Rocky Road to Dublin

Rocky Road to Dublin (1968)

September 30th, 19681h 7min

Documentary
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Overview

Irish-born journalist Peter Lennon examines the contemporary (1967) state of the Republic of Ireland, posing the question, “What do you do with your revolution once you’ve got it?” It argues that Ireland was dominated by cultural isolationism, Gaelic and clerical traditionalism at the time of its making.


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