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Farraigí na hÉireann (Seas of Ireland) is a new six part Irish Ocean Wildlife series to be broadcast by TG4 from Tuesday September 20th 2011 at 8pm.
Almost two years in production, for the first time on Irish TV, this series takes us on a journey through the beautiful underwater world around Ireland encountering an enormous diversity of wild and colourful creatures.
From playful dolphins, giant basking sharks and exotic jellyfish to the recently discovered cold water coral reefs in deep Atlantic waters.
We examine the changing nature of our relationship with the sea and it’s creatures from the original subsistence coast folk of 9,000 years ago and the traditions they have handed down, to the current ‘super-trawler’ fishing fleet.
Farraigí na hÉireann is the first dedicated Irish ocean wildlife series and was produced entirely in Ireland for TG4 by independent Irish production company Sea Fever Productions from Lahinch in Co. Clare.
Explaining why our ‘temperate’s seas are so fertile, we follow the food chain from plankton right up to whales and dolphins.
The sea has always been a great provider for Irish people, from providing food and medicine to the making of fields with seaweed on the previously barren Aran islands.
We set out to bring to bring people on a magical journey through the underwater world around Ireland and to convey and explain this world to people in layman’s terms.
