John Kavanagh Movies

In County Leitrim in the 1950s, Bridie has been attending the local dance hall for years in the hope of finding a good husband who can help work her...

Spike Milligan's book about the divided Irish village of Puckoon comes to the big screen.

The growing relationship of two people who travel through Ireland in a series of stolen cars.

Fatso is the proprietor of what may be the worst eaterie in the city, and is struggling to keep a sinking ship afloat. His compulsive gambling is...

Kelvin's quiet life is turned upside down when a new neighbour turns out to be a beautiful woman.

A black comedy about two old-time conmen who pretend to be able to communicate with the dead.

A Protestant Irish family is caught up in a conflict between Irish Republicans and the British army.

Based on real stories, using both actors and non-actors, and filmed on location in Dublin, A Week in the Life of Martin Cluxton (1971) is a rare...

Criminal Martin Cahill gets in trouble when a major robbery succeeds. He aims for more trouble when he tries to do a large art robbery

An aging school teacher remembers times gone by and thinks about her own past.

Grania did something 15 years ago that brought her great happiness but also great pain. The events of that day have been a heavy secret to bear that,...

Conn, a member of the IRA and a former hunger striker, is serving a life sentence for murder. During peace talks, he is released on a 24-hour parole...

In this melancholic rural drama set in 1960s Ireland, a widowed father is unable to communicate with his young son about their shared sadness.

Exploding poets, randy bishops and bungling IRA hoodlums are causing havoc in a small town in Northern Ireland. Kevin, an IRA recruit, and Father...

A daughter grapples to understand her dying mother through fables from her childhood. From present London to 1950s Ireland, a surreal, unsentimental...

The connection between a young girl and her grandfather transcends both a generation, and family politics. When Etain's grandfather moves into a...

Sean races against the clock to his mother's deathbed in possession of his mother's dying wish while dealing with inter-family politics over the...

Explores the detailed concepts of Ireland and Irish Freedom developed by Patrick Pearse, a leader of the 1916 Irish Rebellion, visiting the places...

A dramatization of the circumstances surrounding the murder of Carl Bridgewater and the subsequent trial and imprisonment of four men.

The painful memories of the tragedy that awaited the people of Drimaghleen on 2/11/88 have just begun to fade; Hetty Fortune and her TV documentary...