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Director
George Dewhurst
Credits
Producer: I.J. Eppel. Writer: I.J. Eppel
Principal Cast
Paddy Dunne Cullinan, Frances Macnamarra,
Category
FeatureClassic1916 Centenary
The first feature to depict the Irish War of Independence, Irish Destiny plays out a romance between an IRA member and his lover against a backdrop of intrigue and violence. Leaving his beloved Moira (Frances MacNamara) behind, Denis O’Hara (Paddy Dunne Cullinan) travels to the IRA’s Dublin headquarters, evading British pursuit. Eventually wounded, captured, and interned, Denis escapes to rescue Moira from unscrupulous poteen brewer Gilbert Beecher (Brian Magowan). Committed to a nationalist version of history, Irish Destiny incorporates newsreel footage from the War of Independence as a means of achieving authenticity. A milestone in Irish cultural history and a window into the nationalism of the nascent Free State, Irish Destiny went unseen for more than sixty years until it was restored by the Irish Film Institute and presented with a newly commissioned score by Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin in Dublin in 1992.
78 minutes, Ireland, 1926, B&W
ARCHIVE AT LUNCHTIME: DUBLIN CAN BE HEAVEN (PROGRAMME ONE) 12:50
BLUE ROAD – THE EDNA O’BRIEN STORY 15:30
FOUR MOTHERS 13:30
HOLY COW 17:50
I’M STILL HERE 13:10
LA COCINA 20:00
ONE TO ONE: JOHN & YOKO 20:20
SINS OF IRELAND + Q&A 16:00, 18:10
THE PENGUIN LESSONS 15:50, 20:30
THE RETURN 13:20, 18:00
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