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Quintessentially Irish

    • Director

      Frank Mannion

    • Credits

      Producer:
      Frank Manion

      Cinematographer:
      Matt Everett

      Writer:
      Frank Manion

    • Principal Cast

      Pierce Brosnan,
      Jeremy Irons,
      Andrew Scott,
      Prince Albert II of Monaco,
      Emma Dabiri,
      Usain Bolt,
      President Michael D Higgins,
      Ricky Simms,
      Sharon Horgan,
      Bob Geldof,
      Brendan Gleeson,
      Jessie Buckley,
      Rory Guinness.

  • Category

    Documentary

With a distinguished cast including former 007 actor Pierce Brosnan, two Presidents, a Prince, and an unconventional Irish Lord, director Frank Mannion looks at the influence of the Irish diaspora, and asks what it means to be Quintessentially Irish with exclusive access to the White House on St Patrick's Day and the Palace of Monaco where Prince Albert II discusses Grace Kelly’s Irish heritage.

Why do the Irish celebrate St Patrick when he was Welsh? Why did James Joyce only have a British passport? How did Irishman Pierce Brosnan come to play the English spy James Bond? Why do so many Presidents from JFK to Joe Biden claim Irish heritage? What's behind the 'Green wave' at the Oscars? This is explored in a starry film that has been described by the Daily Mail as a "lush valentine to everything great and Irish" and “fast paced and highly entertaining” by the Sunday Times.

119 minutes, Ireland, UK, 2024, Colour

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