Rocky Road to Dublin

Rocky Road to Dublin

66 mins | Documentary | May 24, 1968

Rocky Road to Dublin is a 1968 documentary film by Irish-born journalist Peter Lennon and French cinematographer Raoul Coutard, examining the contemporary state of the Republic of Ireland, posing the question, “what do you do with your revolution once you’ve got it?” It argues that Ireland was dominated by cultural isolationism, Gaelic and clerical traditionalism at the time of its making.

Rocky Road to Dublin

66 mins | Documentary | May 24, 1968

Rocky Road to Dublin
Rocky Road to Dublin is a 1968 documentary film by Irish-born journalist Peter Lennon and French cinematographer Raoul Coutard, examining the contemporary state of the Republic of Ireland, posing the question, “what do you do with your revolution once you’ve got it?” It argues that Ireland was dominated by cultural isolationism, Gaelic and clerical traditionalism at the time of its making.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers
Original title Rocky Road to Dublin
Directors Peter Lennon
Writers Peter Lennon

Cast

John Huston

as Himself

Peter Lennon

as Narrator

Sean O’Faoláin

as Himself

Douglas Gageby

as Himself

Jim Fitzgerald

as Himself

Liam O’Briain

as Himself

Phyllis Hamilton

as Herself