TG4 have announced that ‘An Klondike’ will be shown as part of the autumn schedule. The first episode will air on 8th September.
A feature film version of the four part screened at the Galway Film Fleadh as the closing film last month.
‘An Klondike’ is produced by Pierce Boyce and Galway based company Abú Media. It was financed by BAI, TG4 and Section 481. The series was created and directed and by Dathaí Keane and written by Marcus Fleming. The Director of Photography is Colm Hogan, costume designer is Triona Lillis and music is by Steve Lynch.
The opening episode of An Klondike finds the Connollys working in the silver mines of Montana. Word reaches them that a far greater prize has been discovered far to the North - gold.
The Connolly brothers are played by Owen McDonnell, Dara Devaney and Sean T. Ó Meallaigh. Other cast members include Siobhán O’Kelly, Séamus Hughes, Steve Wall, Ned Dennehy, Robert O’Mahoney, Megan Riordain, Bríd Ní Neachtain and Native American actor Julian Black Antelope.
As part of the production the mining town of Dominion Creek was constructed on the grounds of the Glengowla mines outside Oughterard in Co. Galway. Production Designer Padraig O’Neill and his team spent months researching and designing each building that makes up the town.
Four part series ‘An Klondike’ kicks off on Tuesday, September 8th on TG4.
Watch the trailer here
Website available here
