- Dates
- 2003-12-08 – 2003-12-12
- Kind
- Announcement
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communicationheritageirish-arranmorehistory
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Moondance planned a December 8–12, 2003 return to Arranmore for location shots, interviews, music, and reenactments related to evictions, famine-era departures, and travel to Donegal, with cooperation from the reconstructed Jeanie Johnston.
Evidence limits
This production update describes planned filming and does not establish the documentary’s final edit or release.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, January 2004, “Moondance returns to Arranmore”.Reports Moondance’s December 8–12 Arranmore location shots, interviews, reenactments, music session, and planned use of the Jeanie Johnston famine ship. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2004-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the January 2004 production update.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2004-01_Beaver-Beacon
- The production-team update says the crew was heading to Arranmore to complete the English-language material after the Beaver Island filming. This corroborates the transition to the Arranmore phase but does not establish the final edit or release.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 00 · t000104
Added 5 August 2026 · revised 7 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Moondance returns to Arranmore for famine-history filming”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-moondance-arranmore-filming-2003/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 2004, “Moondance returns to Arranmore”. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).
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