270 Films & TV Shows Set In Ireland
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The Black Sheep
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandFather Brown starts solving crimes, much to the annoyance of his housekeeper, the police and especially his bishop, who is not amused by a priest playing detective.
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Darby O'Gill and the Little People
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandWALT DISNEY SPINS MOTION PICTURE MAGIC With a Touch O'Blarney A Bit O'Romance and a Heap O'Laughter! โ Take a wee bit of ancient folklore, mix in some spectacular special effects and a magical cast (including Sean Connery) -- and you've got one of the most enchanting fantasies of all time! A frisky old storyteller named Darby O'Gill is desperately seeking the proverbial pot of gold. There's just one tiny thing standing in his way: a 21-inch leprechaun named King Brian. In order to get the gold, Darby must match his wits against the shrewd little trickster -- which proves no small task, indeed! Fall under the spell of DARBY O'GILL AND THE LITTLE PEOPLE for a fun-filled evening of magic, mirth, and nonstop shenanigans!
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Shake Hands with the Devil
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1920sA story of love and hate...and the sudden sound of guns! โ In 1921 Dublin, the IRA battles the "Black & Tans," special British forces given to harsh measures. Irish-American medical student Kerry O'Shea hopes to stay aloof, but saving a wounded friend gets him outlawed, and inexorably drawn into the rebel organization...under his former professor Sean Lenihan, who has "shaken hands with the devil" and begun to think of fighting as an end in itself. Complications arise when Kerry falls for a beautiful English hostage, and the British offer a peace treaty that is not enough to satisfy Lenihan.
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Alive and Kicking
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandThree elderly residents of a nursing home, fed up with their monotonous existence, engineer an escape from their drab surroundings and head for an impromptu holiday on an Irish island.
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Broth of a Boy
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandAn Irish codger, 110, wants a piece of the action for doing a British producer's TV show.
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This Other Eden
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandResidents of the small Irish village of Ballymorgan are unprepared for the surprising consequences when a new statue is erected in the middle of town. Director Muriel Box's 1959 film, a mixture of comedy and drama, was adapted from Louis D'Alton's play and stars Audrey Dalton, Leslie Phillips, Niall MacGinnis and members of Dublin's Abbey Players.
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She Didn't Say No!
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandEven the Birds and the Bees could learn a thing or two from Bridget! โ Based on Una Troyโs charming novel, We Are Seven (1955), She Didnโt Say No! depicts the Monaghan family, six children and their unmarried mother Bridget, living in the town of Doon, County Waterford. The childrenโs various fathers are local men โ who uneasily attempt to find a way to rid the town of their embarrassment. The scheme begins with a court case to have the children removed from their โimmoralโ mother and ends with hopes of re-locating the family. The children are a central focus of the film โ from the youngest, Toughy โ a blustery boy and his acts of independence and bravado, to Poppy โ a twelve year old star-struck girl, who cleverly manipulates herself into a locally-made film.
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The Spirit of St. Louis
New York Missouri Texas ๐ฎ๐ช Ireland ๐ซ๐ท France The 1920sOne of the Great Adventures of Our Time! โ Charles 'Slim' Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his New York to Paris flight the first solo transatlantic crossing.
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The Naked Truth
England ๐ฎ๐ช IrelandThe screamingly funny comedy team! โ Nigel Dennis publishes a scandal magazine. But for each story he writes, he first approaches the person whose scandalous behavior is described (or rather implied, to avoid any libel suit) and says he will suppress the story in return for money. Several of his victims first decide individually to kill him instead of paying, but fail in amusing ways. Then they find that to protect their various secrets they must now join forces for a rather different purpose...
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The Rising of the Moon
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1920sActually filmed in the Emerald Isle! โ Three vignettes of old Irish country life, based on a series of short stories. In "The Majesty of the Law," a police officer must arrest a very old-fashioned, traditional fellow for assault. The man's principles have the policeman and the whole village, including the man he slugged, sympathizing with him. "One Minute's Wait" is about an little train station and glimpses into the lives of the passengers, with a series of comic setups. The third piece is called "1921" and is about a condemned Irish nationalist and his daring escape. Tyrone Power introduces each story.
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The March Hare
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandSir Charles Hare, a young Irish baronet, gambles his all on one of his horses at Ascot. But the horse is 'pulled', and Sir Charles is forced to sell his Irish estate. His aunt, however, has some surprises in store for him.
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Untamed
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland ๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa The 1850s The 1840sIt's AFRICOLOSSAL! in CINEMASCOPE โ When the great potato famine hits Ireland, the diaspora begins as thousands emigrate. Among those leaving the Emerald Isle is Katie O'Neill and her husband, who decide that the promised land is South Africa and make their way there. Once there, they discover the hardships that are the reality of the homesteader experience.
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Captain Lightfoot
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1810sAn unforgettably beautiful love story โ A boggy swashbuckler of Irish freedom-fighter Michael Martin.
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Happy Ever After
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandThe whole village mourns when General O'Leary, owner of a hunting estate in South Ireland, is killed in an accident. His nephew, Jasper O'Leary, takes over the state and soon has aroused the displeasure of all, with the exception of Serena McGluskey, as much a schemer as he is a cad. Led by Thady O'Heggarty, the villagers plot to drive Jasper away. They use the occasion of "O'Leary Night", when the ghost of the first O'Leary walks the halls, to create general chaos.
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The Oracle
England ๐ฎ๐ช IrelandAn Irish "oracle" foretells the next day's track results to a newspaperman, resulting in a national uproar.
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The Quiet Man
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1920sAction... Excitement... Romance... Fill the Screen! โ An American man returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love and conflict.
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Secret People
England ๐ซ๐ท France ๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1930sLOOK OUT FOR THIS MAN! HE LIVES! AND LOVES! AND MURDERS! โ This tale of intrigue finds Valentina Cortese involved in an assassination plot. She helps the police apprehend the conspirators after an innocent bystander is accidentally killed.
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The Wearing of the Grin
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandPorky Pig spends the night at an Irish castle after being caught in a storm, and gets in trouble with the two leprechauns who live there.
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Top o' the Morning
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandA singing insurance investigator comes to Ireland to recover the stolen Blarney Stone...and romance the local policeman's daughter.
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The Fighting O'Flynn
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1800s The 18th CenturyA swashbuckling Irishman opposes French agents during the Napoleonic wars.
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The Luck of the Irish
New York ๐ฎ๐ช IrelandChoosing good is the real pot of gold! โ Following American reporter Stephen Fitzgerald from Ireland to New York, a grateful leprechaun acts as the newsman's servant and conscience.
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Another Shore
๐ฎ๐ช IrelandA young Irishman comes up with an unusual plan to get the money to emigrate to Tahiti. One of the Ealing comedies.
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Hungry Hill
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 19th CenturyLife becomes a tragedy for the wife (Margaret Lockwood) of an Irish heir (Dennis Price) to a 19th-century family feud and fortune.
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Captain Boycott
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1880sBased on real events, this historical drama is set in 19th-century Ireland, when poverty-stricken tenants dispossessed by greedy landowner Capt. Boycott (Cecil Parker) band together to assert their rights. Patriotic farmer Hugh Davin (Stewart Granger) leads the rebels. Choosing nonviolent resistance, the villagers ostracize their nemesis, who squanders his fortune to repair his ruined reputation and wagers what's left on a horse race.
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The Foxes of Harrow
Louisiana ๐ฎ๐ช Ireland The 1820s The 1830sAn Irish rascal and inveterate gambler uses his considerable skills at the gaming tables of New Orleans to become fabulously rich.
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