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Seán McGinley
Seán McGinley (born c. 1956) is an Irish actor. He has appeared in about 80 films and television series. Early life McGinley was born in Pettigo, County Donegal, in Ulster, Ireland, where his father was a customs officer, and raised in nearby Ballyshannon. He is a graduate of University College, Galway, and was a member of the Druid Theatre Company from 1977–1989. McGinley later starred in various movies. Career McGinley has appeared in such films as '' The General'', '' Braveheart'', '' The Butcher Boy'', ''Gangs of New York'', '' Freeze Frame'', and '' Man About Dog''. He has also starred in various television series. He played Malachy on ''Republic of Doyle'' from 2010 to 2014. He appeared in an episode of '' Midsomer Murders'' as a horse whisperer Natural horsemanship is a collective term for a variety of horse training techniques which have seen rapid growth in popularity since the 1980s. The techniques vary in their precise tenets but generally share principles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pettigo
Pettigo, also spelt Pettigoe ( ; ), is a small village and townland on the border of County Donegal, Republic of Ireland and County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is bisected by the Termon River which is part of the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The portion of the village in Northern Ireland is officially called Tullyhommon but is locally known as 'High Street' because of its hillside position overlooking the remainder of the village. The rest of the village in the Republic includes Main Street, Mill Street and Station Street, all of which meet in The Diamond at the centre of the village. There are also two relatively modern housing estates on the northern outskirts, Termon Villas and St. Patrick's Terrace, along with new developments such as Mill Grove. Until the late 1700s, the area was known as 'An Tearmann', meaning 'a place of sanctuary'. The modern Irish (Paiteagó) and English (Pettigo) names derive from the Latin (protection), a transl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republic Of Doyle
''Republic of Doyle'' is a Canadian comedy-drama television series set in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, which aired on CBC Television from January 6, 2010, to December 10, 2014. The show stars Allan Hawco as private investigator and former police officer Jake Doyle and Seán McGinley as his father, retired police officer Malachy Doyle. They partner as private investigators with Rose Doyle, Malachy's second wife, played by Lynda Boyd, in St. John's. Krystin Pellerin stars as Constable/Sergeant Leslie Bennett, with Mark O'Brien as Desmond "Des" Courtney, who works with the Doyles, and Marthe Bernard as Katrina "Tinny" Doyle, Jake's niece and Malachy's granddaughter. Their cases involve them in all sorts of dealings – not all of them on the right side of the law. Cast Main * Allan Hawco as Jake Doyle * Seán McGinley as Malachy Doyle * Lynda Boyd as Rose Miller / Rose Doyle * Krystin Pellerin as Leslie Bennett * Rachel Wilson as Dr. Nikki Renholds (main, season 1; recur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Magus (1999 Film)
''Simon Magus'' is a 1999 British historical mystery drama film directed by Ben Hopkins and starring Noah Taylor and Stuart Townsend. It was entered into the 49th Berlin International Film Festival. Background The film is named for the village fool Simon ( Noah Taylor), who is in turn named for the 1st century magician Simon Magus. Plot In 19th century Poland, a Jew named Dovid Bendel ( Stuart Townsend) tries to revive his dwindling shtetl village by building a railway station next to it. The squire ( Rutger Hauer) agrees to provide the land, on the condition that Dovid will read his poetry. A cunning business man (Sean McGinley) is also interested in the land and he tries to compete using money and threats. Through this all wanders the outcast Simon ( Noah Taylor), a man rumoured to have magical powers. Cast * Stuart Townsend as Dovid Bendel * Noah Taylor as Simon Magus * Rutger Hauer as Count Albrecht * Embeth Davidtz as Leah * Sean McGinley as Hase * Ian Holm as Siri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Resurrection Man (film)
''Resurrection Man'' is a 1998 Irish extreme horror period drama film, set specifically in Northern Ireland, directed by Marc Evans with a screenplay written by Eoin McNamee based on his novel of the same name. The story is loosely based on the real-life "Shankill Butchers", an Ulster loyalist gang in 1970s Belfast who conducted random killings of Catholic civilians until their leader, Lenny Murphy, was assassinated by a Provisional IRA hit squad. Cast *Stuart Townsend – Victor Kelly * John Hannah – Darkie Larche *James Nesbitt – Ryan * James Ellis – Coppinger *Brenda Fricker – Dorcas Kelly * Geraldine O'Rawe – Heather Graham *Seán McGinley – Sammy McClure * George Shane – James Kelly Production Although set in Belfast, ''Resurrection Man'' was not filmed there, with the English cities of Manchester, Liverpool and Warrington serving as the film's locations. Critical reception and analysis In an essay entitled "Vampire Troubles: Loyalism and Resurrection Man", ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Informant (1997 Film)
''The Informant'' is a 1997 cable TV movie produced by Showtime, starring Cary Elwes and Timothy Dalton. It was directed by Jim McBride and written by Nicholas Meyer based upon the book ''Field of Blood'' by Gerald Seymour. Plot The film tells the story of Sean Pius McAnally "Gingy" and the journey he makes on his way to becoming a supergrass. Gingy is reluctantly pulled out of retirement in a caravan in the Republic of Ireland by two IRA men who bring him back to Belfast to perform one last job due to his skill with an RPG. On their way back they are stopped by a British Army patrol led by Lt. David Ferris who introduces himself to Gingy. Gingy initially refuses the job but realises he has no choice after the Chief of the Belfast Brigade briefs him and threatens him. The job entails the killing of a judge using an RPG, during the getaway the gang smash through a roadblock and one of the soldiers from the previous patrol recognises Gingy from the previous checkpoint. Cast *A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Further Gesture
''A Further Gesture'' is a 1997 film directed by Robert Dornhelm. It stars Stephen Rea and Alfred Molina and had its première at the 12th Dublin Film Festival on 4 March 1997. It is also known as ''The Break''. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved: 2013-03-15. Cast * as Sean Dowd * as Tulio * as Monica * |
The Disappearance Of Finbar
''The Disappearance of Finbar '' is a mystery drama film directed by Sue Clayton and starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers in an early role. The film also features an appearance of Colin Farrell Colin James Farrell (; born 31 May 1976) is an Irish actor. A leading man in projects across various genres in both blockbuster and independent films since the 2000s, he has received numerous accolades including a Golden Globe Award. ''The ..., in an uncredited role. Plot Finbar and Danny are close childhood friends who live in a depressing neighbourhood in an Irish town. Finbar gets the chance to play soccer on a team going to Sweden but can't handle it and comes back. His family, friends and even he himself realise that he will get nowhere in life. His relationship to Danny gets worse. In an act of desperation one night he falls from a motorway bridge but a body is never found. Several years later, after wondering what happened to Finbar, Danny receives a mysterious phone call from Sw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trojan Eddie
''Trojan Eddie'' is a 1996 British-Irish crime drama film directed by Gillies MacKinnon Gillies MacKinnon (born 8 January 1948, Glasgow) is a Scottish film director, writer and painter. He attended the Glasgow School of Art where he studied mural painting. Following this he became an art teacher and cartoonist, and about this tim .... References External links * * 1996 films 1990s crime drama films 1996 romantic drama films British drama films Films directed by Gillies MacKinnon 1990s English-language films 1990s British films {{1990s-UK-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Collins (film)
''Michael Collins'' is a 1996 Biographical film, biographical historical drama, period drama (film and television), drama film written and directed by Neil Jordan and starring Liam Neeson as the Irish freedom fighter and politician Michael Collins (Irish leader), Michael Collins, who was a leading figure in the early-20th-century Irish struggle for independence against Britain. It won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and was also nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Score, Best Original Score and Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Best Cinematography at the 69th Academy Awards. Plot At the close of the Easter Rising in 1916, the besieged Irish freedom fighters surrender to the British Army at the Irish republicanism, Irish Republican General Post Office, Dublin, headquarters in Dublin, Ireland, Dublin. Several key figures of the Rising, including Patrick Pearse, Thomas MacDonagh, Tom Clarke (Irish republican), Tom Clarke and James Connolly, are executed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circle Of Friends (1995 Film)
''Circle of Friends'' is a 1995 film directed by Irish filmmaker Pat O'Connor, and based on the 1990 novel of the same name written by Maeve Binchy. The movie was well received by critics and was a box office success. Plot Set in 1950s Ireland, the film relates the experiences of Bernadette "Benny" Hogan and her friends: Eve Malone and Nan Mahon. They are characterised during their First Communion: Benny is the beloved and well-fed only child of a tailor with a shop, Eve is the orphan reared by nuns and Nan is destined to be defined by her beauty. They grow up in the small town of Knockglen. Eight years later, Nan has moved to Dublin, and Benny and Eve have graduated from convent school and are heading to Dublin and university. Eve's education is financed by the local landowning Westward Protestant family, who employed her father before his death. She has also been granted one of their estate cottages. She boards at a Dublin convent, while Benny commutes between home and Dubli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Field (film)
''The Field'' is a 1990 Irish drama film written and directed by Jim Sheridan and starring Richard Harris, John Hurt, Sean Bean, Brenda Fricker and Tom Berenger. It was adapted from John B. Keane's 1965 play of the same name. The film is set in the early 1930s and was shot almost entirely in the Connemara village of Leenaun. Plot Bull McCabe, an Irish farmer, dumps a dead donkey in a lake. It transpires that McCabe's son, Tadhg, killed the donkey after discovering it had broken into the field the family has rented for generations. The donkey's owner blames Bull McCabe for the death and demands "blood money". McCabe has a deep attachment to the rented field, which his family has cultivated and improved, from barren to now very productive, over a number of generations. The field's owner is a widow who, around the time of the 10th anniversary of the death of her husband, decides to sell the field. She decides to sell the field by public auction rather than to McCabe directly. Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fools Of Fortune
''Fools of Fortune'' is a 1990 Irish romantic drama film directed by Pat O'Connor and written by Michael Hirst based on the 1983 novel by Irish writer William Trevor. It depicts a Protestant family caught up in the conflict between the British Army and the IRA during the Irish War of Independence. Cast * Iain Glen as Willie Quinton ** Sean T. McClory as young Willie * Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as Marianne * Julie Christie as Mrs. Quinton * Catherine McFadden as Imelda * Amy-Joyce Hastings (credited as Amy Hastings) as Geraldine Quinton * Michael Kitchen as Mr. Quinton * Hazel Flanagan as Deirdre Quinton * Frankie McCafferty as Tim Paddy * Niamh Cusack as Josephine * John Kavanagh as Johnny Lacy Production It was filmed on location in Dublin, County Westmeath, Galway and at Ardmore Studios. Release The film went to VHS and Laserdisc, but has not yet appeared on DVD. ''New York Times'' reviewer Vincent Canby described the film as "an ambitious mess, of interest only beca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
