Release Date: 21 August 2006
Label: Gael Linn
Packaging Type: DVD Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 656297021879
Genres: Soundtrack Folk
Description
MISE EIRE, the first full-length film in Irish, is released for the first time on DVD. The era covered in the film spans the cultural revival and the political and military events surrounding 1916. Using archive material the film features actual footage of many of the leaders of the Rising – Pearse, Connolly, Clarke, De Valera and Countess Markievecz, and features film footage of the Rising. The film offers subtitles in English, accompanied by extensive notes and commentary. Directed by George Morrison who had researched film archives for Irish material, this DVD package also includes the 1966 commemorative film An Tine Bheo (directed by Louis Marcus) and Gael Linn newsreel (from the historic Amharc Éireann series) of the making of and premiere of MISE EIRE. Music Composed and conducted by Sean Ó Riada.
Various Artists
Máire & Séamus Ó Beaglaoich
Brendan Keenan
Sean O Riada
Brian McGrath
Mick Mulcahy
Matt Cranitch
A. J. Potter
Julie Fowlis, Eamon Doorley, Zoe Conway & John McIntyre
Various Artists
St Agnes Fountain
Will & James Ragar
Subway to Sally
Kuljit Bhamra & Becky Price
Gjermund Larsen Trio
Berit Opheim
