Joan Sheehy
Actor
Movies13
Movie7.5DramaA quiet, neglected girl is sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with relatives for the summer. She blossoms in their care, but in this house where there are meant to be no secrets, she discovers one.
Movie6.7DramaRomanceNineteen-year-old Danny Flynn is imprisoned for his involvement with the I.R.A. in Belfast. He leaves behind his family and his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Maggie Hamill. Fourteen years later, Danny is released from prison and returns to his old working class neighborhood to resume his life as a boxer.
The Boxer
1997 · 320 votes
Movie6.6TV MovieComedyWhen Lindsey travels to Ireland to acquire land that is perfect for a resort, she decides to enter the town's matchmaking festival to prove her investment—and win over a handsome local.
As Luck Would Have It
2021 · 45 votes
Movie6.2DramaAdventureNewly widowed Frank Fogle embarks on a journey to Ireland to scatter his late wife’s ashes. His estranged son, Sean, recently released from prison, agrees to join only when his father promises that they’ll never see each other again following the trip. After revelations surface about an old flame of Frank’s wife and a charming hitchhiker with plans of her own intervenes, father and son find themselves drawn together in unexpected ways.
End of Sentence
2019 · 81 votes
Movie6.8DramaHistoryBased on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in a British prison, in which IRA prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against the treatment of IRA prisoners as criminals rather than as prisoners of war. The film focuses on the mothers of two of the strikers, and their struggle to save the lives of their sons.
Some Mother's Son
1996 · 41 votes
Movie6.5ComedyDramaSharon Curley is a 20-year-old living with her parents and many brothers and sisters in Dublin. When she gets pregnant and refuses to name the father, she becomes the talk of the town.
The Snapper
1993 · 93 votes
Movie6.1ComedyRomanceMarcy, a worker in the reelection campaign of bumbling Senator John McGlory, is sent to Ireland on a quest to find the Irish ancestry of Sen. McGlory, to help him win the Irish vote. But when Marcy arrives in the small village of Ballinagra, she finds herself in the middle of a matchmaking festival, and the local matchmaker is determined to pair her off with one of the local bachelors.
The Matchmaker
1997 · 52 votes
Movie7.0Drama"Bull" McCabe's family has farmed a field for generations, sacrificing much in the name of the land. When the widow who owns the field decides to sell it in a public auction, McCabe knows that he must own it. While no local dare bid against him, a wealthy American decides he requires the field to build a highway. "Bull" and his son decide they must try to convince the American to let go of his ambition and return home, but the consequences of their plot prove sinister.
The Field
1990 · 107 votes
Movie5.8An alcoholic night watchman in a Dublin hotel redeems himself with the help of a new assistant.
After Midnight
1990 · 4 votes
Movie6.4DramaRomanceAn Irish lad who fled from his oppressive, widowed father falls for a girl from an affluent family.
The Run of the Country
1995 · 12 votes
Movie10.0DramaComedyA look at exam day in a modern Irish school, where students try to pass their oral Irish language exams, even though they have little knowledge and less affection for the subject.
Lipservice
1999 · 1 votes
Movie7.0DramaHistoryThe story of Anne Devlin, who was caught up in the revolt of the Irish under Robert Emmett in 1803, told exclusively from the woman's point of view.
Anne Devlin
1984 · 2 votes
MovieDramaIreland, 1961. Princess Grace of Monaco makes her first official visit. Little Marion is determined to meet her.