10 films that celebrate the Irish experience

a classic st. patty's day film i watch every year " simple man" w/ john wayne and the beautiful maureen o'hara. does anyone remember this one?

mr cubby wrote:

a classic st. patty's day film i watch every year " simple man" w/ john wayne and the beautiful maureen o'hara. does anyone remember this one?

I believe you mean "The Quiet Man"?. Yes, that is a very good film. They usually show it on TV every year about this time.

pippySqueek wrote:

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I believe you mean "The Quiet Man"?. Yes, that is a very good film. They usually show it on TV every year about this time.

john wayne draggin his woman by her blouse for a couple miles---with her finally respecting him for treating her that way, and for beatin the crp out of her brother.

filmed in Knock, Co. Mayo, with John Wayne as a boxer who kills a man in the ring and goes to Ireland to try and forget his past. He meets Maureen O'Hara, a red haired lass from the wild West of Ireland. Barrie Fitzgerald is the priest of the parish and Donald Crisp is another oscar winner featured. A great film that should be first on the list of Irish films. Victor McLauglin plays a great role as the brother of the redhead and
The Mollie Maguire's was a dull film made in Jim Thorpe and Eckley about immigrant miners that was mostly embellished.
The Commitments and Saving Ned Devine should have been listed with The Quiet Man as No. 1.

Saving Private Ryan was filmed in Co. Wycklow, and Braveheart was filmed in Co. West Meath, west of Dublin. The films listed have little to do with Hibernia, such as Miller's Crossing and In America, about Irish-American Criminals.

This is a weak list of true Irish experience films.
Try some of these:
Angela's Ashes
The Nephew
This Is My Father
Waking Ned Devine
Circle of Friends
The Magdalene Sisters
Agnes Browne
Here is an Irish-American experience film: The Brothers McMullen

pippySqueek wrote:

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I believe you mean "The Quiet Man"?. Yes, that is a very good film. They usually show it on TV every year about this time.

oops. sorry you're right! i was never good with movie titles. ergo i give who is in the movie or description of the movie. i'm terrible with names but never forget a face or important details.

MORNING CALL STINKS wrote:

<quoted text>john wayne draggin his woman by her blouse for a couple miles---with her finally respecting him for treating her that way, and for beatin the crp out of her brother.

those stubborn irish! thak god i'm 1/1 irish. my other 1/2 is the calm 1/2 german. LOL

oops thank and 1/2

Shamrock wrote:

This is a weak list of true Irish experience films.
Try some of these:
Angela's Ashes
The Nephew
This Is My Father
Waking Ned Devine
Circle of Friends
The Magdalene Sisters
Agnes Browne
Here is an Irish-American experience film: The Brothers McMullen

Good list, but I'd still add the Quiet Man