
Paul Ronan
Actor · b. 1965
Movies24
Movie6.2CrimeThrillerFrankie McGuire, one of the IRA's deadliest assassins, draws an American family into the crossfire of terrorism. But when he is sent to the U.S. to buy weapons, Frankie is housed with the family of Tom O'Meara, a New York cop who knows nothing about Frankie's real identity. Their surprising friendship, and Tom's growing suspicions, forces Frankie to choose between the promise of peace or a lifetime of murder.
The Devil's Own
1997 · 1.4K votes
Movie6.6DramaRomanceAn American girl, sent to the English countryside to stay with relatives, finds love and purpose while fighting for her survival as war envelops the world around her.
How I Live Now
2013 · 970 votes
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
Movie6.7DramaCrimeIn this true story, Veronica Guerin is an investigative reporter for an Irish newspaper. As the drug trade begins to bleed into the mainstream, Guerin decides to take on and expose those responsible. Beginning at the bottom with addicts, Guerin then gets in touch with John Traynor, a paranoid informant. Not without some prodding, Traynor leads her to John Gilligan, the ruthless head of the operation, who does not take kindly to Guerin's nosing.
Veronica Guerin
2003 · 348 votes
Movie6.0WesternAn Irish undertaker profits when outlaws take over a peaceful town, but his own family come under threat as the death toll increases dramatically.
Never Grow Old
2019 · 243 votes
Movie6.2ComedyThrillerMichael Lynch is a notorious criminal with two wives and a flair for showmanship. He's also a huge embarrassment to the local police, who are determined to bring him down once and for all.
Ordinary Decent Criminal
2000 · 255 votes
MovieDramaLily, a girl with a secret on the cusp of becoming a young woman, is faced with the greatest challenge of her young life.
Lily
2016
Movie5.5ComedyCrimeA depressed housewife whose husband is having an affair contemplates suicide, but changes her mind when she faces death by a killer hired to do her in.
Faithful
1996 · 31 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 · 106 votes
Movie5.0ComedyRomanceWhen high-brow author PC Molloy is forced to write for April Devereaux's gossip magazine Poison Pen, he is not only caught up in a world of stars and their secrets he is also in danger of becoming a celebrity himself. Soon the spotlight is turning on Molloy and he struggles to keep his own secrets off the front page. But when he finds himself falling for his boss will he be able to find the right words?
Poison Pen
2014 · 4 votes
Movie7.0ComedyDramaThe first part of O'Casey's "The Dublin Trilogy". Set in 1920, as the War of Independence rages, "Shadow of a Gunman" is the story of two young men, Donal and Seamus who share a flat in Dublin.
Shadow of a Gunman
1995 · 2 votes
Movie4.8DramaThrillerDowd, an IRA prisoner in the H-blocks, is gloomily facing his sentence, until he joins a comrade in a risky escape. Dowd begins a new life in New York, but he might as well be in prison again - until he strikes up a friendship with co-worker Tulio and gets to know his close group of Guatemalan exiles.
A Further Gesture
1997 · 13 votes
Movie5.3ComedyDramaThe film tells the story of speed dating addict James Van Der Bexton as he approaches his 30th birthday.
Speed Dating
2007 · 3 votes
Movie6.0DramaThe story of Lily, a girl with a secret, on the cusp of becoming a young woman. With her best friend, the fiercely loyal and flamboyant Simon, she navigates the treacherous waters of school life. When a misunderstanding with the beautiful and popular Violet leads to a vicious attack, Lily is faced with the greatest challenge of her young life.
Who We Love
2023 · 1 votes
Movie6.4RomanceDramaShergar, Ireland's most decorated thoroughbread and perhaps the greatest race horse of all time, is kidnapped by IRA terrorists and held for a $2 million ransom. Can a young stable boy save Shergar's life... and his own before it's too late?
Shergar
1999 · 11 votes
Movie5.3RomanceDramaAdapted from James Joyce's Ulysses, Bloom is the enthralling story of June 16th, 1904 and a gateway into the consiousness of its three main characters: Stephen Dedalus, Molly Bloom and the extraordinary Leopold Bloom.
Bloom
2004 · 11 votes
Movie6.2ActionPeter, a young aircraft engineer is deceived by his manager Jason into substituting faulty aircraft parts. When a part explodes killing a passenger, Air accident investigation find Peter responsible. Jason is found murdered.
Point of No Return
2018 · 10 votes
Movie9.0DramaIt's Ireland in the 1960s and showbands and ballrooms are big business. However, Tony is struggling to repay his bank loan and is in danger of losing his ballroom. In order to save it, he sets out to turn unknown female performer Denise into a superstar practically overnight.
Showbands
2005 · 1 votes
MovieCrimeThrillerA retired soldier, tortured by the untimely death of his beloved wife and the apparent suicide of one of his friends, suspects foul play.
Tuesday Traders
2025
- Movie9.0CrimeRomance
An aging criminal, about to pull an armed robbery,reflects on a friend of his: a fellow criminal, who lost his life in a recent robbery attempt,on a woman whom he's been seeing and for whom he has strong feelings and whether or not he should go ahead with the present crime.
Do Armed Robbers Have Love Affairs?
2002 · 1 votes
Movie2.0Andy and Maggie, a young Irish couple, travel to England as the result of an unplanned pregnancy, where Maggie will face the biggest decision of her life.
Twice Shy
2016 · 2 votes
Movie6.2DramaRomanceIn 1939 Ireland, a young man decides to lead a forty mile cattle drive rather than selling his cattle to an unscrupulous local buyer.
Durango
1999 · 6 votes
MovieComedyOn his last day on the bench, District Court Judge Seamus Moynihan finds himself presiding over the most controversial case his court - and his town - has ever seen.
Tradition
2019
- Movie3.0DramaRomance
An Irishman emigrates to New York during the most heated point of the tensions in Northern Ireland in 1991. However, escaping the conflict in his home country does not free him from the strife. He becomes involved in gunrunning.
Exiled
1999 · 3 votes
Series6
TV7.8DramaThe Tudors is a history-based drama series following the young, vibrant King Henry VIII, a competitive and lustful monarch who navigates the intrigues of the English court and the human heart with equal vigor and justifiable suspicion.
The Tudors
2007 · 860 votes
TV4.7DramaThe day-to-day dramas of the community who live and work in the fictional north Dublin suburb of Carrigstown.
Fair City
1989 · 11 votes
TV6.3DramaAn anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.
Performance
1991 · 2 votes
TV7.2ComedyDramaA young British priest adjusts to life in a rural Irish community where life revolves around the church and the local pub. Everyone knows everyone else's business, and everyone usually has an opinion on it. While characters come and go, the small-town qualities remain.
Ballykissangel
1996 · 10 votes
TV6.4CrimeDramaTaken Down is a crime drama series set in Dublin. The first series investigates the violent death of a young Nigerian migrant found abandoned close to a Direct Provision Centre, where refugees await the hope of asylum. The investigation brings us into a twilight world of the new Ireland where slum landlords and criminals prey on the vulnerable.
Taken Down
2018 · 5 votes
TV7.3DramaThe move towards independence in Ireland, from the 1916 Easter Rising until the 1922 civil war is seen through the eyes of a naive idealistic young man
Rebel Heart
2001 · 3 votes