O'Donoghue's Opera (1998)
In this mock opera infused with gallows humour, Ronnie Drew and his band of bohemian merrymakers, The Dubliners, re-enact the execution ballad ‘The Night Before Larry Was Stretched’. Larry finds himself caught in a hangman’s noose as just reward for being ‘the best burglar in all Ireland’. Made in 1965, the film remained uncompleted and unseen until its restoration in 1998.
Director: Kevin Sheldon
 |
Ronnie Drew as Larry |
 |
Séamus Ennis as |
|
Johnny Moynihan as |
 |
Ciarán Bourke as |
 |
Luke Kelly as |
 |
Barney McKenna as |
 |
Bobby Lynch as |
 |
John Sheahan as |
|
Marie Grehan as |
|
Francie Grehan as |
|
Helen "Bernie" Grehan as |
| Directing | Kevin Sheldon | Director |
| Production | Kevin Sheldon | Producer |
| Production | Sé Merry Doyle | Producer |
