John Kavanagh Movies

A two-part biography of the Irish writer Samuel Beckett. The first part covers the traumas of his formative years: his ill-fated love affair with his...

Conn, a member of the IRA and a former hunger striker, is serving a life sentence for murder. During peace talks, he is released on a 24-hour parole...

Explores the detailed concepts of Ireland and Irish Freedom developed by Patrick Pearse, a leader of the 1916 Irish Rebellion, visiting the places...

Criminal Martin Cahill gets in trouble when a major robbery succeeds. He aims for more trouble when he tries to do a large art robbery

Grania did something 15 years ago that brought her great happiness but also great pain. The events of that day have been a heavy secret to bear that,...

The 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,...

The connection between a young girl and her grandfather transcends both a generation, and family politics. When Etain's grandfather moves into a...

Docudrama film exploring the efforts of World in Action researchers Ian MacBride and Chris Mullin in proving that the "Birmingham Six" only admitted...

Powerful drama set in 1960s Ireland about a young, unmarried mother-to-be whose family sends her to a convent. There, out of sight of society, her...

Spike Milligan's book about the divided Irish village of Puckoon comes to the big screen.

A black comedy about two old-time conmen who pretend to be able to communicate with the dead.

A Protestant Irish family is caught up in a conflict between Irish Republicans and the British army.

A young Dublin woman is stalked by a telephone charmer who poses victims nude and then stabs them.

The lifelong friendship of two rural Irish girls is put on the test when they grow up and leave for the big city, each with different life goals in...

The growing relationship of two people who travel through Ireland in a series of stolen cars.

Fatso is the proprietor of what may be the worst eaterie in the city, and is struggling to keep a sinking ship afloat. His compulsive gambling is...

Kelvin's quiet life is turned upside down when a new neighbour turns out to be a beautiful woman.

Based on real stories, using both actors and non-actors, and filmed on location in Dublin, A Week in the Life of Martin Cluxton (1971) is a rare...

A dramatization of the circumstances surrounding the murder of Carl Bridgewater and the subsequent trial and imprisonment of four men.

Geoffrey Carr is a wealthy, key player in Britain's emerging computer industry, and newly married to Frances , a much younger woman, with wilful...