Men of Ireland

48min

Drama

Romance

A young medical student visits the Blasket Islands, off the coast of Ireland, during the holidays and becomes charmed with the place and its people. He falls in love with a local girl, who is betrothed to a local man. The two men meet and become fast friends, and the student realizes the hopelessness in his love of the girl of his friend. He leaves but, after his graduation from Trinity College, he returns to cast his lot with these simple fishermen

Production Companies

Irish National Film

Scannán Chumann Naisiunta na hÉireann

Release date

28th Sep 1938

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English