Colm Bairéad

A quiet, neglected girl is sent away from her dysfunctional family to live with relatives for the summer. She blossoms in their care, but in this house where there are meant to be no secrets, she discovers one.

Documentary series that reveals life inside Mountjoy Prison, Ireland's largest prison facility, where drugs are the common currency and violence is a fact of life.

Celebrated as one of the masters of the short story, Frank O'Connor was also an important translator of classical Irish poetry. Cork poet and writer Liam O'Muirthile tells O'Connor's forgotten story. He argues you cannot understand O'Connor's voice in English without understanding his natural writing voice, which is rooted in Irish.

Cumann na mBan- Mná na Réabhlóide is a docudrama charting the complex evolution of the organisation from its inception in 1914 to the years of its decline in Post Civil War Ireland. It comprises of considered historical analysis, personal stories from relatives of those who served in its ranks and dramatic reconstructions of key events in the organisation's history. The documentary highlights the largely unrecognised contribution of the women of Cumann na mBan to the struggle for self-determination and further our understanding of their motives, their achievements and their sacrifices.

The story of barbaric murders committed in the midst of a rural community in Joyce Country, on the border between counties Galway and Mayo in 1882 and the subsequent trial in Dublin. The trial led to the unjust hanging or life imprisonment of innocent people based on the testimonies of false witnesses and the dishonesty of the British authorities and the gentry.

Liam is desperate to get to the big game on the Aran Islands and savour the atmosphere of a local GAA grudge match. With his two friends Mícheál and Séamus in tow, they set out to try and find a way to get to the match.

A small boy loses himself in a world of Irish myths and legends with his grandfather, but can’t come to terms with his widowed mother remarrying. These two strands of his life clash at first but ultimately tie together.

An examination of the making of the landmark Irish film "Mise Éire" (1959) and the political and national context of its release.

Early short film by Colm Bairéad. Premise unknown.

Seán, a 12-year-old boy raised in an Irish-speaking family on Dublin's Northside, encounters ridicule for his "unorthodox" upbringing.

Based on early Irish poetry, Aisling is an ode to Mother Ireland, dealing with themes of change, renewal and rejuvenation.

When her rebellious twin sister flees to England, Mary Kelly is left behind to a life of duty and constraint. Years later, an unforeseen encounter pulls her into a double life, forcing her to question her identity and the morality of the system that shaped her.