The Boys from County Clare

The Boys from County Clare
The Boys and Girl From County Clare
Directed by John Irvin
Produced by Wolfgang Esenwein
Evzen Kolar
Ellen Dinerman Little
Written by Nicholas Adams
Starring Bernard Hill
Charlotte Bradley
Andrea Corr
Colm Meaney
Stephan Brennan
Eamonn Owens
Shaun Evans
Ian Shaw
Brendan O'Hare
Music by Fiachra Trench
Cinematography Thomas Burstyn
Editing by Ian Crawford
Distributed by Studio Hamburg WorldWide Pictures
Release date(s) Canada September 12, 2003
United States April 3, 2004
Running time 90 minutes
Country Ireland
United Kingdom
Germany
Language English
Gaelic

The Boys From County Clare is a 2003 Irish comedy/drama film about a céilí band from Liverpool that travels to Ireland to compete in a céilí competition in County Clare. Directed by John Irvin, the film was released in Canada on September 12, 2003.

Alternative titles for the film are The Boys and Girl From County Clare for the US release and The Great Ceili War for the UK release.

Plot

Jimmy McMahon (Colm Meaney) is an Irishman living in Liverpool who directs a céilidh band of young men go to a competition of traditional Celtic music in Ireland in County Clare. A native Irish band directed by John Joe McMahon (Bernard Hill) is also present to compete as well, with animosity between Jimmy and John as they are brothers. The two brothers could not be more different, as they have taken different paths. There are multiple surprises for them as the competition takes place, with a familial twist at the very end.

Cast

  • Bernard Hill as John Joe McMahon
  • Andrea Corr as Anne
  • Charlotte Bradley as Maisie
  • Stephan Brennan as Miko
  • Colm Meaney as Jimmy McMahon
  • Eamonn Owens as Pat
  • Shaun Evans as Teddy
  • Ian Shaw as Johnny
  • Brendan O'Hare as Brendan
  • Malachy Bourke as Ben
  • Leslie Bingham as Leslie
  • Phillip Barantini as Alex
  • Frank Twomey as Roger
  • Emmet Kirwan as Clive

External links

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1980s
The Dogs of War (1980) · Ghost Story (1981) · Champions (1984) · Turtle Diary (1985) · Raw Deal (1986) · Hamburger Hill (1987) · Next of Kin (1989)
1990s
Eminent Domain (1990) · Robin Hood (1991) · Widows' Peak (1994) · Freefall (1994) · A Month by the Lake (1995) · Crazy Horse (1996) · City of Industry (1997) · When Trumpets Fade (1998) · Noah's Ark (1999)
2000s
Shiner (2000) · The Fourth Angel (2001) · The Boys from County Clare (2003) · Dot.Kill (2005) · The Fine Art of Love: Mine Ha-Ha (2005) · The Moon and the Stars (2007) · The Garden of Eden (2008)

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