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121) Omagh
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
An examination of the aftermath of the 1998 Real IRA bombing that killed 29 people in Omagh, Northern Ireland.
122) Secret of the cave
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
[Fullscreen edition].
Language
English
Description
A young boy on vacation in Ireland solves a mystery that has been haunting the village for years, and in turn faces his own fears and finds the meaning of his life.
123) The playboys
Series
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
A magical romance about the effect a ragtag troupe has on an Irish village - especially on a strong-willed unwed mother guarding the secret of her child's paternity.
125) End of sentence
Pub. Date
2020
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
After Sean is released from prison, he reluctantly embarks on a journey with his alienated father to spread his mother's ashes in her native Ireland.
127) High Spirits
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Impoverished Peter Plunkett hatches the perfect plan to save his debt-ridden Irish castle: lure American tourists by advertising the place as haunted! But when Peter and his wacky staff don sheets and chains to go a-haunting, they scare up more than paying guests ... they arouse the real ghosts of Castle Plunkett, as moldy and murderous a crew of spooks who ever terrorized the Celtic countryside. Or fell in love with a mortal.
129) Breakfast on Pluto
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
As foster kid Patrick 'Kitten' Braden grows up, he leaves behind his small-town life in Ireland for London, where he's reborn as a transvestite cabaret singer in the 1960s and 70s.
130) 50 dead men walking
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Based on the life of Martin McGartland, who saved the lives of dozens of people by working undercover for the British Security Service, posing as a volunteer for the IRA.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Gaeilge
Description
Set in contemporary Ireland, it chronicles the difficult professional and intense personal life of TV crime correspondent Cathal Mac Iarnìn, who prides himself on pursuing the story behind the story. But as single-minded as he is about uncovering the truth, he is often too busy chasing headlines to notice that the world of crime strikes closer to home every day.
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Join Fathers Ted, Dougal and Jack, three Irish priests exiled by the Church to their own private Purgatory, a twisted lump of rock called Craggy Island, as penance for indulging their daft vices. With the help of the world's most over-enthusiastic housekeeper, Mrs. Doyle, they tend a demented flock of island dwellers and try to make a heaven out of their rocky piece of hell.
133) Unwelcome
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
London couple Maya and Jamie escape their urban nightmare for the tranquility of the Ireland countryside only to hear stories of mysterious beings who live in the gnarled, ancient wood at the foot of their new garden. As warned by their new neighbors, in Irish lore the Redcaps will come when called to help souls in dire need of rescue, but it's crucial to remember that there is always a dear price to pay for their aid.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Major Sinclair Yeates is a retired English army officer who becomes a Resident Magistrate in pre-independence West Ireland. Living in a ramshackle country house surrounded by the community's eccentric inhabitants, Major Yeates struggles to apply judicial logic in a country where the inevitable never happens, but the improbable frequently does.
135) The crying game
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Collector's edition.
Language
English
Description
An unlikely kind of friendship develops between Fergus, an Irish Republican Army volunteer, and Jody, a kidnapped British soldier lured into an IRA trap by another IRA member. When the hostage-taking ends up going horribly wrong, Fergus escapes and heads to London, where he seeks out Jody's lover, a hairdresser named Dil. Fergus changes his name and gets a job as a day laborer. His starts seeing Dil, who knows nothing about Fergus' real background....
136) Kisses
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
After being abused by their dysfunctional families, pre-teen neighbors Dylan and Kylie decide to run away from home on Christmas Eve. The two set off in search of Dylan's brother who had made his own escape two years prior. At first Dublin is a colorful kaleidoscope of wonder and mystery, but as the night wears on, the city takes on a darker character, and the two must rely on the kindness of strangers and Bob Dylan's wisdom to persevere. After that...
137) The Commitments
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
25th anniversary edition.
Language
English
Description
A young musician has a vision of putting together a soul music group in Dublin, and puts an ad in the local paper to find his talent.
138) This is my father
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
Paul Quinn scripted and made his directorial debut with this period drama about middle-aged schoolteacher Kieran Johnson (James Caan), who finds evidence indicating that his real father was an Irish farmer and not a French seaman as he had been told. Since his mute and paralyzed mother offers no answers, he investigates by traveling to an Irish village with his teenage nephew (Jacob Tierney). After this prologue, the film flashes back to the family...
139) Glassland
Series
Film Movement volume 14, film 3
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
John lives with his mother, Jean, in a social housing suburb and ekes out a meager existence as a taxi driver. After finding his mother unconscious from yet another night of binge drinking, John learns that without treatment, she will not have much longer to live. Desperate to save their broken family, he offers his services to a petty criminal in order to pay for Jean's costly rehab treatment, but this decision runs the risk of changing their lives...
140) Some mother's son
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"Surrounded by the conflict in Northern Ireland, Kathleen Quigley has managed to stay clear of it, devoting herself to her three children. Yet in a single moment, the war claims her as one of its living victims. Kathleen is caught in an inescapable political crossfire when her son, actively involved with the IRA, is jailed by the British"--Container.
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