''The Franciscan Friars of Killarney'' is a 1911 American silent documentary produced by

Kalem Company The Kalem Company was an early American film studio founded in New York City in 1907. It was one of the first companies to make films abroad and to set up winter production facilities, first in Florida and then in California. Kalem was sold to V ...

. It was directed by

Sidney Olcott Sidney Olcott (born John Sidney Allcott, September 20, 1872 – December 16, 1949) was a Canadian-born film producer, director, actor and screenwriter. Biography Born John Sidney Allcott in Toronto, he became one of the first great direc ...

Production notes

The film was shot in Beaufort, co Kerry, Ireland, during summer of 1911.

References

* Michel Derrien, ''Aux origines du cinéma irlandais: Sidney Olcott, le premier oeil'', TIR 2013.

External links

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''The Franciscan Friars of Killarney''
website dedicated to Sidney Olcott 1911 films American silent short films Films set in Ireland Films shot in Ireland Films directed by Sidney Olcott American black-and-white films American documentary films 1911 documentary films 1910s American films {{short-silent-documentary-film-stub