‘Lucky Run’ wins RTÉ Storyland competition

‘Lucky Run’ wins RTÉ Storyland competition


Daniel Carey

An online drama written by an Achill man and produced by a Shrule native has scooped the top prize in RTÉ’s Storyland competition.
‘Lucky Run’ won 38 per cent of the public vote in the three-way final, and producer Eamon De Staic got the good news by telephone on Wednesday morning.
“We’re over the moon,” said the Shrule man, who attributed much of the drama’s success to word of mouth – “A lot of it was people who were already voting for us telling other people to vote for us. A huge amount of our votes this time came from text messages.”
It’s the second Mayo winner of Storyland in three years, as the Hardy Bucks from Swinford scooped the inaugural prize in 2009. Celebrations are likely to take in Tuam (where all four episodes of ‘Lucky Run’ were filmed), Galway (where De Staic is based) and Achill, where director Colm Cafferkey hails from.
The Mayo connections don’t end there. MicheΡl Donnellan from Ballinrobe helped De Staic and Cafferkey during their early brainstorming. Donal O’Meachair from Westport played the lead role, while another Covie, Owen O’Malley was also part of the cast. Therese Kelly, also from Westport, worked in production for two episodes.
“We’ve got loads of ideas for projects that we want to work on,” said De Staic. “But I’d really love if RTÉ aired it.”

Check out next week’s Mayo News for a full interview with Eamon De Staic.

View all four episodes of ‘Lucky Run’ at www.rte.ie/storyland