Marc O'Shea

Marc O'Shea

Movies for Marc O'Shea...

Mo
Title: Mo
Character: Johnny Adair
Released: January 31, 2010
Type: Movie
A docudrama about the life of the former UK Secretary of state for Northern Ireland, Mo Mowlam.
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Breakfast on Pluto
Title: Breakfast on Pluto
Character: 2nd Republican
Released: November 16, 2005
Type: Movie
In the 1970s, a young transgender woman called “Kitten” leaves her small Irish town for London in search of love, acceptance, and her long-lost mother.
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The Boys & Girl from County Clare
Title: The Boys & Girl from County Clare
Character: Barry
Released: September 12, 2003
Type: Movie
In Ireland in the mid 1960s, two feuding brothers and their respective Ceilidh bands compete at a music festival.
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Sunday
Title: Sunday
Character: Raymond Rogan
Released: January 28, 2002
Type: Movie
Sunday tells the story of an infamous day in Derry, North of Ireland and how the events of that day were subsequently covered up by the British Government of the time. On Sunday 30th January 1972 a peaceful civil rights march against internment (imprisonment without trial), organised by the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA) ended with 13 marchers shot dead and 15 wounded. It became known throughout the world as Bloody Sunday. Told primarily from the perspective of the Derry community, juxtaposed with the British Army/state's preparations and reaction to the day, Sunday communicates the forensic and emotional truth of what happened
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Silent Grace
Title: Silent Grace
Character: Kevin Wheelan
Released: July 1, 2001
Type: Movie
In 1976 the British Government put an end to the special category status of prisoners from the Provisional Irish Republican Army, no longer treating them as prisoners of war, but as common criminals. Mairéad Farrell - on whose life much of the film seems to be loosely based - was the first woman Republican to be refused political status in 1976. By 1980, when the film is set, Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister and doggedly resolute: “There can be no question of political status for someone who is serving a sentence for crime. Crime is crime is crime.” Silent Grace seeks to capture the struggle for the restoration of political status that was at the heart of prison protests in Northern Ireland - not just by the more celebrated male prisoners - but by a smaller number of women prisoners, led by Farrell, at the Armagh Women’s Prison.
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The Most Fertile Man in Ireland
Title: The Most Fertile Man in Ireland
Character: Raymond
Released: June 8, 2000
Type: Movie
Unimpressive, 24-year-old virgin, Eamonn (Kris Marshall) lives in Belfast with his mother, during the Troubles. Local girl, Mary Malloy (Tara O'Neil) decides that since she has probably slept with every man in town Eamonn should be next on her list. He proves to be quite a catch... and Mary gets pregnant even though she took precautions. A doctor discovers that Eamonn has a very high sperm count and, with the birth rate in Ireland decreasing, Millicent (Bronagh Gallagher) decides to hire out Eamonn to women whose husbands have been firing blanks; all with the blessing of the local Catholic church which sees it as morally better than artificial means.
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This Is the Sea
Title: This Is the Sea
Character: Jef Stokes
Released: September 15, 1997
Type: Movie
The film is set in Northern Ireland shortly after 1994 cease-fire. Hazel is a Protestant and Malachy a Catholic. Romance between them is threatened by Rohan (leader in militant underground and pal of Malachy's brother Padhar), who wants Malachy to be recruited and fight for the cause and by Hazel's brother Jef, who spies on her meetings.
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The Precious Blood
Title: The Precious Blood
Character: Midge
Released: June 8, 1996
Type: Movie
Rosie Williams is haunted by the murder of her husband 12 years previously. Her teenage son John is heading for a life of delinquency fuelled by revenge. Then, he meets Billy McVea, who runs a boxing gym, affecting all their lives.
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Safe
Title: Safe
Character: Brendan
Released: October 13, 1993
Type: Movie
Antonia Bird's first feature length film; "Safe" from 1993, focused on the plight of the homeless in London.
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High Boot Benny
Title: High Boot Benny
Character: Benny
Released: September 3, 1993
Type: Movie
A police informant is found dead in a boarding-school situated near the border between Ulster and Eire. There are three suspects: the protestant school headmistress; Marley, an unfrocked missionary priest; and Benny, a seventeen-year-old criminal who has taken sanctuary in the school...
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You, Me & Marley
Title: You, Me & Marley
Character: Sean
Released: September 30, 1992
Type: Movie
A group of bored Roman Catholic teens from Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom steal cars and joyride around the city, causing havoc among the nearby Protestants and local Irish Republican Army members, all of who are outraged by the youths' nihilism. The gang, led by ace thief Sean (Marc O'Shea), is connected with the IRA but couldn't care less about the group's politics. But things turn serious when an IRA member captures one of the boys, Marley (Michael Liebmann), in an effort to end the mayhem.
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Title: Heartbeat
Character: Phil
Released: April 10, 1992
Type: TV
Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.