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The Boys from County Clare

IMDb ID: tt0337631 · Year: 2006 · Rating: 6.5 (1,538 votes)

Genres: Comedy · Music · Romance

In 1965, Jimmy McMahon and his group of Liverpudlians plot to win the annual céilí music competition in Ireland.

IMDb Details

Content TypeMovieAlternate TitlesAustralia: The Boys & Girl from County Clare
Canada: The Boys & Girl from County Clare (English)
United Kingdom: The Boys & Girl from County Clare
Ireland: The Boys & Girl from County Clare (English)
India: The Boys & Girl from County Clare (English)
Netherlands: The Boys & Girl from County Clare
New Zealand: The Boys & Girl from County Clare (English)
United States: The Boys & Girl from County Clare
South Africa: The Boys & Girl from County Clare (English)
Germany: County Clare - Hier spielt die Musik (TV Title)
Greece: Erotas & paradosi (DVD Title)
Norway: Hvem skal hjem med Anne
Italy: I ragazzi di Clare
France: La ballade de County Clare
Brazil: No Ritmo da Vida
Poland: Paczka z County Clare
Germany: The Boys and Girl from County Clare
Denmark: The Boys from County Clare (DVD Title)
United Kingdom: The Great Ceili War (Working Title)
Russia: Ребята из графства Клэр
The Boys and Girl from County Clare
Content RatingRRelease Date2006-03-24Runtime90 minutesMetascore59IMDb Popularity0User Reviews29Critic Reviews12Countries / RegionsIreland
United Kingdom
Germany
LanguagesEnglishKeywordsskinny dipping
female nudity
female rear nudity
gender in title
group
Filming LocationsIsle of ManProduction CompaniesIsle of Man Film Commission
Isle of Man Film
Studio Hamburg WorldWide Pictures
IMDb URLhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0337631/Local Poster/d/file/imdb/03/tt0337631.jpgUpdated At2025-05-12T09:33:20

Stars

Bernard Hill
Charlotte Bradley
Andrea Corr
Stephen Brennan
Eamonn Owens
Malachy Bourke
Brendan O'Hare
Ian Shaw
Leslie Bingham
Colm Meaney

Directors

John Irvin

Writers

Nicholas Adams

Full Cast & Crew

[Cast Group]
Actor: Bernard Hill | Character: John Joe
Actor: Charlotte Bradley | Character: Maisie
Actor: Andrea Corr | Character: Anne
Actor: Stephen Brennan | Character: Miko
Actor: Eamonn Owens | Character: Pat
Actor: Malachy Bourke | Character: Ben
Actor: Brendan O'Hare | Character: Brendan
Actor: Ian Shaw | Character: Johnny
Actor: Leslie Bingham | Character: Leslie
Actor: Colm Meaney | Character: Jimmy
Actor: Shaun Evans | Character: Teddy
Actor: Philip Barantini | Character: Alex
Actor: Frank Twomey | Character: Roger
Actor: Emmet Kirwan | Character: Clive
Actor: Noel Bridgeman | Character: Drummer
Actor: Russell Smith | Character: Terry
Actor: Aidan Mulholland | Character: Aidan
Actor: Margi Clarke | Character: Dove
Actor: Pat Laffan | Character: Gerry, the Custom Officer
Actor: Jo Taylor | Character: Sean, the Postie
Actor: Bridie Canning | Character: The Woman of the House
Actor: Cha Cha Seigne | Character: Hippie Girl
Actor: Rob Kolar | Character: American Hippie
Actor: Philip Richey | Character: English Hippie
Actor: Marc O'Shea | Character: Barry
Actor: James Doran | Character: Dave
Actor: Nuala O'Neill | Character: Hotel Receptionist
Actor: Brian Devlin | Character: Registration Official
Actor: Catherine Byrne | Character: Bernie
Actor: Sean Brown | Character: Tall Black Man
Actor: Aiden McKenna | Character: Rory
Actor: Mary Jordan | Character: Rory's Mother
Actor: Bill Boylan | Character: The Adjudicator
Actor: Pascal Scott | Character: The Official
Actor: Alan Crozier | Character: The Soundman
Actor: T.P. McKenna | Character: The Announcer
Actor: Frank Kelly | Character: The Chairman
Actor: Patrick Bergin | Character: Padjo
Actor: Horace Oliver | Character: Paul Francis
Actor: Zela Gayle | Character: Aisling McCaffery
Actor: Zelia Attzs | Character: Elliot Ngubane
Actor: Noel Hartley | Character: Docker in open sequence background
Actor: Aisling McCaffery | Character: Padjo's Band Member
Actor: Elliott Ngubane | Character: Padjo's Band Member
Actor: Stephen Bigmore | Character: Village Resident
Actor: Tony Brown | Character: Police Officer
Actor: Laurence Doherty | Character: Popular Villager
Actor: Simpson McKendry | Character: Receptionist, Waitress, Reveller)
Actor: James Nesbitt | Character: Actor

[Directors Group]
Name: John Irvin | Role: Director

[Writers Group]
Name: Nicholas Adams | Role: Writer

[Producers Group]
Name: Nicholas Adams | Role: Producer
Name: Martyn Auty | Role: Producer
Name: Steve Christian | Role: Producer
Name: Wolfgang Esenwein | Role: Producer
Name: Bill Kenwright | Role: Producer
Name: Evzen Kolar | Role: Producer
Name: David Korda | Role: Producer
Name: Matthew Kuipers | Role: Producer
Name: Ellen Dinerman Little | Role: Producer
Name: Christopher Milburn | Role: Producer
Name: Jim Reeve | Role: Producer
Name: Antony Rufus-Isaacs | Role: Producer
Name: Deborah Shaw | Role: Producer
Name: Dieter Stempnierwsky | Role: Producer

[Music Group]
Name: Fiachra Trench | Role: Composer

[Cinematography Group]
Name: Thomas Burstyn | Role: Cinematographer

[Editing Group]
Name: Ian Crafford | Role: Editor

[Casting Group]
Name: John Hubbard | Role: Casting Director
Name: Mary Maguire | Role: Casting Director

[Production Design Group]
Name: Tom McCullagh | Role: Production Designer

[Art Direction Group]
Name: Shane Bunting | Role: Art Director

[Set Decoration Group]
Name: Susie Cullen | Role: Set Decorator

[Costume Design Group]
Name: Hazel Webb Crozier | Role: Costume Designer

[Makeup Department]
Name: Patrick Byrne | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Audrey Doyle | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Maggie Magee | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Elaine O'Sullivan | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Pamela Smyth | Role: Makeup Department

[Production Management]
Name: Stuart Burkin | Role: Production Manager
Name: Meg Clark | Role: Production Manager
Name: Lisa Drayne | Role: Production Manager
Name: Jeanne Joe | Role: Production Manager
Name: Tony Tromp | Role: Production Manager
Name: Russ Woolnough | Role: Production Manager

[Assistant Directors]
Name: Martin Brennan | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Ben Dixon | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Enda Doherty | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Konrad Jay | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Barry Keil | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Fabien Riggall | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Kate Rudge | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Philip Young | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director

[Art Department]
Name: Sally Black | Role: Art Department
Name: Roland Coyne | Role: Art Department
Name: Gillian Devenney | Role: Art Department
Name: Cole Doherty | Role: Art Department
Name: James Ede | Role: Art Department
Name: Stephen Ede | Role: Art Department
Name: Billy Fetherstone | Role: Art Department
Name: Russell Fulton | Role: Art Department
Name: Kenneth Hambling | Role: Art Department
Name: Lyndon Johnston | Role: Art Department
Name: Alan Nixon | Role: Art Department
Name: Laurence O'Toole | Role: Art Department
Name: Brendan Power | Role: Art Department
Name: Brendan Rankin | Role: Art Department
Name: Jim Reid | Role: Art Department
Name: Alan Scott | Role: Art Department

[Sound Department]
Name: Vicky Brazier | Role: Sound Department
Name: Victoria Brazier | Role: Sound Department
Name: Peter Burgis | Role: Sound Department
Name: Colin Cooper | Role: Sound Department
Name: Doug Cooper | Role: Sound Department
Name: Andie Derrick | Role: Sound Department
Name: Robert Farr | Role: Sound Department
Name: Candy Lewiston | Role: Sound Department
Name: Tim Lewiston | Role: Sound Department
Name: Peter Lindsay | Role: Sound Department
Name: Shane Martin | Role: Sound Department
Name: Jean McGrath | Role: Sound Department
Name: Gerard Roche | Role: Sound Department
Name: Malcolm Rose | Role: Sound Department
Name: Jonathan Wales | Role: Sound Department

[Special Effects]
Name: Martin Neill | Role: Special Effects
Name: Peter Wragg | Role: Special Effects

[Visual Effects]
Name: Steve Boag | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Martin Bullard | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Mitch Paulson | Role: Visual Effects

[Stunts]
Name: Joe Condren | Role: Stunts

[Camera and Electrical Department]
Name: Graham Attwood | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Simon Baker | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Raymond Carlin | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Lisa Carville | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Angela Conway | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Niall Crawford | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Shane Deasy | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Eric Greenberg | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Conor Hammond | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Glynn Harrison | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Malcolm Huse | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Ciaran Kavanagh | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Brian Livingstone | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Seamus Lynch | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Simon Marsh | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Brett McCrum | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Carlo McDonnell | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Brendan McNicholl | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Nic Milner | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Andrew O'Reilly | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Sam Phillips | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Alan Ramsay | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Davy Sherwin | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Paul Smyth | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Stefan Stankowski | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Alf Tramontin | Role: Camera and Electrical Department

[Casting Department]
Name: Vanessa Baker | Role: Casting Department
Name: Brendan Donnison | Role: Casting Department
Name: Sarah Hanna | Role: Casting Department
Name: Tamara-Lee Notcutt | Role: Casting Department

[Costume and Wardrobe Department]
Name: Barbara Brady | Role: Costume Department
Name: David Craig | Role: Costume Department
Name: Melanie Fulton | Role: Costume Department
Name: Kerry Gooding | Role: Costume Department
Name: Louise Steward | Role: Costume Department
Name: Rachael Webb-Crozier | Role: Costume Department

[Editorial Department]
Name: Paul Gash | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Paul Hyman | Role: Editorial Department
Name: John Nuth | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Andrew Seklir | Role: Editorial Department

[Location Management]
Name: Leonora Frawley | Role: Location Management
Name: Nial Fulton | Role: Location Management
Name: Catherine Geary | Role: Location Management
Name: John Hinnigan | Role: Location Management
Name: Darren Lyttle | Role: Location Management

[Music Department]
Name: Philip Begley | Role: Music Department
Name: Mark Berrow | Role: Music Department
Name: Matt Biffa | Role: Music Department
Name: Geoff Foster | Role: Music Department
Name: Isobel Griffiths | Role: Music Department
Name: Everton Nelson | Role: Music Department
Name: Maggie Rodford | Role: Music Department
Name: Fiachra Trench | Role: Music Department
Name: John Warhurst | Role: Music Department
Name: Warren Zielinski | Role: Music Department
Name: Andrew Dorfman | Role: Music Department
Name: Paul Kegg | Role: Music Department
Name: Allen Walley | Role: Music Department
Name: Bruce White | Role: Music Department

[Production Department]
Name: Anne Quinn | Role: Production Department
Name: Michelle Walsh | Role: Production Department

[Script and Continuity Department]
Name: Janice Schumm | Role: Script and Continuity Department

[Transportation Department]
Name: Anthony Carroll | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Alan Crozier | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Alan Rogers | Role: Transportation Department

[Additional Crew]
Name: Vicki Allen | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Victoria Allen | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Joshua Barraud | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Keith Bryant | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Sarah Comish | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Matt Curtis | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Tracy Ferguson | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Donna Fitzsymons | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Celine Friel | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Ralph Oliver Graef | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Frank Hudson | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Seamus Kelly | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Terri Kelly | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Graham Linton | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Janet Linton | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Jerome McDonnell | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Pat McKane | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Emma McNeill | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Poll Moussoulides | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Sarah Puzzar | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Deborah Shaw-Kolar | Role: Additional Crew
Name: John Stanborough | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Paul Stewart | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Michael Stricker | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Sheila Thomson | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Harro von Have | Role: Additional Crew

Trailers

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Release Schedule

Canada: September 12, 2003
United States: April 3, 2004 (Sonoma International Film Festival)
United States: June 10, 2004 (Seattle International Film Festival)
Czech Republic: July 2, 2004 (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
Norway: September 17, 2004
United States: October 23, 2004 (Milwaukee International Film Festival)
United States: March 11, 2005 (limited)
United States: March 16, 2005 (Cleveland International Film Festival)
United Kingdom: April 7, 2005 (Belfast Film Festival)
United States: April 22, 2005 (Filmfest DC)
Mexico: June 20, 2005 (TV premiere)
Denmark: June 22, 2005 (DVD premiere)
Sweden: June 22, 2005 (DVD premiere)
Finland: December 8, 2005 (DVD premiere)
Ireland: March 24, 2006
Germany: March 21, 2007 (DVD premiere)
France: March 2008

Awards

Winner | 2005 | US Comedy Arts Festival | Film Discovery Jury Award | Best Actress | Andrea Corr, The Boys & Girl from County Clare
Nominee | 2005 | Irish Film and Television Awards | IFTA Award | Best Actress in a Feature Film | Andrea Corr, The Boys & Girl from County Clare
Winner | 2005 | Irish Film and Television Awards | IFTA Award | Best Supporting Actress in a Feature Film | Charlotte Bradley, The Boys & Girl from County Clare
Nominee | 2005 | Irish Film and Television Awards | IFTA Award | Best Music in a Film | Fiachra Trench, The Boys & Girl from County Clare

Box Office

Norway: USD 8997
Domestic: USD 142872
Period: May 27 – 29, 2005 | Rank: 67 | Weeks in release: 12 | Theaters: 7 | Gross to date: USD 139297 | Interval gross: USD 6273 | Per theater average: USD 896
Period: May 27 – 30, 2005 | Rank: 72 | Theaters: 7 | Gross to date: USD 140872 | Interval gross: USD 7848 | Per theater average: USD 1121
Period: May 20 – 22, 2005 | Rank: 93 | Weeks in release: 11 | Theaters: 5 | Gross to date: USD 132071 | Interval gross: USD 3845 | Per theater average: USD 769
Period: May 13 – 15, 2005 | Rank: 91 | Weeks in release: 10 | Theaters: 4 | Gross to date: USD 125954 | Interval gross: USD 4325 | Per theater average: USD 1081
Period: May 6 – 8, 2005 | Rank: 89 | Weeks in release: 9 | Theaters: 7 | Gross to date: USD 117149 | Interval gross: USD 4409 | Per theater average: USD 629
Period: Apr 29 – May 1, 2005 | Rank: 85 | Weeks in release: 8 | Theaters: 8 | Gross to date: USD 106071 | Interval gross: USD 7088 | Per theater average: USD 886
Period: Apr 22 – 24, 2005 | Rank: 94 | Weeks in release: 7 | Theaters: 7 | Gross to date: USD 92244 | Interval gross: USD 7134 | Per theater average: USD 1019
Period: Apr 15 – 17, 2005 | Rank: 125 | Weeks in release: 6 | Theaters: 3 | Gross to date: USD 84239 | Interval gross: USD 994 | Per theater average: USD 331
Period: Apr 8 – 10, 2005 | Rank: 97 | Weeks in release: 5 | Theaters: 4 | Gross to date: USD 81695 | Interval gross: USD 3480 | Per theater average: USD 870
Period: Apr 1 – 3, 2005 | Rank: 86 | Weeks in release: 4 | Theaters: 6 | Gross to date: USD 76588 | Interval gross: USD 8358 | Per theater average: USD 1393
Period: Mar 25 – 27, 2005 | Rank: 78 | Weeks in release: 3 | Theaters: 8 | Gross to date: USD 63012 | Interval gross: USD 13708 | Per theater average: USD 1713
Period: Mar 18 – 20, 2005 | Rank: 76 | Weeks in release: 2 | Theaters: 5 | Gross to date: USD 43434 | Interval gross: USD 15128 | Per theater average: USD 3025
Period: Mar 11 – 13, 2005 | Rank: 69 | Weeks in release: 1 | Theaters: 7 | Gross to date: USD 20856 | Interval gross: USD 20856 | Per theater average: USD 2979