Movies and TvShows featuring "connemara" theme.

Set in the year 1847 during the devastating Irish Great Potato Famine, Black '47 follows an Irish ranger named Feeney who returns to his homeland after fighting for the British Army abroad. Upon arriving, he discovers that his mother has died of starvation and his brother has been sentenced to death. Consumed by grief and anger, Feeney embarks on a mission to seek revenge on the British authorities who have caused widespread suffering and death through their oppressive rule and mismanagement of the famine.

End of Sentence follows Frank Fogle, a recently widowed man, and his estranged son Sean. After his wife's death, Frank is determined to fulfill her dying wish by taking her ashes to a remote lake in her native Ireland. Despite their rocky relationship, Frank convinces Sean to accompany him on the journey. As they embark on a road trip through Alabama and Ireland, they gradually discover the true meaning of family and forgiveness.

A poitín (moonshine) maker attempts to avoid the attentions of the Gardaí (police) in Connemara in the west of Ireland.

Colmán Sharkey - a fisherman, a father, a husband - takes in a stranger at the behest of a local priest. Patsy, a former soldier arrives just ahead of ‘the blight,’ a crop disease that caused the Great Plague, killing and displacing millions of Irishmen.

A group of unruly Irish stage actors refuse the orders of their British director as he orchestrates a dramatic retelling of Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill’s eighteenth-century keen about the the life and death of Irish rebel Art Ó Laoghaire.

Tea with the Dead is a charming animated short film that takes place in the beautiful landscapes of Connemara. It follows the story of an embalmer who stumbles upon a tea party with the dead. The film explores themes of life, death, and the afterlife in a humorous and lighthearted way.

A study of Sean Ó Loingsigh from South Connemara. A philosopher, a dreamer, a self-appointed chieftain, a failed playwright, he proclaims the virtue of being a minority voice. He wants to rise above the elitism associated with the game of golf, so he builds a golf course in a bog! John has further plans to entice tourists to keep the islands alive. Can he realise his new plan or is it too radical? A Maverick Islander is a different kind of film from activist performer and filmmaker Margaretta D’Arcy, now in her 87th year and part of a gang of two other mavericks Laurie Allen and Finn Arden, and a member of Aosdána.