Ann Marie Horan
Actor · Galway, Ireland
Ann Marie Horan, Irish actress on TG4 drama, Ros na Rún from 2007 to 2020. Horan was born in Galway and raised in Eyre Square, the daughter of an actor who worked in An Taibhdhearc. She first acted on stage aged six. She studied French and Spanish at NUIG and became involved in DramSoc, the university's drama group. She graduated aged 19 and moved to Lille where she worked, and ran a small theatre, returning to Ireland a year later. She completed her master's degree, while on a part-time course at Dublin Theatre School. After work as a singer in County Clare she gained voice-work employment on RTÉ Radio. Horan first appeared on Ros na Rún during the 1992 RTÉ pilot, playing the character of radio personality Caitríona (later recast with Maire Eilis Ní Fhlaithearta in the TG4 series). She would portray Helen Byrne in the early seasons of the main series, later returning in 2007 in the role of Frances Uí Dhíreáin, whom she played up until her departure in 2020. In a recent interview, she listed her favourite and worst things about Galway as "The Atlantic" and "The drizzly rain".
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TV6.2ComedyDramaShiv Sheridan returns to Dublin after years of partying in London and tries to navigate a new phase of her life. Trying to stay sober and being back with her family is not going to be easy.
The Dry
2022 · 27 votes
TV6.5DramaMysteryA ragtag crew of podcasters sets out to investigate mysterious disappearances from decades earlier in a charming Irish town with dark, dreadful secrets.
Bodkin
2024 · 166 votes
TV7.0DramaCrimeJack Taylor is an Irish television drama based on a series of novels by Ken Bruen. Set in Galway, the series stars Iain Glen in the eponymous role of Jack Taylor, a former officer with the Garda Síochána who becomes a "finder" after leaving the service. Taylor is a man who goes looking for clues where others have not bothered to. He also knows the streets of his hometown like the back of his hand.
Jack Taylor
2010 · 37 votes
TV6.8CrimeDramaSingle-Handed is an Irish television drama series, first broadcast on RTÉ Television in 2007. Set and filmed in the west of Ireland, it focuses on the life of a member of the Garda Síochána, Sergeant Jack Driscoll. Three two-episode, single-story series aired one each on consecutive nights in 2007, 2008 and 2009. Series Four, consisting of three stories told over six episodes, began in RTÉ One November 2010. The series is partially inspired by garda corruption in County Donegal.
Single-Handed
2007 · 8 votes
TVFamilyDramaThe series follows the life of Aifric whose wacky family have just moved to a new town in the West of Ireland. The 14yr old wants nothing more than to fit in but feels her family will not make it easy for her. Her mother is a new-age hippy who has banned television, while her father is a wannabe rock star, not to mention her annoying little brother.
Aifric
2006
TV9.0DramaComedyIn 1919, Major Brendan Archer arrives in Ireland to reunite with his fiancée, Angela Spencer. Unfortunately, the family home, The Majestic Hotel, is a decaying shadow of its former self, as is Angela. Puzzled by the changes, Archer's attentions are soon drawn to her lively friend, Sarah Devlin, a passionate Irish Nationalist. They fall in love, but the Major soon discovers some disturbing aspects about their relationship, which threatens to explode into violence, destruction, and murder.
Troubles
1988 · 3 votes
TV7.0ComedyTwo lads, three girls, one flat. Flatmates follows the lives of five teens as they take their first uncertain steps into adulthood whilst trying to fulfil the millennial dream.
Flatmates
2019 · 1 votes
TV10.0DramaBased on the hepatitis C scandal that rocked Ireland in the mid-1990s. Two very different women discover that they have been infected with hepatitis C by a contaminated anti-D injection years before. Despite the devastating effects on the women and their families, they unite in a campaign group to take on the health authorities and expose the evasions and lies of the political and bureaucratic establishment.
No Tears
2002 · 1 votes
TVExamines a variety of some of the greatest romances between the most iconic lovers ever to shape Ireland's history. A famous Irish love story is followed and anchored with a tangible item that represents the relationship in each story.
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Movie6.3FantasyHorrorA young artist gets stranded in an extensive, immaculate forest in western Ireland, where, after finding shelter, she becomes trapped alongside three strangers, stalked by mysterious creatures each night.
The Watchers
2024 · 1.7K votes
Movie6.5DramaAlone in her empty flat, from her window Anne observes the people passing by who nervously snatch up the personal belongings and pieces of furniture she has put out on the pavement. Her final gesture of taking a ring off her finger signals she is leaving her previous life in Holland behind. She goes to Ireland, where she chooses to lead a solitary, wandering existence, striding through the austere landscapes of Connemara. During her travels, she discovers a house that is home to a hermit, Martin.
Nothing Personal
2009 · 107 votes
Movie4.7DramaA woman finds out she's pregnant and returns home when the expected father wants nothing to do with her.
Stay
2013 · 22 votes
Movie10.0Despite secretly being a convict who has broken parole, Jean Valjean promises a Bishop he will change his life. He becomes an upstanding citizen and adopts an orphan, raising her as his daughter. Constantly in danger of being exposed and sent back to prison, he stays one step ahead of the police Inspector who is obsessed with capturing him.
Les Misérables
1988 · 1 votes
MovieAnimationComedyThe poor ghost of Sir Simon Canterville has been roaming his castle searching in vain for a brave descendant who will release him from the Canterville curse by performing a brave deed. An American family moves in and finds the ghost amusing, but a young girl in the family can release him - if she dares.
The Canterville Ghost
1990 · 1 votes