IFI Local Films for Local People: A Meath Miscellany

English, Irish (English subtitles) | Ireland | approx. 70mins | Cert: CLUB | Dir: Various 

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IFI Local Films for Local People is the IFI Irish Film Archive’s popular programme strand which brings rarely-seen archival films out of the vaults back to the counties where they were made.

A MEATH MISCELLANY is a delightfully varied programme which includes a range of amateur and professional films, dating from the 1940s to more recent times. The programme includes a lavish US dramatisation of St. Patrick’s trial at Tara;the All-Ireland Football Final from 1949 when Meath won a close victory over Cavan; a kaleidoscopic range of Butlins holiday makers captured by amateur and professional filmmakers; and stories from Gael Linn’s Amharc Éireann newsreel (1956 – ‘64) - opening of a bubble gum factory at Kilcock, new housing estates in Trim, masses on the Hill of Slane and a Fleadh Rince at Oldcastle.

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The IFI is Ireland’s national cultural institution for film. It provides audiences throughout Ireland with access to the finest independent, Irish and international cinema; it preserves and promotes Ireland’s moving image heritage through the IFI Irish Film Archive and provides opportunities for audiences of all ages and backgrounds to learn and critically engage with film.