1. APPROACHES TO IRELAND through film Geoffrey Keating

2. FILM HistoryCultureSocietyLanguage

3. DUBLIN  The Commitments (1991) Roddy Doyle  The Van (1996) Roddy Doyle  The General – John Boorman (1998)  Intermission (2003) Mark O’Rowe  Adam and Paul – Leonard Abrahamson (2004) Mark O’Halloran  Once (2006)

4. RURAL  The Quiet Man – John Ford (1952)  The Field – Jim Sheridan (1990)  The Butcher Boy – Neil Jordan (1996) Pat McCabe  Dancing at Lughnasa – Pat O’Connor (1998) Brian Friel  Garage – Leonard Abrahamson (2007) Mark O’Halloran  DruidSynge – Garry Hynes (2007)

5. POLITICAL  In the Name of the Father – Jim Sheridan (1993)  Michael Collins – Neil Jordan (1996)  Bloody Sunday (2002)  The Wind that Shakes the Barley – Ken Loach (2006)

6. SOCIETY  My Left Foot – Jim Sheridan (1989)  The Magdalene Sisters (2002) 1841 – 8.2 m