The Boys from County Clare 2003  PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
aka: The Boys & Girl from County Clare
Director: John Irvin
Cast: Bernard Hill, Charlotte Bradley, Andrea Corr, Stephen Brennan, Eamonn Owens, Malachy Bourke, Brendan O'Hare, Leslie Bingham, Colm Meaney, Shaun Evans, Phil Barantini, Frank Twomey
Time is approaching for the annual All-Ireland Traditional Music Competition, and estranged brothers–John (Bernard Hill) and Jimmy (Colm Meaney)–are each determined to win this time around.
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The Butcher Boy 1997  R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Neil Jordan
Cast: Stephen Rea, Fiona Shaw, Eamonn Owens, Alan Boyle, Andrew Fullerton, Aisling O'Sullivan, Pat McCabe, Sinead O'Connor, Ian Hart, Milo O'Shea, Sean McGinley, Peter Gowen, John Kavanagh, Rosaleen Linehan, Anita Reeves
Based on Patrick McCabe's award-winning novel, this is a wrenching tale showing a vision of the world through the eyes of a mentally disturbed boy who lives in Ireland. Francie (Eamonn Owens) grows up in a dysfunctional family–a suicidal mother (Aisling O'Sullivan) and an alcoholic father Stephen Rea). Following the death of both parents and alone in the world, Francie brutally murders a nasty neighbor, finally ends up in a mental institution, and is confronted by the Virgin Mary (Sinead O'Connor).
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The General 1998 R, 129 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: John Boorman
Cast: Brendan Gleeson, Adrian Dunbar, Sean McGinley, Jon Voight, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Angeline Ball, Pat Laffan, Eanna MacLiam, Eamonn Owens, Paul Hickey, Tom Murphy, Tommy O'Neill, John O'Toole, Ciaran Fitzgerald, Ned Dennehy
This is the fictionalized biography of Martin Cahill (Brendan Gleeson), an Irish gang boss, who pulled off daring robberies, collected $6 million, and earned the reputation of Ireland's most notorious criminal.
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 The Magdalene Sisters 2002 R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Mullan
Cast: Geraldine McEwan, Anne-Marie Duff, Nora-Jane Noone, Dorothy Duffy, Eileen Walsh, Mary Murray, Britta Smith, Frances Healy, Eithne McGuinness, Phyllis McMahon, Eamonn Owens, Rebecca Walsh
This story, set in Ireland during the 1960s, involves four women who are tortured and humiliated by merciless nuns after their families shipped them off to the Magdalene laundry house where they are supposed to undergo rehabilitation.
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| 1. The Boys from County Clare (2003)
aka: The Boys & Girl from County Clare
2. The Butcher Boy (1997)
3. The General (1998)
4. The Magdalene Sisters (2002)
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