Post by Stallit 2 de Halfo on Jul 30, 2008 0:35:09 GMT
THE BOYS OF FOLEY STREET
In 1975 Pat Kenny made a documentary about a group from Foley Street. It was a subject he returned again to in 1988. In this documentary Ciaran Cassidy attempts to find out where these boys ended up.
In 1975, for a documentary about 'Boot Boys in Foley St' Pat Kenny interviewed a number of boys aged between thirteen and sixteen. Boot boys were gangs of youths who shaved their heads and wore nailed boots.
All the boys interviewed were involved in petty crime and the documentary told the story of this slum area in the North Inner City and the lack of opportunity afforded to these children.
Thirteen years later - in 1988 - Pat Kenny and producer Kieron Sheedy went back and interviewed the four children - who were now men in their mid twenties. All four men were unemployed. All four had been to jail.
Twenty years on from those second recordings - Documentary on One' s Ciaran Cassidy - is making a follow up programme- wondering what happened to these children?
The Boys of Foley Street is made by Ciaran Cassidy.
Original 1975 and 1988 recordings by Pat Kenny and Kieron Sheedy.
Production supervision by Peter Woods.
Listen here:
dynamic.rte.ie/quickaxs/209-rte-documentaryonone-2008-05-18.smil
In 1975 Pat Kenny made a documentary about a group from Foley Street. It was a subject he returned again to in 1988. In this documentary Ciaran Cassidy attempts to find out where these boys ended up.
In 1975, for a documentary about 'Boot Boys in Foley St' Pat Kenny interviewed a number of boys aged between thirteen and sixteen. Boot boys were gangs of youths who shaved their heads and wore nailed boots.
All the boys interviewed were involved in petty crime and the documentary told the story of this slum area in the North Inner City and the lack of opportunity afforded to these children.
Thirteen years later - in 1988 - Pat Kenny and producer Kieron Sheedy went back and interviewed the four children - who were now men in their mid twenties. All four men were unemployed. All four had been to jail.
Twenty years on from those second recordings - Documentary on One' s Ciaran Cassidy - is making a follow up programme- wondering what happened to these children?
The Boys of Foley Street is made by Ciaran Cassidy.
Original 1975 and 1988 recordings by Pat Kenny and Kieron Sheedy.
Production supervision by Peter Woods.
Listen here:
dynamic.rte.ie/quickaxs/209-rte-documentaryonone-2008-05-18.smil