Two motor cycle enthusiasts have built a wall of death in Granard, Co Longford.
Having your own personal wall of death may seem unusual, but not for these two men from Granard who became the inspiration for the film 'Eat the Peach'.
Recreation means riding the wall of death.
Reporter Pat Kenny talks to Michael Donoghue and Connie Kiernan about how the wall of death came about, and what it's like to live next to it. The 'Wall of Death' inspired the film 'Eat the Peach' (1986). The film tells the story of two young Irish men transfixed by an Elvis Presley film in which a carnival cyclist performs an act on the wall of death and decide to put together their own wall of death. Pat Kenny went on to star as a reporter in the film.
This episode of P.M. was broadcast on 27 March 1979.
P.M. was a magazine series reporting on aspects of Irish life with interludes for music from Irish performers. P.M. first began on Tuesday, 20 September, 1977 and ran until Thursday, 12 April, 1979.
| Title: | Home Made Wall of Death |
| Clip Duration: | 00.03.57 |
| Material Type: | Video |
| Clip Title: | Riding The Wall of Death |
| Series Title: | P.M. |
| Information: | P.M. was a magazine series reporting on aspects of Irish life with interludes for music from Irish performers. P.M. first began on Tuesday, 20 September, 1977 and was initially aired three nights a week on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 7.00pm on RTÉ 1. The original presenters John O' Donoghue, Aine O'Connor, Nicholas Coffey and Doireann Ni Bhriain were later joined by Pat Kenny. "As editor Noel Smyth sees it, the Tuesday programme will consist mainly of film reports on topical events anywhere in Ireland, the Wednesday edition will concentrate on studio discussions, and the Thursday programme will be in Irish, with just as wide a brief as the other two." (RTÉ Guide, 16 September, 1977, Vol.1, No.37, p.18) P.M. ran until Thursday, 12 April, 1979. This episode of P.M. was broadcast on 27 March, 1979 |
| Local Keywords: | motorcycle, motorbike, wall of death, Connie Kiernan, Michael Donoghue, County Longford |
| Coverage: | Ireland |
| Genre: | Factual |
| Topic: | Sport |
| Provider: | RTÉ |
| Contributor(s): | Pat Kenny (Reporter) |
| Publisher: | RTÉ |
| First Broadcast Channel: | RTÉ One |
| Production Year: | 1979 |
| Country of Production: | Ireland |
| Original Identifier: | P167/00079 |
| IPR Restrictions: | Rights Reserved - Free Access |
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| Item Type: | part/extract |
| Colour: | Colour |
| Sound: | Mono |
| Aspect Ratio: | 4:3 |
| Language: | English (eng) |
| Original Language: | English (eng) |
