Mairéad Farrell: An Unfinished Conversation
2014•52m•Released
DocumentaryWar
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.
Director
Martina Durac
Languages
English, Irish
Studio
Loopline Film
Cast
Briona Nic Dhiarmada
Self
Brian Feeney
Self
Geoffrey Howe
Self
Séan O Suilleabhain
Self
Ruan O'Donnell
Self
Reamonn O'Muiri
Self
Mary Doyle
Self
Danny Morrison
Self
Sinéad Moore
Self
Geraldine Holland
Self
Tom King
Self
Carmen Proetta
Self
Stephen Bullock
Self
Joe Austin
Self
Production
Company
Loopline Film
Producer
Briona Nic Dhiarmada
Producer
Vanessa Gildea
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