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Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Joseph Armagh is a poor Irish immigrant who is determined to create a better life for his family. He arrives in America in the mid-19th century. Through personal struggle, heartache and perseverance, he becomes one the the wealthest and most powerful men in the country.
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Stoney says he has dumb luck. His grandfather was the doctor on the island in Ireland where the legendary maker of documentary film, Robert Flaherty, shot his film Man of Aran. So Stoney's film, exploring the effects Flaherty's film had on the island and its people, is digging into his own roots as an individual while simultaneously studying the work of his intellectual mentor as a producer of nonfiction films.Robert Flaherty's 1934 classic Man of...
3) Once
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A Guy lives in Dublin. He is a guitarist/singer-songwriter who makes a living by fixing vacuum cleaners in his Dad's Hoover repair shop by day. By night, he sings and plays for money on the Dublin streets. A Girl from Czechoslovakia loves to play the piano when she gets a chance. During the day she does odd jobs. At night she takes care of her mom and her daughter. Guy meets Girl, and they get to know each other. Girl helps Guy put together a demo...
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
When single mother Collette McVeigh is arrested for her part in an aborted IRA plot in London, an MI5 officer offers her a choice: lose everything and go to prison or return to Belfast to spy on her own family. With her son's life in her hands, Collette chooses to place her trust in the MI5 and return home. When her brothers' secret operation is ambushed, suspicions of an informant are raised and Collette finds both herself and her family in grave...
6) The departed
Language
English
Formats
Description
In South Boston, the Massachusetts State Police are waging a war on Irish-American organized crime. Undercover cop Billy Costigan is assigned to infiltrate the mob syndicate, which is run by gangland chief Frank Costello. Billy quickly gains Costello's confidence. Colin Sullivan is a hardened young criminal who has infiltrated the police department as an informer for the syndicate. Colin is rising to a position of power within the Special Investigation...
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Children learn about Ireland and Irish immigration to America, count to ten and say a few words in Gaelic, watch children perform traditional Irish dances for a St. Patrick's Day parade, make a Celtic harp, see an animated folktale, and sing an Irish folk song.
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Young Stephen Dedalus, an Irish poet-scholar, awakens to his talents as a writer while he wrestles with the oppressive fetters of authority imposed by family, government and the church. Through his struggles, Dedalus is able to find his own voice and eventually chooses a self-imposed exile from Ireland to pursue his art.
11) Irish writers
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Documentary on the lives of Ireland's most celebrated writers, plus a visual tour of the locations that influenced and inspired them.
12) Hunger
Series
Criterion collection volume 504
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Formats
Description
In Northern Ireland's Maze prison in 1981, twenty-seven-year-old Irish Republican Army member, Bobby Sands, went on a hunger strike to protest the British government's refusal to recognize him and his fellow IRA inmates as political prisoners. The film focuses on Sands's final days. An unflinching, transcedent depiction of what a human being is willing to endure to be heard.
13) Irish: Gaeilge
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A learning program teaches the most common 200 Irish words and phrases in six DVDs.
15) Patriot games
Series
Language
English
Description
His days as an intelligence agent behind him, former CIA analyst Jack Ryan has traveled to London to vacation with his wife and daughter. Meeting them outside Buckingham Palace, Ryan is caught in the middle of a terrorist attack on a member of the Royal Family. But Ryan's courageous act marks him as a target in the sights of the terrorists.
16) James Joyce
Series
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
James Joyce, regarded as one of the most influential authors of the twentieth century, had a life marked by unhappiness and scandal. Investigates the loss of his parents' fortune, the controversy that erupted following the release of Ulysses and his troubled relationships with friends and lovers.
17) The Irish empire
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
/t. 1. The scattering -- Pt. 2. Building the world -- Pt. 3. A world apart -- Pt. 4. Keeping the faith -- Pt. 5. Dreams of home.
18) Angela's ashes
Pub. Date
[2000]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Born to Irish parents, McCourt endured a childhood of extreme poverty. He rose from humble beginnings to become a Pulitzer Prize winner. In "Angela's ashes", he recounts the heartbreaking stories and the soul-saving humor of his childhood.
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Has been captivating audiences and critics around the globe and has grossed over one billion dollars worldwide. Now fans will have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity when the world famous Lord of the Dance and its creator, producer, director, and star Michael Flatley brings his vision to home audiences, giving the viewer an unparalleled sense of the scale of the show as never seen before.
20) Jig
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Features the remarkable story of the 40th Irish Dancing World Championships, held in March 2010 in Glasgow. Thousands of dancers, their families, and teachers from around the globe descend upon Glasgow for one drama-filled week. Clad in wigs, makeup, fake tan, diamantes, and dresses costing thousands of pounds, they compete for the coveted world titles.
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