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The Dig - Director Andy Tohill
February 24, 2019 13:50 - 13 minutes - 3.03 MBThe Dig follows a through line of Northern Irish thrillers from The Survivalist to Bad Day For The Cut. After serving fifteen years for murder, Callahan returns home to find Sean, his victim’s father searching for the body. Callahan soon realises that the
Allan With Two Ls, Director | Gillian Griffin
February 24, 2019 13:40 - 12 minutes - 2.83 MBAllan has just turned 99. He sits with his grand daughter, the filmmaker, and recalls memories of life in Dublin from a century gone by.
Pigeons of Discontent, Paddy Cahill is a Dublin based documentary director.
February 24, 2019 13:25 - 10 minutes - 2.44 MBIn the otherwise tranquil Dublin neighbourhood of Stoneybatter, one local quirk has divided neighbours. The Pigeons.
Grá & Eagla is a short documentary examining Irish people’s attitudes towards our native language.
February 24, 2019 13:10 - 11 minutes - 2.74 MBCaitríona Ní Chadhain is from Connemara in County Galway, Ireland, she grew up speaking Irish and is passionate about the importance of keeping the endangered language alive.
Scope- Director; Richard Keaney Toronto Irish Film Fest SUN MAR 3rd 2:00pm
February 17, 2019 13:50 - 12 minutes - 2.85 MBWhen a young man drops out of college to care for his mother, he too finds himself increasingly insulated from the outside world. Richard Keaney will be in attendance.
Vegetable - Director; Mícheál Fleming Toronto Irish Film Fest SUN MAR 3rd 2:00pm
February 17, 2019 13:40 - 11 minutes - 2.7 MBYes, it’s a film about Irish zombies…because the vege-tables have turned on a desperate trio of zombies, who are left with no choice but to chomp on vegetables to survive. (In English & Irish).
First Disco - Director; Helen O’Reilly Toronto Irish Film Fest SUN MAR 3rd 2:00pm
February 17, 2019 13:25 - 10 minutes - 2.44 MBA first disco. Everyone’s had one. Think back to 1983. Culture Club are no. 1, everyone’s glued to Knight Rider, and Kelly Harrison is not only experiencing her first crush, she’s going to her first disco. Kelly’s only problem is she’s getting train track
Ma - Director; Anne Marie Kelly Toronto Irish Film Fest SUN MAR 3rd 2:00pm
February 17, 2019 13:15 - 9 minutes - 2.22 MBWe can all empathize with the grief of the mother who’s lost a child. But should we empathize with the grief of the mother of the person responsible? This powerful short drama asks the question.
Troubles Director; Jonathan Harden, Toronto Irish Film Fest SUN MAR 3rd 2:00pm
February 17, 2019 13:00 - 15 minutes - 3.51 MBA troubled traditional Irish musician re-enters the fold after a long absence. An emotionally stunted friend wants to offer an apology. When words fail them both, music is all they have to bring them together.
The Land Grabber - Toronto Irish Players
February 10, 2019 13:20 - 14 minutes - 3.33 MBKristin Chan & Geraldine Browne
Premier International Tapestry Exhibition
February 10, 2019 13:00 - 17 minutes - 3.98 MBFrances Crowe
Fill Your Heart With Ireland
February 03, 2019 13:35 - 16 minutes - 3.72 MBNiall Gibbons, CEO Tourism Ireland - Tourism Ireland has identified a number of strategic areas to underpin its promotional activity in 2019
Ireland's first Consul General in Vancouver.
February 03, 2019 13:00 - 33 minutes - 7.67 MBIrish Consul General: Frank Flood
The year in review by Canadian Ambassador to Canada
January 27, 2019 13:00 - 1 hour - 13.7 MBAmbassador Jim Kelly
Celtic Irish American Academy (CIAA) Canadian debut
January 20, 2019 13:45 - 14 minutes - 3.25 MBLaura Hay and Peter Hughes are helping create awareness and promote the Celtic Irish American Academy (CIAA) summer program in Canada. This is the first year the progrgam is being made available in Canada. Laura and Peter provide the details.
Dr Johanna Clancy on Celtic Irish American Academy
January 20, 2019 13:25 - 19 minutes - 4.46 MBOffering you a unique, transformational experience that adds significant long-term value to your personal development and career outcomes is the core of the Celtic Irish American Academy (CIAA) summer program.
Dan McGrath on the McGrath Clan Gathering 2019
January 20, 2019 13:00 - 21 minutes - 4.81 MBDungarvan, Co Waterford, Ireland, will host the 2019 International McGrath Clan Gathering next June. This 5-day festival of heritage, culture and history, will attract members of this great Irish clan from around the world to Dungarvan
Red Shannon
January 06, 2019 13:45 - 13 minutes - 3.2 MBRed Shannon, from Limerick, spent a number of years studying in Montreal before moving to Toronto and then New Brunswick. While in Montreal he broadcast an Irish show on CJAD.
Seamus Hennessy from Co Cork met Michelle while she was studying in Ireland.
January 06, 2019 13:15 - 30 minutes - 6.97 MBThe couple were in Newfoundland for Christmas vacation and Seamus and Michelle relate the story of their meeting and the onset and diagnosis of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and their subsequent journey.
Seamus Hennessy from Co Cork met Michelle wile she was studying in Ireland.
January 06, 2019 13:15 - 30 minutes - 6.97 MBThe couple were in Newfoundland for Christmas vacation and Seamus and Michelle relate the story of their meeting and the onset and diagnosis of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and their subsequent journey.
Noreen Maher Hibernia Roots
January 06, 2019 13:00 - 14 minutes - 3.42 MBHibernia Roots Genealogy Services was established by Noreen Maher MGSI. Noreen is an experienced qualified Genealogist.
Paddy Brennan: Limerick Music Throughout the Decades: A musical journey through time
December 30, 2018 13:30 - 31 minutes - 7.25 MBPaddy Brennan of Limerick Rock n Roll Club has released his much-awaited book ‘Limerick Music throughout the Decades’, which explores the history of music in Limerick from the 1800s to 2018.
James Maloney MP Chair; Irish - Canadian Interparliamentary Group Review
December 30, 2018 13:00 - 29 minutes - 6.67 MBThe Canada-Ireland Interparliamentary Friendship Group promotes exchanges between Irish and Canadian parliamentarians, proposes initiatives likely to lead to a better mutual understanding of national & international problems
The Day the Poppy Met the Shamrock
December 23, 2018 13:00 - 45 minutes - 10.5 MBThis is the story of the author’s struggle within himself, leading to the epiphany that he experienced on a November day, during a graveside commemoration in a town in Belgium, marking the end of the First World War.
Minister for the Diaspora Ciaran Cannon
December 16, 2018 13:30 - 29 minutes - 6.73 MBCiaran Cannon with music by Sean Keane & Aine Morgan
Fionn - The Opera
December 09, 2018 13:35 - 14 minutes - 3.37 MBNissin Khalifa about a fully composed and orchestrated opera of Fionn McCool.
The Celtic Tenors - In Converstion with Matthew Gilsenan
December 09, 2018 13:00 - 30 minutes - 7.01 MBMatthew Gilsenan
Alex Fegan - Older Than Ireland
December 02, 2018 13:40 - 21 minutes - 4.93 MBOLDER THAN IRELAND is a landmark documentary that tells the story of a hundred years of a life as seen through the eyes of thirty Irish centenarians.
Maze - Stephen Burke
December 02, 2018 13:15 - 22 minutes - 5.2 MBStephen Burke: Maze director Stephen Burke talking about bringing real IRA jailbreak to the big screen.
When Wire Was King
December 02, 2018 13:00 - 12 minutes - 2.85 MBJennifer Manner - Director; When Wire Was King is a one-hour documentary that puts the telecommunications revolution into historical context while also looking into the crystal ball of the future
Katherine ODonnell - The Accidental Oral Historian
November 18, 2018 13:40 - 18 minutes - 4.2 MBKatherine O'Donnell, director of an Irish Research Council project on recording the archival and oral history of the Irish Magdalenes, reveals how she came to undertake the project.
Charles Duggan :- 14 Henrietta Street – the making of a museum
November 18, 2018 13:20 - 20 minutes - 4.63 MBFrom splendid Georgian beginnings to squalid tenement dwellings, the 14 Henrietta street museum seeks to interpret and exhibit Dublin’s rich and chequered social history through the stories and shifting fortunes of its residents.
In time of inquisition: preserving and using the archives of the Irish Catholic Church
November 18, 2018 13:00 - 20 minutes - 4.74 MBJohn McCafferty, UCD discusses the importance of the archives of Catholic religious congregations and dioceses for writing the history of Ireland
National Libraries As Memory Keepers
November 04, 2018 12:30 - 19 minutes - 4.56 MBDr. Sandra Collins, Director of the National Library of Ireland, discusses how national libraries are memory keepers for their countries, collecting and keeping safe memories that share the culture, heritage and story of their nation.
Carol Wiebe & Fraser Rubens; A Song in Our Hearts
October 28, 2018 12:00 - 18 minutes - 4.3 MBConcert Docs, founded in 2017 by Dr. Fraser Rubens and Dr. Carol Wiebe, is an organization of musician doctors - doctors who also happen to be excellent musicians - who offer pro bono concerts for good causes in the Ottawa area.