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1960s-1980s

Irish Boy, Story of Sean

9th August 2022

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A documentary film about a typical Irish boy and the everyday details of his life. Irish Boy, Story of Sean is one of a series of films made to introduce younger viewers to their counterparts in other lands. Sean is a typical Irish country boy and the details of his day-to-day school and sporting life […]

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Christmas Crackers

Moonmen

22nd August 2016

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Made by renowned and prolific director of dramas and documentaries, Kieran Hickey, this film shows members of the Half Moon Swimming Club braving the grim winter seas at Dublin’s South Wall in the winter of 1964/65. This was Hickey’s first film and provides the viewer an opportunity to eavesdrop on a moment in time. It […]

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History

Faithful Departed

22nd August 2016

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This short documentary draws on the photographs of Robert French from the William Lawrence Collection held in the National Library. The photos illustrate the Dublin of 1904 which served as a backdrop to James Joyce’s Ulysses. Directed in 1968 by renowned drama and documentary maker Kieran Hickey, the film traces Joyce’s childhood and adolescence, his […]

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