“An Blascaod Mór” takes the audience from the modern city of Toronto into communion with the most iconic Irish island, the Great Blasket. “An Blascaod Mór ” is a bilingual story of passions that are shaken by the entry of outsiders, a story of loss and self-banishment that through the death of Eilis brings about atonement for Séan O’Sullivan and all that he truly loved.  It is a story that balances the moments of discovery between the present  and the past of 1953.

A note from Irish-American writer Malachy McCourt, 2013:

Dear E

You have a warm heart a fertile mind an eloquent pen an active imagination and whatever you write saints or sinners they are grist for your mind mill . Keep a cinematic eye on all of them. Blessings on your lovely cranium

Malachy

*and when asked if I might share this lovely message of support on this website, his kind reply:

Go for it As a former Ard ri myself I believe words must be shared.

Peace Malachy

Article from Celtic Life Magazine June 2014