The BBC will film a documentary in Mayo in January 2010 as part of a new major historical series to be broadcast jointly on BBC N Ireland and on RTÉ in 2011.
The series called The Story of Ireland will feature an episode based on the the Dempsey Eviction in Loonamore, Balla, in November 1879.
All six hour-long episodes of the series which are written and presented by Fergal Keane will air on both RTÉ and BBC in 2011.
