List of Irish films


This is chronology of films produced in Ireland:

1920s

YearTitleDirectorActorsGenreComments
1920Willy Reilly and His Colleen BawnJohn MacDonaghBrian Magowan, Frances Alexander, John MacDonaghhistorical dramaSecond and final major film of the Film Company of Ireland
1920In the Days of St PatrickNorman WhittenIra Ellen, Vernon Whitten, Gilbert Green, Alice Cardinall, Dermot McCarthyhistorical drama
1922Cruiskeen LawnJohn McDonaghTom MoranProducer: Norman Whitten
1922Casey's MillionsJohn McDonaghBarrett MacDonnell, Chris Sylvester, Jimmy O'DeaComedyProducer: Norman Whitten
1925BlarneyMarcel De SanoRalph Graves, Paulette Duval, Renée AdoréeComedy
1926Irish DestinyGeorge DewhurstBrian Magowan, Paddy Dunne CullinanWarLove story set in the Irish War of Independence; includes footage of actual fighting

1930s

YearTitleDirectorActorsGenreComments
1934Man of AranRobert FlahertyColman "Tiger" King, Maggie Dirrane, Michael DirraneDocumentary
1934Ireland: 'The Emerald Isle'Ruth FitzPatrickJames A. FitzPatrick Short Documentary/Travelogue
1935Guests of the NationDenis JohnstonBarry Fitzgerald, Cyril Cusack, Shelah RichardsDrama
1935Oidhche SheanchaisRobert J. FlahertySeáinín Tom Ó DioráinStorytellingFirst Irish language sync sound film
Lost until 2012
1936The DawnThomas CooperBrian O'SullivanWar drama
1936The Luck of the IrishDonovan PedeltyRichard Hayward, Niall MacGinnis, Kay WalshDrama
1936Irish and Proud of ItDonovan PedeltyRichard Hayward, Dinah Sheridan and Liam GaffneyMusical comedy
1937Kathleen MavourneenNorman LeeSally O'Neil, Tom Burke, Jack Daly and Sara AllgoodMusical dramaalso known as Kathleen
1937Rose of TraleeOswald MitchellBinkie Stuart, Kathleen O'Regan and Fred ConynghamMusical
1938Men of IrelandRichard BirdBrian O'SullivanDrama

1940s

YearTitleDirectorActorsGenreComments
1948My Hands Are ClayLionel TomlinsonBernardette LeahyDrama
1949You Can't Fool an IrishmanAlfred TraversTommy Duggancomedy

1950s

YearTitleDirectorActorsGenreComments
1951The Hills of IrelandHarry DuganPat O'Brien documentary travelogue
1951Return to GlennascaulHilton EdwardsOrson Welleshorror/ shortalso known as Orson Welles' Ghost Story
1952The Quiet ManJohn FordJohn Wayne, Maureen O'Hara and Barry Fitzgeraldcomedy
1953Fintona, A Study of Housing Discriminationdocumentary shortIrish Government-sponsored film alleging anti-Catholic housing discrimination in Fintona, Co.Tyrone. The first 3 minutes of this film is voiceover with no moving images.
1957Pretty PollyTony InglisNoel Purcellshort
1957Professor TimHenry CassBill Foley
1957The Rising of the MoonJohn FordTyrone Power, Cyril Cusack, Noel Purcell and Denis O'Deacomedy/ dramaThree vignettes based on short stories illustrating rural Irish life: The Majesty of the Law, A Minute's Wait and 1921
1959Home Is the HeroFielder CookWalter Mackendrama romanceEntered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival
1959Mise ÉireGeorge MorrisonLiam Budhlaeir DocumentaryChronicles Irish history from 1890s-1918, including the 1916 Easter Rising. It was the first feature length Irish language film.
1959 Shake Hands with the DevilMichael AndersonJames Cagney, Don Murray, Dana Wynter and Glynis Johnshistorical dramaPortrays the Irish War of Independence
1959Broth of a BoyGeorge PollockBarry Fitzgerald, June Thorburn, Eddie Golden and Godfrey Quigleycomedy
1959This Other EdenMuriel BoxAudrey Dalton, Leslie Phillips, Niall MacGinnis and Geoffrey GoldenComedy-drama
1959Darby O'Gill and the Little PeopleRobert StevensonAlbert Sharpe, Janet Munro, Sean Connery and Jimmy O'Deachildren's