"ireland"
Showbands: How Ireland Learned to Party
Ardal O'Hanlon looks at what started the showband era in Ireland, the people involved, and how it came to an end in the 1980s.
Mother Ireland
This film explores the development and use of images and music which personify Ireland as a woman in Irish culture and nationalism. The film highlights how these cultural and stereotypical images of Ireland as a woman influence the idealised model of woman demanded by Irish society. It uses historical film, photographs, political drawings, cartoons..
Reason for Living: The Jill Ireland Story
This biographical drama, based on the late actress's autobiography, chronicles her attempts to rescue her drug addicted son while simultaneously trying to overcome her life-threatening cancer.
Wild Ireland
A documentary on the flora and fauna of Ireland and how man has shaped and influenced the natural landscape.
How Ireland Rocked The 70s
In 1970, Richmond Park in Inchicore, Dublin, hosted Ireland's first ever outdoor rock music festival. An audience of 1,500 paid to see a one-night bill headlined by Mungo Jerry and also featuring a handful of emerging Irish “beat groups”, a nascent Thin Lizzy among them.
Ireland's Border Line
Billy Brannigan, a mechanic, has some difficulties and problems when he gets mixed up with the police looking for a jewel thief. An identical suitcase used by Billy and the thief cause most of the troubles.
The Story of Ireland
is a five-part documentary series examining the history of Ireland and its impact on the wider world. Over the course of the programmes, Fergal Keane travels across three continents, tracing the events, the people and the influences that shaped modern Ireland.
Reflections – Ireland
Reflections – Ireland is a stunning, non-narrated tourist film with accompanying music by Paddy Moloney and The Chieftains. Many of Paddy Carey films depict a scarcity of civilisation, an untouched landscape, but here he treats the viewer to the beauties of landscape interwoven with a vivid tapestry of human activity: anglers in a lively river; b..
Au large de l'Irlande : baleines et requins en eaux profondes
Au large de l'Irlande, les eaux de l'Atlantique Nord, réputées tumultueuses, abritent un monde majestueux et chatoyant où évoluent des créatures surprenantes. Pendant longtemps, cette zone a pourtant été considérée comme un abîme sans vie, où les pays européens déversaient leurs déchets radioactifs jusqu'aux années 1980. Aujourd'hui,..
Songs of Ireland
Some of the finest Irish singers and musicians, recorded in the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall at Celtic Connections 2012. Eleanor McEvoy, Finbar Furey, Cara Dillon, Luka Bloom, Brian Kennedy and many others sing the songs that Ireland is famous for. Love songs, songs of emigration, songs of loss, contemporary and traditional are all beautifully accomp..
John Paul II in Ireland: A Plea for Peace
A look back at 1979, when the Pope visited Ireland in hopes of ending violence and praying for all to seek a peaceful resolution.
Round Ireland with a Fridge
The movie tells the story of a disillusioned television personality whose career has stalled and who is looking for answers but doesn't know the questions. When his best friend taunts him for losing his sense of adventure Tony accepts a drunken £100 bet and sets off with his unconventional traveling companion for an adventure that proved to be ent..
Van Morrison in Ireland
The first official video by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, showing footage of the band whilst touring in Ireland and images of Belfast, including Hyndford Street and Cyprus Avenue.
Ireland's Grand Slam Glory
A 3 DISC DVD set containg all the action, interviews and the Irish tries from all the angles. All five matches in full including pre match build up and post match interviews.
St. Patrick: Apostle of Ireland
Go beyond the revelry of St. Patrick's Day and learn about the man himself. This dramatic documentary features reenactments of St. Patrick's life and deeds and explores the only writings of his known to exist: "Confession" and "Letter to Coroticus." Father Frank Fahey, of Ballintubber Abbey, and Michael Slavin, author of The Book of Tara, discuss t..
Ireland: 'The Emerald Isle'
This Traveltalk visit to Ireland starts with a look at the countryside, with its farms, small villages, and fields with walls and fences built of stone without the use of mortar. We then visit Hope Castle in Castleblayney and end our journey in Galway.
Would You Die For Ireland?
Artist John Byrne asks passers by on the streets of Dublin, Cork and Belfast if they would make the ultimate sacrifice for their country.
A Song for Ireland
The history of Ireland through its music and the impact this has had on the country's struggles.
Peter Taylor: Ireland After Partition
In a uniquely personal journey to mark the centenary of the partition of Ireland in 1921, award-winning reporter Peter Taylor revisits the films he has made over the past 50 years to reflect on the controversial issue of a united Ireland. With frank and intimate observations, Peter reveals how his own understanding of the issue has evolved: from th..
