Mairéad Farrell: An Unfinished Conversation

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Mairéad Farrell: An Unfinished Conversation (2014)

Directed by Martina Durac

Documentary, War · 52m

Mairéad Farrell was shot dead by the SAS in Gibraltar in 1988 along with two other unarmed members of the IRA in one of the most controversial incidents arising from the Troubles in Northern Ireland. She had just been released from prison the year before after serving ten years for causing an explosion at an hotel near Belfast. The killing of the three provoked an international outcry and eventual enquiry. Due to her youth, her gender and her stature within the IRA, Mairéad Farrell was, unsurprisingly, quickly subsumed into the pantheon of Irish republican martyrs. But behind the mythologizing and demonisation of the time, there was also a real person, a flesh and blood young woman who was prepared to kill and die for her beliefs.

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Cast

B
Briona Nic Dhiarmada Self
B
Brian Feeney Self
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Geoffrey Howe Self
S
Séan O Suilleabhain Self
R
Ruan O'Donnell Self
R
Reamonn O'Muiri Self
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Mary Doyle Self
D
Danny Morrison Self
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Sinéad Moore Self
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Geraldine Holland Self
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Tom King Self
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Carmen Proetta Self

Crew

Director
Martina Durac
Producer
Vanessa Gildea, Briona Nic Dhiarmada

Details

Release date
2014-01-01
Runtime
52m
Genres
Documentary, War
Original language
GA
Spoken languages
English, Irish
Countries
Ireland
Production
Loopline Film