Bailte — Season 2
8 Episodes · Premiered September 3, 2020 · Ended October 22, 2020
Episodes
'Bailte' returns and in programme one Síle visits the town land of An Baile Uachtarach in West Kerry where Star Wars was filmed. She meets a farmer who returned from New Zealand and the only remaining lobster fisherman from the village.
Síle Nic Chonaonaigh meets people from townlands all over Ireland discovering what life is like there. They discuss the challenges and advantages of the townland. In the second episode she is in An Bun Beag in North West Donegal.
Síle Nic Chonaonaigh visits Gort na Tiobratan in the heart of the Múscraí Gaeltacht. Protected by the River Sulán and hidden amongst an ancient woodland sits a sanctuary that has given refuge, solace and eternal peace to generations.
In this week's episode, Síle visits Cill Chiaráin, a small fishing village 70km's west of Galway city. Today as its population declines dramatically, the people of Cill Chiaráin looks to the sea and the blue economy to ensure its survival.
In this week's episode Síle visits the townland of Seanach Dubh on the Fanad Peninsula in Donegal. A small community of around 10 families make Seanach Dubh their home, a community dependant on the sea, the land and tourism to survive.
Síle heads to An Gleann in Bá Fhíonáin in South Kerry where she visits Scoil an Ghleanna, the first non-denominational primary school in any Gaeltacht.
In this episode, Síle visits the Gaeltacht townland of Ráth Chairn in Co. Meath, a unique village founded in 1935 with the re-settlement of 443 people from Conamara to Meath.
Síle heads to An Cheathrú, on the Dingle Peninsula.