Early Irish Cinema: Cinema on the Brain in August 1918
Denis Condon explores how cinema gave rise to the criminal behaviour / entrepreneurial spirit of the young Boland gang 100 years ago.
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Early Irish Cinema: When Did Love Come to Gavin Burke? An Irish Film Finds an Audience in Early Summer 1918
Denis Condon breathes life into the obscure 1917 Film Company of Ireland film 'When Love Came to Gavin Burke'.
Early Irish Cinema: “A Photo-Play of Unique National Interest”: Seeing Knocknagow in Irish Cinemas, January-April 1918
Denis Condon introduces 'Knocknagow', "the most significant film made in Ireland during the silent period."
Early Irish Cinema: Censoring the Fairies: Finn Varra Maa, the Irish Santa Claus and the Military Authorities in January 1918
Early Irish Cinema takes a trip to the theatre to experience an Irish Christmas pantomime.
Early Irish Cinema: Idealizing Everything Irish: The Film Company of Ireland Releases Rafferty’s Rise in late 1917
Denis Condon explores the particular case of the 1917 lost comedy 'Rafferty’s Rise'.
Early Irish Cinema: Instructive Images on Irish Cinema Screens in Late Summer 1917
Denis Condon takes a look at cinema's growing instructive role 100 years ago.