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Movies: Best "irish folklore" Movies

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Song of the Sea(2014)

PG
| 1h 33min | Kids & Family, Animation, Fantasy
4.0/5 (with 606 votes)

The story of the last Seal Child’s journey home. After their mother’s disappearance, Ben and Saoirse are sent to live with Granny in the city. When they resolve to return to their home by the sea, their journey becomes a race against time as they are drawn into a world Ben knows only from his mother’s folktales. But this is no bedtime story; these fairy folk have been in our world far too long. It soon becomes clear to Ben that Saoirse is the key to their survival.

Directed by Tomm Moore
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The Secret of Kells(2009)

NR
| 1h 11min | Animation, Kids & Family, Fantasy
3.7/5 (with 282 votes)

Adventure awaits 12 year old Brendan who must fight Vikings and a serpent god to find a crystal and complete the legendary Book of Kells. In order to finish Brother Aiden's book, Brendan must overcome his deepest fears on a secret quest that will take him beyond the abbey walls and into the enchanted forest where dangerous mythical creatures hide. Will Brendan succeed in his quest?

Directed by Tomm Moore, Nora Twomey
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The Secret of Roan Inish(1994)

PG
| 1h 43min | Drama, Kids & Family, Fantasy
3.4/5 (with 34 votes)

10-year-old Fiona is sent to live with her grandparents in a small fishing village in Donegal, Ireland. She soon learns the local legend that an ancestor of hers married a Selkie - a seal who can turn into a human. Years earlier, her baby brother was washed out to sea and never seen again, so when Fiona spies a naked little boy on the abandoned Isle of Roan Inish, she is compelled to investigate..

Directed by John Sayles - With John Lynch, Susan Lynch, Mick Lally, Eileen Colgan

You Are Not My Mother(2022)

1h 33min | Horror, Thriller
2.9/5 (with 31 votes)

In a North Dublin housing estate Char's mother goes missing. When she returns Char is determined to uncover the truth of her disappearance and unearth the dark secrets of her family.

Directed by Kate Dolan - With Hazel Doupe

Muse(2018)

1h 35min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, Romance / Love, Thriller
2.8/5 (with 3 votes)

A painter's life is forever changed when a mythical and deadly spirit from Celtic lore – a Leannán Sí – becomes his muse and lover.

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The Home(2017)

8min | Horror
3.0/5 (with 4 votes)

Set in a small, isolated 19th century Irish home for unwed mothers, a young pregnant woman must fight for her survival as the home falls siege to a group of mysterious invaders.

The Fighting Prince of Donegal(1966)

1h 50min | Action, Adventure
3.1/5 (with 5 votes)

Ireland 1587. Hugh O'Donnell inherits the title of The O'Donnell, the prince of Donegal, and tries to unite Ireland to make war on England. But then Hugh is kidnapped and imprisoned by the Viceroy of Ireland and held ransom for the Clans' good behavior. Hugh must escape prison and the Viceroy's villainous henchman, Captain Leeds, before he can fight.

Directed by Michael O'Herlihy - With Peter McEnery, Susan Hampshire, Tom Adams, Andrew Keir, Donal McCann, Gordon Jackson, ...
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The Ghost(2023)

1h 33min | Horror, Thriller, Mystery

Éamon and his daughter Máire are hired as caretakers to look after an isolated Georgian Mansion over the winter.

An Cailleach Bhéara(2007)

8min | Animation

The Cailleach was dependent on this one thing... every hundred years she must get back to the water and immerse herself so that she might become young again.