IRELAND

St. Patrick: The Irish Legend (2000) (TV)  --  English slave who became the founder of Christianity in Ireland

The Vikings (1958) -- the scourge of Ireland and England/Scotland as well as elsewhere

INDEPENDENCE FOR IRELAND

Parnell (1937)  -- struggle for Home Rule in Ireland under Charles Stuart Parnell

Captain Boycott (1947) -- origin of the word "boycott" in Ireland

Scarlett (1994) --  follow up on Gone with the Wind; misery of the Irish under British control

The Informer  (1935)  -- informing on one's own during the violent Sinn Fein civil rebellion

Michael Collins (1996) -- leader of the Irish during the 1922 revolt

My Left Foot (1989) -- Irish painter/writer Christy Brown who had only his left foot with which to paint/write

CIVIL RIGHTS -- NORTHERN IRELAND

Bloody Sunday (2002)  --  quasi-documentary style dealing with Br soldiers firing on a peaceful civil rights demonstrators

Sunday (2002)  --  about Bloody Sunday

Some Mother's Son (1996)  --  mother becomes involved in IRA hunger strike

A Sense of Loss (1972)-- documentary on the troubles in Northern Ireland

Cal (1984) British film based in Northern Ireland

In the Name of the Father (1993) -- British try to frame innocent for bombings by I.R.A.

The Boxer (1997) -- set in Northern Ireland  

Omagh (2004)  --  aftermath of the 1998 IRA bombing that killed 29 people in Omagh, Northern Ireland

The Crying Game (1992)  -- a Br soldier, Jody,  is captured by the IRA; Jody develops a friendship with IRA man Fergus, things go wrong & Fergus winds up seeing Jody's girlfriend