Dónal Lunny is one of Ireland’s outstanding artists. This will be the first film account of his life, revealing a peerless contribution to Irish culture and music.

A founding member of Planxty, The Bothy Band and Moving Hearts, Lunny helped revive and transform Irish traditional and folk music.

Music fuses with the personal material of Dónal Lunny’s biographical journey and brings the artist into being in this film. The film reveals how significant events of his creative and personal life converged with major cultural, political and historic changes in Ireland and around the world.

The film features rare performances, including a powerful reunion with Christy Moore.

Creative Futures Academy (CFA) is proud of its contribution to this beautiful film, and to showcase Lunny’s amazing work as a mentor to Creative Futures Academy at University College Dublin students as our ‘Musician-in-Residence’. Lunny was one of three Artists-in-Residences announced to be joining CFA at UCD in 2021, where he provided workshops to students and advises on module and programme development.

CFA is excited to support this film and to share Lunny’s incredible story with audiences.

Director

Nuala O’Connor

Writen by  

Nuala O’Connor

Producer

Iarfhlaith Ó Domhnaill

Executive Producers

Philip King

P.J. Mathews

Adam Clayton 

Executive Producer for Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland

Greg Martin

Funded by

Fís Eireann / Screen Ireland

Coimisiún na Meán

University College Dublin

Creative Futures Academy

A South Wind Blows Production