Southpaw
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Director
Liam McGrath
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Credits
Producers: Robert Walpole, Paddy Breathnach
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Category
Documentary
Liam McGrath’s feature-length documentary presents two years in the life of Francis Barrett, a 19-year-old Traveller and amateur light-welterweight boxer from Galway as he fulfils a life-long dream by representing Ireland at the Olympic games in Atlanta 1996, and then attempts to continue his success under the mentorship of his close friend Chick Gillen.
Notes by Sunniva O'Flynn.
76 minutes, Ireland/UK, 1999, Colour
