3 Films & TV Shows Set In Ireland During The 1890s

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  Far and Away

  Massachusetts Oklahoma 🇮🇪 Ireland The 1890s

  What they needed was a country big enough for their dreams. — A young man leaves Ireland with his landlord's daughter after some trouble with her father, and they dream of owning land at the big giveaway in Oklahoma ca. 1893. When they get to the new land, they find jobs and begin saving money. The man becomes a local barehands boxer, and rides in glory until he is beaten, then his employers steal all the couple's money and they must fight off starvation in the winter, and try to keep their dream of owning land alive. Meanwhile, the woman's parents find out where she has gone and have come to America to find her and take her back.

  Released in 1992 • 140 minutes
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  Parnell

  🇮🇪 Ireland The 1890s The 1880s

  Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-1891) struggles to free his country from English rule, but his relationship with married Katie O'Shea threatens to ruin all his dreams of freedom.

  Released in 1937 • 118 minutes
• Araby

  🇮🇪 Ireland The 1890s

  Based on the story "Araby" in the collection "Dubliners" by James Joyce.

  21 minutes