do mhuintir na háite. Inniu, sa chéad chlár, labhrann an láithreoir Conor Torbóid le Feargal Mac Ionnrachtaigh (42), stiúrthóir Ghlór na Móna agus duine de bhunaitheoirí Féile na gCloigíní Gorma, féile sláinte agus folláine a bunaíodh i mBéal Feirste le dul i ngleic le cúrsaí meabhairshláinte sa phobal. Is mar oíche oscailte a thosaigh an fhéile i dtosach, mar spreagadh don phobal a gcuid scríbhneoireachta féin a chur chun tosaigh os comhair an phobail chéanna. Leanann Conor stair s’acu ó shin i leith, ag labhairt le lucht a leanta a fhaigheann faoiseamh tríd an scríbhneoireacht. Seo léiriú de chuid Corcra Media do BBC Gaeilge agus RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, le maoiniú ó Chiste Craoltóireachta Gaeilge, Scáileáin Thuaisceart Éireann.
In the new series Conor Torbóid explores intergenerational trauma in a post conflict society through the experiences and creative writings of Scríbhneoirí an tSléibhe, a Belfast-based creative writing group set up to tackle mental health problems faced by members of the community. In the first episode today, he meets Feargal Mac Ionnrachtaigh (42), director of Glór na Móna and one of the founding members of Féile na gCloigíní Gorma, a health and wellbeing festival in Belfast set up to address some of the mental health issues faced by the community. As part of this festival, Scríbhneoirí an tSléibhe (‘Writers of the Mountain’) was born. Conor explores the gift of healing through writing as experienced by the emerging writers at a festival that was initially set up as an ‘open mic’ night to encourage members of the community to share pieces of creative writing. Produced by Corcra Media for BBC Gaeilge and RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, with support from Northern Ireland Screen’s Irish Language Broadcast Fund.
