Man of Aran (1934)

In this blend of documentary and fictional narrative from pioneering filmmaker Robert Flaherty, the everyday trials of life on Ireland's unforgiving Aran Islands are captured with attention to naturalistic beauty and historical detail.

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Mise Éire (1959)

Documentary telling of events in Ireland leading up to, during, and immediately after the 1916 Easter Rising, extensively using original footage such as newsreels from the time.

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Odd Man Out (1947)

A wounded Irish nationalist leader attempts to evade police following a failed robbery in Belfast.

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Oidhche Sheanchais / A Night of Storytelling (1935)

A well known storyteller, Tomas O'Diorain tells tales of the sea around a fire in an old Irish cottage. His storytelling is juxtaposed with images of the sea.

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Philadelphia, Here I Come! (1974)

The night before Gar O'Donnell leaves Ireland for Philadelphia, his gregarious public persona and his more reserved private side come into conflict.

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Quackser Fortune has a Cousin in the Bronx (1970)

A down on his luck working-class laborer in Dublin falls in love with American exchange student.

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Return to Glennascaul (1952)

While taking a break from filming Othello in Dublin, Orson Welles relates a ghostly tale he heard one night not so long ago when driving through the Irish countryside, he picked up a man with car trouble who told of a strange encounter with two hitchhikers.

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Rocky Road to Dublin (1968)

In 1968, Irish-born journalist Peter Lennon conducted a series of ‘innocent’ interviews with politicians, clergy and ordinary people of the day which exposed the truth of a repressed, suppressed and censored country; and the hypocrisy of church, politics and state. The resulting documentary is a provocative, biting portrayal of 1960s Ireland.

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Ryan’s Daughter (1970)

Set in the aftermath of the 1916 Easter Rising, a married woman in a small Irish village has an affair with a troubled British officer.

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Saoirse? (1961)

Documentary covering the period 1919-1922 in Ireland's history; showing the war of independence against the British and the civil war that followed using archive footage from the time, including original newsreel footage.

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