Comment by jean kaniecki on December 29, 2013 at 9:29am

How about 'The Matchmaker' and 'The Boys and Girl from ounty Clare"?  One of the best  movies I've seen is 'Everlasting Piece", a film about nationalists and protestants in Belfast..  Have to listen carefully though.  Some really funny moments

 

Comment by jean kaniecki on December 29, 2013 at 10:21am

You are correct about the wigs,  Just want to comment that I enjoyed "Blood from a  Shadow' .  now have my husband reading it.

Comment by Ryan O'Rourke on December 29, 2013 at 10:38am

Jean ... I've seen all three of the films you mentioned above.  Enjoyed all three.  How about adding a discussion for each of them in the section above this one?

Comment by Paul Thomas Meagher on December 31, 2013 at 11:30am

What about the classic film about land and its visceral grip on an Irish small farmer in "The Field"? I first saw this John B. Keane play on the stage in Ireland in the 1960s but Richard Harris lives the part of "the Bull" McCabe in the 1991 movie. Another great story is "Five Minutes of Heaven", with Liam Neeson and James Nesbitt, giving both sides of a highly personal view of an event during 1975 and its repercussions.

Comment by Susan McWilliams Lev-Yadun on December 31, 2013 at 11:43am

Oh, I've seen that one too. It comes on TV, so I'll have to watch it again. I've also recently seen Hunger, about Bobby Sands'final days, but I don't know if it qualifies as Irish.

Comment by jean kaniecki on December 31, 2013 at 2:25pm

tHE FILM'S CENTERPIECE, THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN SANDS AND PRIEST WAS SO COMPELLING AS THEY WENT THROUGH THE DEBATE OF THE MORALITY OF THE  HUNGER STRIKE.  nOT A FILM FOR EVERYONE WITH THE BRUTALITY AND THE FINAL SCENES OF BOBBY SANDS' HORRIFIC DEATH

Comment by Theresa Sullivan on December 31, 2013 at 5:10pm

Just found this new group. How about the Magdalene Sisters, Eat the Peach, Cal - I'd have to really sit down and think of the films I've sought. I own Waking Ned Devine and crack it out every few months. OMG and the Secret of Roan Inish!! <3

Comment by Paul Thomas Meagher on July 17, 2015 at 1:51pm

Two more movies to suggest for fans are "71", a story about a young British soldier lost and alone in the Divis Flats in 1971, following his first patrol up the Falls Road.

A real keeper and unlikely Irish film starring Martin Sheen is "Stella Days". It is set in Borrisokane, Co. Tipperary, in 1956, when I was a teenager from Tipp, so It resonates with me particularly. It's about the Rural Electrification Project which I recall only too well and a local priest's attempt to start a cinema in the town. After "The Field" I consider it one of the most realistic portayals of Irish country life at the time of my own boyhood.

Comment by The Wild Geese on July 17, 2015 at 4:46pm

When did "Stella Days" premiere, Paul. I'd never heard of it. '71' is a stunning film. I've tried to get someone to review it, without success so far.

Comment by DJ Kelly on July 19, 2015 at 4:22am

'Philomena' (British made film) was excellent, but my all time favourite was actually an RTE TV production which is available to buy on CD - 'Strumpet City'. An unforgettable look at old Dublin, based on James Plunkett's book, with a highly memorable performance by the late David Kelly as Rashers Tierney.

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