Garrett Keogh

Evelyn (2002)

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Desmond Doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their family on the day after Christmas. His unemployment, and the fact that there is no woman in the house to care for the children—Evelyn, Dermot and Maurice—make it clear to the authorities this is an untenable ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruce Beresford
CAST:  Pierce Brosnan  •  Sophie Vavasseur  •  Aidan Quinn  •  Julianna Margulies

Desmond Doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their family on the day after Christmas. His unemployment, and the fact that there is no woman in the house to care for the children—Evelyn, Dermot and Maurice—make it clear to the authorities this is an untenable ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruce Beresford
CAST:  Pierce Brosnan  •  Sophie Vavasseur  •  Aidan Quinn  •  Julianna Margulies

Angela's Ashes (1999)

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Based on the best selling autobiography by Irish expat Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes follows the experiences of young Frankie and his family as they try against all odds to escape the poverty endemic in the slums of pre-war Limerick. The film opens with the family ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Parker
CAST:  Emily Watson  •  Robert Carlyle  •  Joe Breen  •  Michael Legge

Based on the best selling autobiography by Irish expat Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes follows the experiences of young Frankie and his family as they try against all odds to escape the poverty endemic in the slums of pre-war Limerick. The film opens with the family ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Parker
CAST:  Emily Watson  •  Robert Carlyle  •  Joe Breen  •  Michael Legge

Excalibur (1981)

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A surreal adaptation of Sir Thomas Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur", chronicling Arthur Pendragon's conception, his rise to the throne, the search by his Knights of the Round Table for the Holy Grail, and ultimately his death.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Boorman
CAST:  Nigel Terry  •  Helen Mirren  •  Nicholas Clay  •  Cherie Lunghi

A surreal adaptation of Sir Thomas Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur", chronicling Arthur Pendragon's conception, his rise to the throne, the search by his Knights of the Round Table for the Holy Grail, and ultimately his death.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Boorman
CAST:  Nigel Terry  •  Helen Mirren  •  Nicholas Clay  •  Cherie Lunghi

Veronica Guerin (2003)

In this true story, Veronica Guerin is an investigative reporter for an Irish newspaper. As the drug trade begins to bleed into the mainstream, Guerin decides to take on and expose those responsible. Beginning at the bottom with addicts, Guerin then gets in touch ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joel Schumacher
CAST:  Cate Blanchett  •  Gerard McSorley  •  Ciarán Hinds  •  Brenda Fricker

In this true story, Veronica Guerin is an investigative reporter for an Irish newspaper. As the drug trade begins to bleed into the mainstream, Guerin decides to take on and expose those responsible. Beginning at the bottom with addicts, Guerin then gets in touch ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joel Schumacher
CAST:  Cate Blanchett  •  Gerard McSorley  •  Ciarán Hinds  •  Brenda Fricker

Conamara (2000)

Maria is a wife and mother in the beautiful, but very remote Connemara region of Ireland. When an old friend from Germany arrives in the place, her life is thrown into turmoil.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eoin Moore
CAST:  Ellen ten Damme  •  Darragh Kelly  •  Andreas Schmidt  •  Rosaleen Linehan

Maria is a wife and mother in the beautiful, but very remote Connemara region of Ireland. When an old friend from Germany arrives in the place, her life is thrown into turmoil.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eoin Moore
CAST:  Ellen ten Damme  •  Darragh Kelly  •  Andreas Schmidt  •  Rosaleen Linehan

Runway One (1995)

An Irish Garda finds himself involved in a complex smuggling operation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Drury
CAST:  Peter Capaldi  •  Aisling O'Sullivan  •  Andrew Connolly  •  Marshall Bell

An Irish Garda finds himself involved in a complex smuggling operation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Drury
CAST:  Peter Capaldi  •  Aisling O'Sullivan  •  Andrew Connolly  •  Marshall Bell

Hannah Cohen's Holy Communion (2012)

A spirited 7-year-old, growing up in Dublin in the 1970's, can't wait to make her Catholic Holy Communion. The only problem is - she's a Jew.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shimmy Marcus
CAST:  Lucy Sky Dunne  •  Elaine Cassidy  •  Jim Sheridan  •  Susie Power

A spirited 7-year-old, growing up in Dublin in the 1970's, can't wait to make her Catholic Holy Communion. The only problem is - she's a Jew.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shimmy Marcus
CAST:  Lucy Sky Dunne  •  Elaine Cassidy  •  Jim Sheridan  •  Susie Power

The Last Bus Home (1997)

Though it is late in the punk rock movement, four Dublin youths get together in 1979 to form their own band. Accurately recounting the energy and rawness of the era, this drama follows their tumultuous and ill-fated journey on the rocky road to success. It takes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Johnny Gogan
CAST:  Annie Ryan  •  Brían F. O'Byrne  •  Anthony Brophy  •  John Cronin

Though it is late in the punk rock movement, four Dublin youths get together in 1979 to form their own band. Accurately recounting the energy and rawness of the era, this drama follows their tumultuous and ill-fated journey on the rocky road to success. It takes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Johnny Gogan
CAST:  Annie Ryan  •  Brían F. O'Byrne  •  Anthony Brophy  •  John Cronin

Honeymoon for One (2011)

A woman finds out her fiancé has been cheating on her so she ends her engagement just a week before the wedding. She embarks on an unexpected adventure when she goes on her honeymoon to a beautiful Irish castle estate - alone.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kevin Connor
CAST:  Nicollette Sheridan  •  Patrick Baladi  •  Jonathan Hawtrey Clark  •  Doireann Ní Chorragáin

A woman finds out her fiancé has been cheating on her so she ends her engagement just a week before the wedding. She embarks on an unexpected adventure when she goes on her honeymoon to a beautiful Irish castle estate - alone.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kevin Connor
CAST:  Nicollette Sheridan  •  Patrick Baladi  •  Jonathan Hawtrey Clark  •  Doireann Ní Chorragáin

Saltwater (2000)

An Irish-Italian café owner in a seaside town faces a life crisis, as his wife recently died and he's severely in debt. His oldest son tries to help, but has serious problems of his own, while his younger son and daughter are having troubles in school.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Conor McPherson
CAST:  Peter McDonald  •  Brian Cox  •  Conor Mullen  •  Laurence Kinlan

An Irish-Italian café owner in a seaside town faces a life crisis, as his wife recently died and he's severely in debt. His oldest son tries to help, but has serious problems of his own, while his younger son and daughter are having troubles in school.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Conor McPherson
CAST:  Peter McDonald  •  Brian Cox  •  Conor Mullen  •  Laurence Kinlan

The Ballad of Kid Kanturk (2009)

The film of the song immortalizing Kid Kanturk, the infamous rockabilly singing sensation. A child prodigy, Kid's story encompasses the highs of sell-out shows and the lows of incarceration for an act of cannibalism.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Butler
CAST:  Mark Doherty  •  Garrett Keogh  •  Mikel Murfi  •  Eileen Walsh

The film of the song immortalizing Kid Kanturk, the infamous rockabilly singing sensation. A child prodigy, Kid's story encompasses the highs of sell-out shows and the lows of incarceration for an act of cannibalism.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Butler
CAST:  Mark Doherty  •  Garrett Keogh  •  Mikel Murfi  •  Eileen Walsh

Lipservice (1999)

A look at exam day in a modern Irish school, where students try to pass their oral Irish language exams, even though they have little knowledge and less affection for the subject.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Mercier
CAST:  Sean McGinley  •  Barry Ward  •  Karl Quinn  •  Joan Sheehy

A look at exam day in a modern Irish school, where students try to pass their oral Irish language exams, even though they have little knowledge and less affection for the subject.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Mercier
CAST:  Sean McGinley  •  Barry Ward  •  Karl Quinn  •  Joan Sheehy