''The Queen of Ireland'' is a 2015 Irish

documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional film, motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". Bill Nichols (film critic), Bil ...

directed by

Conor Horgan Conor Horgan is an Irish film director, screenwriter and photographer. Career Horgan first trained as a photographer, before moving into directing TV commercials. He has directed over 70 commercials and has won Best Director and Best Photograph ...

. It focuses on Rory O'Neill, better known as Panti, in the lead up to the historic referendum on marriage equality for same-sex couples in Ireland in 2015. When the film debuted in Ireland, it had the highest ever grossing opening weekend for an Irish documentary.

Critical response

The film has been positively received, with Tara Brady of ''

The Irish Times ''The Irish Times'' is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper and online digital publication. It launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Ruadhán Mac Cormaic. It is published every day except Sundays. ''The Irish Times'' is considered a newspaper ...

'' remarking that the "triumphant documentary deftly weaves through monumental moment of social history without losing sight of protagonist". Paul Whitington of ''

The Irish Independent The ''Irish Independent'' is an Republic of Ireland, Irish daily newspaper and online publication which is owned by Independent News & Media (INM), a subsidiary of Mediahuis. The newspaper version often includes glossy magazines. Traditional ...

'' rated it 4 stars, while ''

The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...

'' also rated it 4 stars, writing that "Horgan’s film shapes up as a most pleasing portrait."

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* * * 2015 films English-language Irish films Irish documentary films Irish LGBT-related films Documentary films about gay men Universal Pictures films Films set in Dublin (city) 2015 LGBT-related films 2010s English-language films {{LGBT-documentary-film-stub