About Me
I'm a highly experienced documentary director having made many broadcast documentaries on topics ranging from hunger strikes, epidemic diseases, sexual abuse and gender identity to political history.
I champion voices that have been side-lined and neglected and am particularly drawn to narratives that have not been previously given a mainstream platform.
I champion voices that have been side-lined and neglected and am particularly drawn to narratives that have not been previously given a mainstream platform.
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My WorkCroíthe Radacacha/ Radical Hearts2023 - Writer/ Director/ Producer
Broadcast Feature Documentary on eight same sex female couples who were at the heart of the Irish Revolution. By uncovering these hidden relationships, Croíthe Radacacha/ Radical Hearts helps to rewrite LGBTQ history back into the narrative of the founding of the Irish State. World Premiere Film Fleadh 2023 Cogadh ar Mhná / A War on Women2020 Writer/ Director Broadcast documentary that broached a taboo topic for the first time – the issue of sexual abuse during the Irish Revolution. Using the witness testimony of women who experienced it, Cogadh ar Mhná showed that sexual violence was perpetrated by all sides in the conflict. Nominated for an RTS Award 2021 Nominated for a Celtic Media Aware 2021 Forgotten: The Widows of the Irish Revolution2022 Director/ Producer
Broadcast documentary on the wives and children of the executed men of 1916 and what happened to them afterwards. Redefining our notion of “heroic” it asks whether it was in fact braver to die for Ireland or to keep on living for her - especially for an Ireland that turned out to have no real place for women. |
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In Development
Ciara has several documentary projects in development including Pós Mé? (Marry Me?) a feature doc for TG4 and CnaM. This light hearted doc has a serious point to make as it takes us on a whistle stop tour of love, sex and marriage Irish style over the last four hundred years.
