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Robert Carrickford
Robert Carrickford (4 January 1928 – 15 March 2016) was an Irish actor and contributor to Irish arts and culture through performances in theatre, film and television. He played 'Stephen Brennan' in the Irish television series ''Glenroe''. Carrickford was president of Irish Actors Equity during the 1980s and 1990s representing and lobbying for better pay and conditions for Irish actors. He played several roles at the Abbey Theatre The Abbey Theatre ( ga, Amharclann na Mainistreach), also known as the National Theatre of Ireland ( ga, Amharclann Náisiúnta na hÉireann), in Dublin, Ireland, is one of the country's leading cultural institutions. First opening to the pu ... between 1969–80. He died in 2016 at the age of 88. Filmography actor References External links * 20th-century Irish male actors 1928 births 2016 deaths Place of death missing Irish male stage actors Irish male television actors People from Ballyshannon {{Ireland-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballyshannon
Ballyshannon () is a town in County Donegal, Ireland. It is located at the southern end of the county where the N3 from Dublin ends and the N15 crosses the River Erne. Incorporated in 1613, it is one of the oldest towns in Ireland. Location Ballyshannon, which means "the mouth of Seannach's ford", after a fifth-century warrior, Seannach, who was slain there, lies at the mouth of the river Erne. Just west of the town, the Erne widens and its waters meander over a long sandy estuary. The northern bank of the river rises steeply away from the riverbank, while the southern bank is flat with a small cliff that runs parallel to the river. From its idyllic setting, the town looks out over the estuary and has panoramic views of mountains, lakes and forests. History Archaeological sites dating as far back as the Neolithic period (4000 BC – 2500 BC) have been excavated in Ballyshannon and surrounding areas, representing settlement and ritual activity from early periods of human settle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenroe
''Glenroe'' was a television drama series broadcast on RTÉ One in Ireland between September 1983, when the first episode was aired, and May 2001. A spin-off from ''Bracken'' — a short-lived RTÉ drama itself spun off from ''The Riordans'' — ''Glenroe'' was broadcast, generally from September to May, each Sunday night at 8:30 pm. It was created, and written for much of its run, by Wesley Burrowes, and later by various other directors and producers including Paul Cusack, Alan Robinson and Tommy McCardle. Glenroe was the first show to be subtitled by RTÉ, with a broadcast in 1991 starting the station's subtitling policy. ''Glenroe'' centred on the lives of the people living in the fictional rural village of the same name in County Wicklow. The real-life village of Kilcoole was used to film the series. The series was also filmed in studio at RTÉ and in various other locations when directors saw fit. The main protagonists were the Byrne and McDermott/Moran families, relate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbey Theatre
The Abbey Theatre ( ga, Amharclann na Mainistreach), also known as the National Theatre of Ireland ( ga, Amharclann Náisiúnta na hÉireann), in Dublin, Ireland, is one of the country's leading cultural institutions. First opening to the public on 27 December 1904, and moved from its original building after a fire in 1951, it has remained active to the present day. The Abbey was the first state-subsidized theatre in the English-speaking world; from 1925 onwards it received an annual subsidy from the Irish Free State. Since July 1966, the Abbey has been located at 26 Lower Abbey Street, Dublin 1. In its early years, the theatre was closely associated with the writers of the Irish Literary Revival, many of whom were involved in its founding and most of whom had plays staged there. The Abbey served as a nursery for many of leading Irish theatre, Irish playwrights, including William Butler Yeats, Augusta, Lady Gregory, Lady Gregory, Seán O'Casey and John Millington Synge, as w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ballroom Of Romance
''The Ballroom of Romance'' is a 1982 film directed by Pat O'Connor, based on a short story by William Trevor, set in rural Ireland in the 1950s, Plot Bridie has been attending the local dance hall for years in the hope of finding a good husband who can help work her family's farm. Now surrounded by younger prettier women at the dances, she comes to the realization that all the good men of her generation have emigrated or have been spoken for; and her only remaining hope for marriage is with the alcoholic and unreliable Bowser Egan. Cast Background and production * The film was based on a short story by William Trevor set in County Leitrim, Ireland. * The film was shot on location in Ballycroy, County Mayo County Mayo (; ga, Contae Mhaigh Eo, meaning "Plain of the Taxus baccata, yew trees") is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. In the West Region, Ireland, West of Ireland, in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Conn ... as by 1982 the ballr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Irish RM
''The Irish R.M.'' is a trilogy of books by the Anglo-Irish novelists Somerville and Ross and a 1983 television comedy-drama series based on them. They are set in the turn-of-the-twentieth-century west of Ireland. Books The television series is based on stories drawn from: * ''Some Experiences of an Irish R.M.'' ( Longmans, Green & Co., London, 1899) * ''Further Experiences of an Irish R.M.'' (Longmans Green & Co., London, 1908) * ''In Mr Knox's Country'' (Longmans Green & Co., London, 1915) All three books are in the public domain and can be accessed and used without royalty. The various stories concern the life of an Irish ex-British Army officer, Major Sinclair Yeates, recently appointed a Resident Magistrate (R.M.) in Ireland, when the entire island was still part of the United Kingdom. In the television series the Major is English and has previously spent little or no time in Ireland. Filming A television series based on the books was made in the 1980s, and was filme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taffin
''Taffin'' is a 1988 thriller film directed by Francis Megahy and starring Pierce Brosnan in the title role of Mark Taffin.''The Irish Filmography 1896-1996''; Red Mountain Press (Dublin); 1996. Page 196 It also featured Ray McAnally, Alison Doody and Jeremy Child Sir Coles John Jeremy Child, 3rd Baronet (20 September 1944 – 7 March 2022) was a British actor. Early life Coles John Jeremy Child was born on 20 September 1944 in Woking, Surrey, son of Foreign Office diplomat Sir Coles John Child, 2nd .... It is based on Lyndon Mallet's book series. Plot Mark Taffin, a debt collector in the small town of Ballymoran, uses his smarts and martial arts skills to help locals collect debts they are owed. He beats up a restaurant owner and collects his car to pay the man's debt, and aids a trio of young men who have been sold a faulty van. He also helps Charlotte, a local barmaid, who is having trouble with her employer, and who becomes his girlfriend. Taffin learns a local ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quackser Fortune Has A Cousin In The Bronx
''Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx'' is a 1970 Irish-American comedy film directed by Waris Hussein and written by Gabriel Walsh. It stars Gene Wilder as the title character, a poor Irish manure collector who falls in love with an American exchange student (Margot Kidder) after she almost runs him over. Plot In Dublin, a working-class family has been unsuccessful in convincing their son to get a real job: the son prefers his job of scooping up horse's dung and selling it for flower gardens. An American exchange student almost runs him over and gets to know him. The dung man has ignored warnings from his family and suddenly the horses have been banned from Dublin. His new love is leaving for America and he must find a way to cope with the new reality. Cast *Gene Wilder as Aloysius "Quackser" Fortune *Margot Kidder as Zazel Pierce *Eileen Colgan as Betsy Bourke *Seamus Forde as Mr. Fortune *May Ollis as Mrs. Fortune *Liz Davis as Kathleen Fortune *Caroline Tully as Vera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
''The Pink Panther Strikes Again'' is a 1976 comedy film. The fifth film in ''The Pink Panther'' series, its plot picks up three years after '' The Return of the Pink Panther'', with former Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus (Herbert Lom) about to be released from a psychiatric hospital after having finally been driven insane by new Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau's (Peter Sellers) unrelenting ineptitude in the previous films. A typically disastrous visit from Clouseau on the day of his release prompts a swift relapse which cancels Dreyfus's scheduled discharge, but he soon escapes anyway, and organizes an elaborate criminal plot to threaten the countries of the world with annihilation by a massive laser weapon if they do not assassinate Clouseau for him. Unused footage from the film was later included in ''Trail of the Pink Panther'' (1982), after Sellers's death. Plot After three years in a psychiatric hospital, former Chief Inspector of the Sûreté Charles Dreyfus (Herbert Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Outsider (1980 Film)
''The Outsider'' is a 1979 film thriller set largely in Belfast during The Troubles; it was the first film directed by Italian-American Tony Luraschi. The film is based on the book ''The Heritage of Michael Flaherty'' by Colin Leinster, and details the fictional experience of an idealistic Irish-American who travels to Ireland and joins the IRA in the 1970s. Production Luraschi, who had worked as an assistant director with Stanley Kramer and Roger Vadim, had never been to Ireland until 1976. The company was unable to film in Northern Ireland, so instead made arrangement with a local residents' association to film the exterior scenes in the Dublin suburb of Ringsend. Release Despite the distributor's hope, the film was rejected by the 1979 London Film Festival. It opened at The Gate 2 cinema in Bloomsbury, London on 29 November 1979 during the festival. Reception The film caused a minor scandal where government officials were outraged at a scene that showed a British officer par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Devlin (film)
''Anne Devlin'' is a 1984 Irish drama film directed by Pat Murphy. It was entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival. Cast * Brid Brennan as Anne Devlin * Bosco Hogan as Robert Emmet * Des McAleer as James Hope * Gillian Hackett as Rose Hope * David Kelly as Dr. Trevor * Ian McElhinney as Major Sirr * Chris O'Neill as Thomas Russell * Pat Leavy as Mrs. Devlin * Marie Conmee Marie Conmee (1933–1994) was an Irish film and stage actor and gay activist. With her partner Mary Brady, she facilitated a monthly group for lesbians to meet in a pub in Dublin in the 1980s, at a time when such opportunities were scarce. Her ... as Mrs. Darby * John Cowley as Devlin References External links * 1984 films 1984 drama films Irish drama films English-language Irish films 1980s English-language films {{Ireland-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1928 Births
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album ''63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album '' Refugee'' * "Nineteen", a song by Karma to Burn from the 2001 album ''Almost Heathen''. * "Nineteen" (song), a 2007 song by American singer Billy Ray Cyrus. * "Nineteen", a song by Tegan and Sara from the 2007 album '' The Con''. * "XIX" (song), a 2014 song by Slipk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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