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Similar Movies:

Barry Lyndon

The Magdalene Sisters

Bloody Sunday

Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street

Jimmy's Hall

Storm Front in Mayo

Living With Lions

Wilde

Michael Collins

Ryan's Daughter

The Peculiar Sensation of Being Pat Ingoldsby

A Fanatic Heart: Geldof On Yeats

Conor McGregor: Notorious

The Genius of George Boole

Man of Aran

Some Mother's Son

My Astonishing Self: Gabriel Byrne on George Bernard Shaw

Rocky Road to Dublin

Knuckle

The Lonely Battle of Thomas Reid