Films, DVD's & Videos for
Irish Studies

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Rocky Road to Dublin

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• Eileen Gray - The reknowned designer and architect Eileen Gray was always ahead of her time; thirty years after her death she is still considered the very essence of the Modern.
  

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• Glenafooka - Enchanting examination of the persistence in rural Ireland today of ancient beliefs in otherworld spirits, including fairies, ghosts, banshees and other supernatural forces.
  

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• Irish Voices - Examines an unusual loophole in Britain's attempt to quell media access in the Irish conflict.
  
• Irish Ways - Examines the current conflict in Northern Ireland after a quarter century.
  

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• The Jackets Green - Republicans in Northern Ireland answer the question "What are you fighting for?"
  

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• Lisdoonvarna: Lourdes of Love - Follows the fortunes of three bachelors in County Clare, on the West Coast of Ireland, who are determined to meet the perfect woman at the Lisdoonvarna Matchmaking Festival.
  

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• The Making of Rocky Road to Dublin - Reunites Peter Lennon and cinematographer Raoul Coutard, who recount the making of their then controversial but now classic documentary on Ireland in the Sixties.
  

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• One Island, Two Irelands - Tells the history of Ireland north and south - using only original archival materials.
  

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• The Patriot Game - The history of the long and bitter battle for Northern Ireland.
  

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• Rocky Road to Dublin - The last film screened at the Cannes Film Festival in 1968. A provocative, biting portrayal of 1960s Ireland: the stultifying educational system, the repressive, reactionary clergy, and the myopic cultural nationalism.
  

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• A Song for Ireland - Traces the history of Ireland through her music, and Ireland's music through her history.
  

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• War and Peace in Ireland - Retraces the conflict in Northern Ireland from 1968 up until the present day peace process.
  

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Last updated 06/21/2008