A year on, how is Kiltyclogher doing in its battle to survive?
A programme on Rural Decline airing this Wednesday will focus on the village of Kiltyclogher and how it has battled to survive.
Some 159 post offices announced their closures in Ireland this year and towns and villages in rural Ireland are fighting to save services and keep people from moving away.
Many people feel rural Ireland has not recovered from the economic crash while Dublin races forward and reaps the recovery.
This Wednesday at 9.30pm on TG4, Bánú nó Slánú will tell the stories of the challenges faced by two rural towns who have battled against the odds to try to stop the rising tide of Rural Decline.
Kiltyclogher in North Leitrim faced its biggest challenge in 2017 when there was every chance that the local school would be closed due to a lack of pupils.
Their response was to launch a media campaign to attract people to move to the village.
The KiltyLive campaign attracted huge interest as families enquired about leaving the expensive city rat races for the promise of a more affordable, safer future for their children. 6 families moved, the school was saved – but one year on, how does the future look?
Did the newcomers stay? And have they done enough? Ciaran Rock gives an update on how Kiltyclogher is doing.
The series is Produced by Medb Johnstone and Stephen Smith.