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1) Exiles
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Exiles" is his only play, which he wrote in the midst of composing "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" and "Ulysses." Joyce noted Henrik Ibsen and his last play "When We Dead Awaken" as major influences. He described the play itself as "three cat and mouse acts," a story that chronicles a group of people trying to come to grips with reconciling idealistic principles with their own passions.
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (214 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tara Rafferty is a high-flying solicitor living an apparently charmed existence with her good-looking law-partner fiancé Eric. But when she discovers Eric is cheating on her with a colleague, she decides to go it alone and start her own law firm.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set in 1967, a heartwarming film that follows the story of three generations of close friends, Lily, Eileen, and Dolly of Ballygar, a hard-knocks community in Dublin, who have one tantalizing dream: to win a pilgrimage to the sacred French town of Lourdes, that place of miracles that draws millions of visitors each year. When the chance to win presents itself, the women seize it. However, just before their trip, their old friend Chrissie arrives in...
4) Albert Nobbs
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A woman passes as a man in order to work and survive in 19th century Ireland. Some thirty years after donning men's clothing, she finds herself trapped in a prison of her own making.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (326 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tara Rafferty is a high-flying solicitor living an apparently charmed existence with her good-looking law-partner fiancé Eric. But when she discovers Eric is cheating on her with a colleague, she decides to go it alone and start her own law firm.
6) Once
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When an Irish street musician and a keyboardist from Czechoslovakia put together a demo disc, they discover their budding love for one another through their songs.
9) Tara Road
Publisher
First Look Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
One woman's life is devastated when her only son dies, and another woman's life comes abruptly to a halt when her marriage ends. The two agree to swap homes, and through their new surroundings, they find strength and healing.
10) Kisses
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (78 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After being abused by their dysfunctional families, pre-teen neighbors Dylan and Kylie decide to run away from home on Christmas Eve. The two set off in search of Dylan's brother who had made his own escape two years prior. At first Dublin is a colorful kaleidoscope of wonder and mystery, but as the night wears on, the city takes on a darker character, and the two must rely on the kindness of strangers and Bob Dylan's wisdom to persevere. After that...
11) Glassland
Series
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
©2016
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
John lives with his mother, Jean, in a social housing suburb and ekes out a meager existence as a taxi driver. After finding his mother unconscious from yet another night of binge drinking, John learns that without treatment, she will not have much longer to live. Desperate to save their broken family, he offers his services to a petty criminal in order to pay for Jean's costly rehab treatment, but this decision runs the risk of changing their lives...
12) Rose plays Julie
Series
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It is the story of a young woman searching for her biological mother. Set against a backdrop of misogyny, revenge, and longing, Rose undertakes a journey that leads her to revelations that are both devastating and dangerous.
13) The tiger's tail
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"In a society divided by "haves" and "have nots," wealthy Irish capitalist Liam O'Leary has it all. But now, Liam is being stalked by a menacing look-alike, intent on stealing away everything he has: his job, his wife, and his sanity. As his perfect world comes crashing down, Liam must fight to stay alive and uncover the shocking secret of his shadowy past before it destroys him". -- container.
14) What Richard did
Publisher
Element Pictures
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The world is bright and everything seems possible for Richard Karlsen, the golden boy of his privileged set of Dublin teens, until he does something that destroys it all and shatters the lives of the people closest to him.
15) Love, Rosie
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 102 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A heart-warming, modern and romantic comedy-of-errors. Since the age five, Rosie and Alex have been best friends, facing the highs and lows of growing up side by side. A fleeting shared moment, one missed opportunity, and the decisions that follow send their lives in completely different directions. As each navigates the complexities of life, love, and everything in between, they always find their way back to each other, but is it just friendship,...
16) The informer
Publisher
British International Classics
Pub. Date
1919, 2016
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
None
Description
Based on Liam O'Flaherty's popular Irish novel, this gripping thriller is set among a group of revolutionaries in the newly independent Ireland of 1922. When one of their number kills the chief of police, he goes on the run. But when he returns to Dublin he is cruelly betrayed by his onetime friend Gypo, who then has to battle his old friends as well as his own mounting guilt.
Publisher
Miramax Films
Pub. Date
[©2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Born with cerebral palsy, the 10th of 22 children of a Dublin bricklayer and his wife, Christy Brown was doomed to life as a vegetable by physicians in 1932. His strong-willed mother's love and faith encouraged him to overcome this label. At age seven, he made a mark with chalk grasped between the toes of his left foot, the only limb on his body he could control. With this proof of intelligence, his schooling begins, and aided by his loving family,...
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