Flaitheas - Proinsias Mac A' Bhaird

Ógánach é Criomhthann. Cé go bhfuil saol na n-uasal i ndán dó, ceistíonn sé an chinniúint atá leagtha amach dó. Ach de bharr thragóid phearsanta, treoraítear é le saol de chineál eile a lorg — agus ní gan stró a thabharfaidh sé faoin aistear nua sin.

Seo scéal a thugann radharc dúinn ar Cholm Cille an duine, duine a raibh a chuid laigí féin aige agus a raibh constaicí go leor le sárú aige. Tumtar sinn i saol éiginnte an séú haois, tráth a raibh athruithe móra ag teacht ar shaol na ndaoine; tráth a raibh ríthe uaillmhianacha in adharca a chéile; tráth a raibh seansaol na págántachta ag géilleadh don Chríostaíocht.

Insíonn Flaitheas scéal an duine atá ag iarraidh ciall a bhaint as an saol corrach, scéal an duine ag streachailt leis an gcinniúint, scéal an duine a dhéanann botúin ach atá ar a dhícheall an rud ceart a dhéanamh dó féin agus do na daoine thart air. Scéal gach duine againn.

“Bhraith mé go raibh mé sáite in aigne na gcarachtar agus a ndaonnacht ag lonrú trí shonraí an scéil.” — Róisín Ní Ghairbhí

“Duiníonn an t-údar an naomh seachas an duine a naomhú, agus tugann léargas fírinneach dúinn ar choimhlintí inmheánacha an duine sin.” — Mícheál Mac Craith

Criomhthann is a young man destined for the life of a warrior king. Due to a family tragedy, he must go in search of a different kind of life — and he will not undertake that new journey easily.

We are immersed in the uncertain life of the sixth century, a time when great changes were coming to people’s lives; a time when ambitious kings were at each other’s throats; a time when the old world of paganism was yielding to Christianity.

Flaitheas is a story that gives us a glimpse of the human Colmcille, a person who had his own weaknesses and had many obstacles to overcome.

Flaitheas tells the story of a person who is trying to make sense of changes in his life, the story of a person struggling with fate, the story of a person who makes mistakes but tries his best to do the right thing for himself and for the people around him. The story of each of us.