Ireland's main public broadcaster, RTÉ Television, has commissioned a feature-length drama based on the 1999 novel Wild Decembers, written by Tuamgraney native Edna O'Brien.Set in contemporary County Clare, the 90-minute drama tells the story of a man who inherits his uncle's dilapidated mountainside farm, re-igniting a centuries-old feud with his neighbour. Owen McDonnell (Single Handed, Conspiracy of Silence), Matt Ryan (Collision, The Tudors) and Lara Belmont (The War Zone, Henry VIII) are starring, alongside Sean McGinley, Hugh O'Connor, Jane Brennan and Pauline Cadell.
Touchpaper Television is coproducing alongside Octagon films. Anthony Byrne (Single Handed, How About You) is directing.
