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Ireland a Nation (1914)

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Dublin, 11 January 1917 - The Irish military authorities have issued an order prohibiting the further exhibition of a film entitled, 'Ireland, a Nation' which had been shown at the Rotunda Picture House.  The film is deeply nationalist in content and includes scenes depicting the 1798 rebellion, the Great Famine, the trial and execution of Robert Emmet, and the passing of Catholic Emancipation. Considerable crowds attended screenings of the film, which had previously enjoyed a 20-week run in Chicago where it played to huge audiences. It was described by some of those who saw it as possessing 'great dramatic power'. Irish Film & TV Research Online http://www.tcd.ie/irishfilm/silent/ is making available for streaming and download dramatized films made in Ireland during the 1910s, a decade during which these films resonated with the final stages of the struggle for Irish independence. Production company : MacNamara Feature Film Co. Sponsor : Emmet Moore. Country of...
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CASHEL had to call upon all their experience to see off the challenge of Athenry

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