Irishness in Cinema

@bloomsdaymontreal2075 Published: 02 . 17 . 2024

Festival Bloomsday Montreal:
Origins of Irishness in Cinema: From Joyce and Silent Film to John Ford and Darby O’Gill

Kerry McElroy is a film and cultural historian and writer with a recent doctorate from Concordia in the PhD Humanities. Her thesis, entitled Class Acts: A Socio-Cultural History of Women, Labour, and Migration in Hollywood, focused on the actress as working class subject and included fieldwork interviews she conducted with women in Hollywood across professions. She has published articles on cinema, women, history, culture, and politics in Irish America, The Independent, and Serai, among other magazines. She holds master’s degrees from Columbia and Carnegie Mellon Universities.

Cian Gill writes and hosts the Wide Atlantic Weird podcast, a show that takes a critical, but never cynical, look at strange beliefs. Recording from County Cork in Ireland, Cian takes a special interest in tales of the mysterious, weird fiction, and folklore from Ireland. The show features original research, analysis, and contributions from experts in fringe thought from around the world.

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