The Last Miner

In the town of Castlecomer, almost every man of working age spent their days in the coal mines. When the tunnels in the town were shut down in the 1970's, many refused to give up. With his family, Jim Power's father started their own small colliery. 35 years have passed. As the coal seams dried up, all the other working men moved on. Jim is the last miner, working alone in the tunnels every day. Like many who worked in the mines in the past, mining is more than just a job. It's part of who Jim is. Which makes accepting that the world has moved on even more difficult to accept.