It’s 2015 and I’m a college student. Naturally, the first place I go with any question on the signatories of the Treaty of Westphalia, a quick biography of Robert De Niro or a quick history of Tesla Motors is […]

Here’s a little snippet that got me started on this idea:

If you didn’t take the time out of your day to watch that short video, you should go back now! But if not, here’s a synopsis of what Mr. Wallace had […]

Foreign films have a tendency of avoiding definitions when it comes to the IRA. All the stereotypes and context clues are presented, but the films or shows never go as far as naming the organization. This, […]

The following is a list of works consulted in the making of this website:

“The Boxer.” IMDb. IMDb.com, n.d. Web. 01 Dec. 2014.

Connelly, Mark. The IRA on Film and Television a History. Jefferson: […]

For generations, Northern Ireland has been marred by a continuous conflict that now finally appears to be subsiding. The largely sectarian conflict, rooted in history and escalated by modern paramilitary […]

The Boxer is the third Jim Sheridan film concerning The Troubles, after […]

Shadow Dancer was released in 2012 by BBC Films in conjunction with Element Pictures and the Irish Film Board. The majority of the film is set in Northern Ireland in 1993.

The film begins in the 1970s with […]

The episode opens with Gina attending a fundraiser for Northern Irish Children run […]

In the Name of the Father was released in 1993 jointly by Hell’s Kitchen (IRL) and Universal Pictures (US). It is based on Gerry Conlon’s autobiography, Proved Innocent.

This Jim Sheridan film tells the […]

Hidden Agenda was released in 1990 by Hemdale Film Corporation(UK) and Initial (II) (UK).

Paul Sullivan is an American civil rights lawyer and political activist visiting Northern Ireland with his wife […]

“Up the Rebels”

The tenth season of Hawaii Five-O opened in 1977 with “Up the Rebels,” a premiere which featured Stephen Boyd taking on the role of Costigan, a Northern Irish splinter group terrorist in […]

American film and television brought a new function for the IRA. Shows such as Hawaii Five-O and Miami Vice utilized the organization as a convenient and captivating subject.  Many had heard of the conflict but […]

Where the American film industry’s interest in the IRA and The Troubles was generally commercial, the use of the IRA in Irish film took a different route. The year before Ronin — the American action thriller […]

Aran Fox, Josie Milks, and Deanna Palma

This site is dedicated to exploring the close ties between the Irish Republican Army, the clandestine organization that has operated in Britain and Ireland for nearly one […]

The problem with the traditional hero, villain, and victim breakdown utilized by many films to categorize the IRA is not limited to historical inaccuracy. The Northern Irish situation remains poorly understood by […]