Lament for Arthur Leary

Original title: Caoineadh Airt Ui Laoire

1975
57m

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Film about the age old disparity between the Irish speaking native population of Ireland and the English speaking outsiders.Film about the age old disparity between the Irish speaking native population of Ireland and the English speaking outsiders.Film about the age old disparity between the Irish speaking native population of Ireland and the English speaking outsiders.

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6.9/10

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The film is based on The Lament for Art O'Leary (Irish: Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire) written by his widow Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill after his death in 1773, and performed, according to Irish tradition, during the wake and his funeral. The lament is regarded as an important piece of Irish literature and one of the most important Irish love poems of the 18th century.

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title card: "Fortunately, the Irish character has proven too difficult to press into resptectable foreign moulds" James Connolly