One of the main components of this cross border heritage program between Mid Ulster and Donegal is to raise awareness of the invaluable heritage sites in each area and to promote them to to increase awareness and access from wider communities at these shared space sites. As part of this Mid Ulster District Council supported the production of a short film re-enacting which took place in Benburb on the 4th June 1646. The production was filmed at Benburb Priory.
The Battle of Benburb took place during the Irish Confederate Wars, the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It was fought between the Irish Confederation under Owen Roe O’Neill, and a Scottish Covenanter and Anglo-Irish army under Robert Monro. The battle ended in a decisive victory for the Irish Confederates and ended Scottish hopes of conquering Ireland and imposing their own religious settlement there.
Tomás O’Brogan, Oireashs, living history re-enactors, Cathal Hegarty, Benburb Productions, Film maker.
The script for the film and voice over was provided by historial expert Dr Padraig Lenin, National University of Ireland in Galway.