The Boys and Girl From County Clare | |
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Directed by | John Irvin |
Produced by | Wolfgang Esenwein Evzen Kolar Ellen Dinerman Little Bill Kenwright |
Written by | Nicholas Adams |
Starring | Bernard Hill Charlotte Bradley Andrea Corr Colm Meaney Stephan Brennan Eamonn Owens Shaun Evans Ian Shaw Brendan O'Hare |
Music by | Fiachra Trench |
Cinematography | Thomas Burstyn |
Editing by | Ian Crawford |
Distributed by | Studio Hamburg WorldWide Pictures |
Release date(s) | September 12, 2003 April 3, 2004 |
Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | Ireland United Kingdom Germany |
Language | English Gaelic |
The Boys From County Clare is a 2003 Irish comedy/drama film about a céilí band from Liverpool that travels to Ireland to compete in a céilí competition in County Clare. Directed by John Irvin, the film was released in Canada on September 12, 2003.
Alternative titles for the film are The Boys and Girl From County Clare for the US release and The Great Ceili War for the UK release.
Jimmy McMahon (Colm Meaney) is an Irishman living in Liverpool who directs a céilidh band of young men who go to a competition of traditional Celtic music in Ireland in County Clare. A native Irish band directed by John Joe McMahon (Bernard Hill) is also present to compete as well, with animosity between Jimmy and John as they are brothers. The two brothers could not be more different, as they have taken different paths. There are multiple surprises for them as the competition takes place, with a familial twist at the very end.
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