Irish Destiny has been re-released to mark the 90th Anniversary of the Easter Rising.
Irish Destiny is one of the most significant films made in Ireland in the silent period. Produced by Isaac Eppel in 1926, the original release of Irish Destiny coincided with the 10th anniversary of the Easter Rising.
Irish composer, Micheál O'Súilleabháin has written a new score for the movie performed by the composer with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra conducted by Proinnsías Ó Duinn.
Micheál O'Súilleabháin has written a deconstructed version of the National Anthem for the score and the sound of an orchestra warming the black and white moving images creates an overall effect that is extraordinary.
The movie is a love story played against the backdrop of the War of Independence which ingeniously incorporates newsreel footage of the Black and Tans and the burning of Cork within the dramatised narrative.
For decades this Irish classic was believed to be lost but now Irish Destiny has now been restored by the Irish Film Archive to its original glory with restoration work by Lotus Films with The Bright Room and Windmill Lane Pictures. The performance on the 16th of March will coincide with the long-awaited release of the film on DVD.
When the notorious "Black and Tans" arrive at his village of Clonmore, IRA man Denis O'Hara discovers a plan to raid a secret IRA meeting, and he races to Dublin to warn his colleagues. He reaches the city, but is shot and captured by Brit soldiers. Denis is imprisoned in Kildare, but manages to escape along with his fellow prisoners. Believing him to be dead, his mother goes blind from the shock, and his girlfriend Moira is abducted by fellow villager Beecher, who is in league with the Tans. Denis arrives back in Clonmore just in time to rescue Moira. With the burning of the Customs House in Dublin, the War of Independence is soon over and a truce is reached with the Brits.
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