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Des Kilbane
Credits
Producer: Mike Keane. Writers: Andrew Gallimore, Des Kilbane
Category
DocumentaryIrish Language
Croi Trodach (A Fighting Heart) is the epic story of Johnny Kilbane (1889 – 1957), poet, politician and the longest reigning World Featherweight Champion of all time. It’s a rags-to-riches story which begins on Achill Island, from where his ancestors originated, and ends in Cleveland, Ohio where Kilbane entertained and served his community until his untimely death in 1957. Directed by Des Kilbane, himself a distant relation of Johnny, and co-authored by Andrew Gallimore, the film tells this remarkable life story using salvaged nitrate film of Kilbane’s World Title Fight in 1912.
Notes by Sunniva O’Flynn
56 minutes, Ireland, 2013, Colour
BLUE MOON 13.40
BUGONIA 20.30 (Digital)
DIE MY LOVE 20.40
HORSESHOE 12.00, 16.00
IFI KINOPOLIS: FRANZ 18:00
IFI KINOPOLIS: THIS IS NOT HAPPENING 16.10
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT 11.30, 18.10
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE 14.00
PILLION 11.20, 17.00
SUNSET BOULEVARD (75th ANNIVERSARY RE-RELEASE) 13.50
THE SHINING (45th ANNIVERSARY) 19.30
The IFI is supported by The Arts Council