Rena Buckley – The Best Person in the World | Rena Buckley – An Duine is Fearr ar Domhain

The definitive GAA sports series returns to TG4 in the spring, following on from last year’s successful new hour-long format, bringing each player’s personal stories to screen. The series features six Laochra with genuine star quality.  The series also reveals deeper, fresh and sometimes unexpected insights into the lives of these icons, their relationship to their sport and the world around them. While their sporting careers continue to provide the backdrop to the tory, the series travels well beyond the four white lines.  Gripping personal storylines will compel viewers to travel towards territory unique to the GAA television landscape.

 

Rena Buckley – The Best Person in the World

The story of a trailblazer in women’s sport, Rena Buckley.  Rena broke some of the biggest records in the GAA.  She won 18 All Irelands between camogie and ladies football, more than any other player male or female.  She won 10 All Stars and when she lifted the Brendan Martin Cup in 2017 she became the first person to captain an All Ireland winning team in two codes.

This is the story of an ordinary girl from Iniscarra who changed the landscape of women’s sport in Ireland and who inspire a new generation of girls’ participation. But the journey from Iniscarra to the steps of Croke Park was not always easy.

 

Rena’s story is told by her doting sister and twin Mary Buckley, former Cork Camogie and Ladies Football team mate Briege Corkery, who shared almost every winning All Ireland title with Rena, Cork Current Camogie Manager Paudie Murray, Former Cork Ladies Football Manager Eamonn Ryan and Journalist in the Irish Times Malachy Clerkin.

 

 

Along with Rena Buckley – this new season’s batch of GAA legends also includes Jackie Tyrrell, one of the best defenders that ever played the game, Seamus Darby, the man who scored the most famous goal in the history of the GAA.  Kieran Duff, the darling of Hill 16 but subject of much controversy in his playing career. Duff was Dublin’s key forward in the 1980’s but his hard man image made him very unpopular outside The Pale, Andrew O’Shaughnessy; an extraordinary underage talent whose career was cut short by Multiple Sclerosis and Colm Cooper – The Gooch, A once-in-a-generation talent who defied convention by showing that Gaelic Football does not have to be a big man’s game.

 

 

The new Laochra Gael season began airing on TG4 Wednesday 20^th February at 9:30pm and will continue on Wednesday evenings until 27^th March with a repeat showing on Friday nights.

The series is produced by NemetonTV, the independent production company from Ring in the Waterford Gaeltacht which has produced much of TG4’s acclaimed sports coverage.

Welcoming the new series, TG4’s Director General, Alan Esslemont says:

‘Part of TG4’s mission since our inception has been to give the credit that is due to our incredible Gaelic games heroes. I am delighted that we now have hour long episodes which chronicle not only the epic feats on the pitch, but also show the heartbreak and emotional journeys that these incredible men and women undertake, throughout their sporting careers. I would like to sincerely thank all of the players who took part and Nemeton who are doing trojan work in this television genre’.

Filleann an tsraith shuntasach CLG seo ar TG4 san Earrach. Leannann sé leis an leagan amach nua uair a’ chloig a bhí ann anuraidh, a thugann pearsa an réalta chun tsolais. Beidh seisear pearsa CLG faoi chaibidil I mbliaina, daoine go mbeadh clár uaire de dhíth chun cothrom na féinne a thabhairt dá scéalta pearsanta, lán d’eachtraí corraitheacha.  Is fíor-laochra iad uilig agus a gcáil imithe rompu. Sa tsraith seo, áfach, gheobhfar léargas iomlán agus pearsanta orthu agus faoina ngaol lena spórt agus leis an saol mórthimpeall orthu. Insíonn an scéal spóirt na bun fíricí a bhí I gconaí i gceist i gcláracha Laochra Gael síos tríd na blianta, ach téann an tsraith nua seo píosa maith thar na línte bána. Meallfaidh na scéalta pearsanta an lucht féachana ar thuras nua agus ar chlúdach nua teilifíse CLG.

 

Rena Buckley – An Duine is Fearr ar Domhain

Scéal ceannródaí spóirt do mhná, Rena Buckley. Bhris Rena Buckley  cuid do na curiarrachtaí is mó sa CLG. Bhuaigh sí 18 Craobh na Éireann idir camógaíocht agus Peil na mBan, níos mó ná aon imreor eile sa tír idir fir agus mná.  Bhuaigh sí 10 Gradam All Star agus nuair a d’árdaigh Corn Brendan Martin in sa bhliain 2017, ba í an chéad imreoir chun Craobh na hÉireann a bhuacaint mar chaptaen I ndá chód.

Seo scéal gnáth chailín ó Inis Cara a d’athraigh an tírdhreach spóirt do mhná sa tír seo, agus atá tar éis inspioráid a thabhairt do ghliúin nua chailíní.  Ach níorbh éasca an turas ó Inis cara go Páirc an Chrócaigh.

 

Léiríotar scéal Rena tríd cuimhní a dheirfiúir agus leathchúpla Mary Buckley, a chomhimreoir Peil na mBan agus camogaíochta Briege Corkery, a roinn an chuid is mó dos na gaiscí léi. Tugann Paudie Murray, Bainisteoir Camogaíochta Chorcaí  léargas ar na laethanta agus Rena ina imreoir lárnach ar an fhoireann camogaíochta Déanann Eamonn Ryan, iar bhainisteoir Peil na mBan Chorcaí cur síos uirthi agus í ina cheannaire ar an fhoireann peile. Chomh maith le sin, tá saineolas Malachy Clerkin, iriseoir an Irish Times fite fuaite tríd an chlár.

 

 

Chomh maith le Rena Buckley – an cuid eile do laochra na sraithe seo ná: Jackie Tyrrell, ar cheann dos na chosainteoirí is fearr riamh sa tír, Seamus Darby, an fear a fuair an chúl is cáiliúla riamh sa Chumann Lúthchleas Gael. Kieran Duff, fear a bhí ina mhuirnín do Cnoc 16 ach a bhí i lár an chonspóid go minic agus ar cheann dos na imreoirí is crua ar an fhoireann Ath Cliath ’83, Andrew O’Shaughnessy; An réalt is mó faoi aois sa tír ach chuir scléaróis iolrach deireadh lena imirt idir-chondae agus Colm Cooper – The Gooch, Talainn ar leith a chuaigh i gcoinne an comhaontú gur chluiche d’fhir mhóra é an pheil.

 

 

Thosnaigh an Sraith Nua Laochra Gael Céadaoin 20ú Feabhra agus leanadh sé ar aghaidh go dtí Céadaoin 18ú Márta, le athcraoladh gach Aoine.

Léiriúcháin do cuid NemetonTV, comhlacht neamhspleách ón Rinn, Gaeltacht na nDéise a bhfuil mar léiritheoirí do formhór spórt TG4.

 

Ag cur fáilte roimh an tsraith nua, deir Ard-Stiúrthóir TG4, Alan Esslemont:

‘Cuid de mhisean TG4 ó bunaíodh muid ná chun aitheantas cuí a thabhairt do na sárlaochra cluichí gaelacha atá againn. Tá áthas orm go bhfuil uair a chloig tugtha i ngach cláir anseo chun insint, ní amháin faoi na gaiscí imeartha a rinneadar, ach freisin faoin gcrá croí agus na haistir pearsanta a dtéann na fir agus mná iontacha seo tríd ina saol spóirt. Gabhaim buíochas leis na h-imreoiri a ghlac páirt agus le Nemeton a bhfuil obair iontach ar siúl acu san réimse teilifíse seo.’

Cláracha Laochra Gael fós le teacht

Clár 3:  Rena Buckley, ,                       9.30 i.n. Céadaoin 6ú Marta

Clár 4:  Kieran Duff,                             9.30 i.n.  Céadaoin 13ú Márta

Clár 5:  Andrew O’Shaughnessy,         9.30 i.n.  Céadaoin 20ú Márta

Clár 6: Colm Cooper,                           9.30 i.n.  Céadaoin 27ú Márta