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Arracht (Irish pronunciation: [ˈaɾˠəxt̪ˠ]; 'Monster') is a 2019 Irish period drama film directed and written by Tomás Ó Súilleabháin set during the Great Famine of Ireland. [1] It was selected as the Irish entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards , but it was not nominated.
Written by long-time Loach collaborator Paul Laverty, the film tells the fictional story of two County Cork brothers, Damien (Cillian Murphy) and Teddy O'Donovan (Pádraic Delaney), who join the Irish Republican Army to fight for Irish independence from the United Kingdom, only for the two brothers to then find themselves on opposite sides ...
The Banshees of Inisherin (/ ˌ ɪ n ɪ ˈ ʃ ɛr ɪ n /) is a 2022 black tragicomedy film directed, written, and co-produced by Martin McDonagh. [5] [6] [7] Set on a remote fictional island off the west coast of Ireland in 1923, [a] the film stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson as two lifelong friends who find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with severe ...
But the film earned a group of dedicated followers and its stature has grown over the years, with both Bakula and Ireland saying fans continually bring up the movie to them. While Ireland, one of ...
Some of the most successful Irish films include The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006), Intermission (2003), Man About Dog (2004), Michael Collins (1996), Angela's Ashes (1999), The Commitments (1991), Once (2007) and The Quiet Girl (2022). Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie (2014) holds the record for the biggest gross on the opening day of an Irish ...
Man of Aran is a 1934 Irish fictional documentary (ethnofiction) film shot, written and directed by Robert J. Flaherty about life on the Aran Islands off the western coast of Ireland. It portrays characters living in premodern conditions, documenting their daily routines such as fishing off high cliffs, farming potatoes where there is little ...
The British Empire in 1919, at its greatest extent with presence on all continents. In the 19th century it became popular to apply the phrase to the British Empire. It was a time when British world maps showed the Empire in red and pink to highlight British imperial power spanning the globe.
Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, in 1172, the kingdom was awarded to Hugh de Lacy as the Lordship of Meath by Henry II of England in his capacity as Lord of Ireland. De Lacy took possession of the kingdom and the dynasty of the Ua Mael Sechlainn or O Melaghlins were forced west and settled on the east bank of the River Shannon in the ...