TG4 special recalls Kerry-Dublin march to save Dunquin school

It became known as the little school in the “next parish to America” and there was outrage when a Fianna Fáil government decided to close it 44 years ago.

A national campaign to save Dunquin national school, in the Dingle peninsula, secured huge support.

As the school was in the heart of the west Kerry Gaeltacht, looking out at the fabled Blasket islands, the campaign was also seen as a battle for the Irish language and culture.