dublin (ireland)

Padraig, one of a group of gargoyles that watch over the churches of Dublin, enlists the help of the elderly Francis Templeton, a descendant of the crusading Knights of Malta, when vandals break into St. Patrick's Cathedral.

It is 1968 and a ten-year-old boy growing up in Dublin faces the triumphs, indignities, warmth, and cruelty of his world, and tries to make sense of it all.

Two women, Ria from Tara Road in Dublin, and Marilyn, a New Englander, learn to cope with the crises in their lives and find the strength to go on when they trade homes for the summer.

Two Dublin schoolboys in search of an adventure have an encounter with a strange man, in this story first published in 1914 in the short-story collection "Dubliners".

Gabriel Conroy and his wife Gretta attend a party given by his two aunts where he awkwardly mingles with the guests. During the meal's toast, Gabriel discusses the gift of hospitality and his native country of Ireland. Gabriel and Gretta return home and Gretta confesses to Gabriel her memory of a past love that was sparked by the party's music. Gabriel ends the night gazing out at the snow and reflecting on the state of his own life and that of Ireland.

A young man severs all conventional ties in order to test his singular vision against the reality of an indifferent world.

A semi-autobiographical novel by James Joyce published in book form in 1916, depicting the early years in the life of Stephen Dedalus, a fictional alter ego of Joyce.

Ella Brady, hoping to capture the spirit of Dublin from the 1970s through the end of the century by filming a documentary on the popular restaurant, Quentins, and its owners, Patrick and Brenda Brennan, begins to wonder if there are some stories that are just too precious to be told.