Christy Moore

Christy Moore

Born: May 7, 1945
in Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland
Christopher Andrew "Christy" Moore (born 7 May 1945) is an Irish folk singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is one of the founding members of Planxty and Moving Hearts. In 2007, he was named as Ireland's greatest living musician in RTÉ's People of the Year Awards.

Movies for Christy Moore...

Sinéad
Title: Sinéad
Character: Self
Released: January 8, 2024
Type: Movie
With contributions from David Holmes, Christy Moore, Imelda May, Don Letts, BP Fallon and more, this documentary reflects on Sineád O’Connor’s influence on Irish life and people. Five months after her shocking passing, SINÉAD revisits the late singer’s tumultuous life and the film is both a deeply sad and celebratory tribute. Drawn together from RTÉ’s own expansive archive of her TV appearances and footage from around the world, it is an absorbing take on a story that many of us already know very well. However, looking back now after her death, the film pulls into sharp focus just how brave and defiant Sinéad really was.
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Title: Sinéad
Character: self
Released: January 8, 2024
Type: TV
The death of Sinéad O’Connor was both sad and shocking and the reaction to her premature passing, in Ireland and from across the world, was instant and profound. Tributes poured in from home and abroad, ranging from President Michael D Higgins to music royalty such as Madonna. With contributions from David Holmes, Christy Moore, Imelda May, Don Letts, BP Fallon and many more, this documentary reflects on Sinéad O’Connor’s influence on Irish life and Irish people throughout her life. Using a wealth of unique archive footage from RTÉ and international sources, it features an Ireland she fought against and the kind of Ireland she desired. From Pope John Paul arriving in Ireland to Charles Haughey and Gay Byrne, and on to the struggle for Irish women’s 'right to travel’ - it provides a visual backdrop to a changing society. Sinéad’s body of work provides the soundtrack.
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Stailc 1913
Title: Stailc 1913
Character: Self
Released: October 30, 2013
Type: Movie
With original artwork in the form of a graphic novel, music and dramatic reconstruction, this creative and multifaceted documentary unpicks the threads of the monumental 1913 strike in Dublin, examining the social, economic and political concerns of the time.
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Christy Moore Live: Come All You Dreamers
Title: Christy Moore Live: Come All You Dreamers
Character: Self
Released: March 18, 2011
Type: Movie
One of Ireland's favourite sons and greatest live performers, folk singer and balladeer Christy Moore filmed live at Barrowland in Glasgow in 2008 with his veteran accompanist Declan Sinnott. Moore is in intimate communion with an attentive audience, playing a classic setlist that includes Missing You, Black Is The Colour, Pair of Brown Eyes, Ride On.
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Folk Hibernia at the BBC
Title: Folk Hibernia at the BBC
Character: Self
Released: March 16, 2007
Type: Movie
Celebrating the finest in Irish folk music with a compilation of performances taken from the BBC archives. Highlights include songs from The Clancy Brothers, The Chieftains, Christy Moore, The Pogues and Sharon Shannon.
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Christy Moore - Uncovered
Title: Christy Moore - Uncovered
Character: himself
Released: November 30, 2001
Type: Movie
A collection of his best songs, sung in collaboration with Jimmy MacCarthy, Wally Page, Shane MacGowan, Sinéad O'Connor and John Spillane.
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Gael Force
Title: Gael Force
Released: May 30, 2000
Type: Movie
Recorded at Dublin's Point Theatre and introduced by Emmylou Harris, Gael Force combines stunning live performances, beautiful melodies, and virtuoso playing from Ireland's greatest musicians and performers.
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On a Paving Stone Mounted
Title: On a Paving Stone Mounted
Released: December 12, 1978
Type: Movie
An impressionistic look at Irish emigrants in London, representing the emigrant's journey, a confusion of anticipation, memories and experience.