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A Mother Brings Her Son To Be Shot
''A Mother Brings Her Son to Be Shot'' is a 2017 documentary film written and directed by Sinéad O'Shea. Filmed over a period of five years, it tells the story of the O'Donnell family in Derry. Their older son Philly had received a Paramilitary punishment attacks in Northern Ireland, punishment shooting from a paramilitary group. His mother had helped organise it to prevent a worse fate happening to him. The film explores the effects and ramifications of this, along with the sociopolitical background of The Troubles in Ireland, which, however, officially ended in 1998, and how communities remain affected after the Good Friday Agreement. Synopsis The film mostly takes place in Creggan, Derry, Creggan, a housing estate in Derry. Filming began in 2012, after Philly O'Donnell had received a Punishment attacks in Northern Ireland, punishment shooting, allegedly for drug dealing. The family is part of a dissident community where paramilitary offshoots of the Irish Republican Army, IR ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinéad O'Shea
Sinéad ( , ) is an Irish language, Irish feminine name. It is derived from the French language, French ''Jeanette (given name), Jeanette'', which is cognate to the English Janet (given name), Janet, itself a feminine form of the Hebrew language, Hebrew Yohannan (other), ''Yohannan'', "God forgave/God gratified". In English, ''Sinéad'' is also commonly spelled ''Sinead''. The name is generally translated into English as either ''Jane'' or ''Jennifer'', or as the Scottish female name ''Jean''. Notable people and characters with the name include: People Sports * Sinéad Cahalan, camogie player * Sinead Farrelly (born 1989), American soccer player * Sinead Jennings, rower * Sinead Kerr, ice dancer * Sinéad Millea, former camogie player * Sinead Miller, cyclist * Sinead Russell, Olympic swimmer Music * Sinead Harnett, singer/songwriter * Sinéad Lohan, singer/songwriter * Sinéad Madden, singer/songwriter * Sinéad Mulvey, singer, air hostess * Sinéad O'Carroll, sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |