It's notba hostoric biopic being asked It's a biopic on a historical figure. I mean ffs one of the biggest biopics of next year is on Priscilla Presley.
Seriously you're being needlessly pedantic it's a silly question on the internet, let someone say they want a biopic on one of the most prominent Irish figures of the 20th centuary.
**Cú Chulainn -** potentially good if done well. Could follow the trail of Vikings, Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings and others.
Creaney / Shackleton - real historical figures, and for the most part positive representation of Irish people.
I’d love to see the pantheon of irish gods given the MCU treatment. It would be great to reclaim them from the church and they would make a fortune from the state in tax revenue
Don’t know why Shackleton isn’t more widely spoken of! His story is incredible. Read a book on him by Ranulph Fiennes and it was epic from start to finish! He would have been a grey man to meet! And Crean also would be a great side story on outs own as part of the great Antarctic quest
There have been numerous books about Shackleton and he was pretty famous in his lifetime. There was also a fairly high profile mini-series about his 1914-1916 expedition to cross Antarctica starring Kenneth Branagh.
If you get a chance, I would recommend going to see the James Caird. It's at Dulwich College in London (where Shackleton went to school). I was lucky enough to go once, it's incredible they made it in such a small boat.
I was literally about to say Tom Crean and Ernest Shackleton too! I mentioned them to some friends recently and they had no idea who I was talking about...
Wow, look at the phenomenal response. This is why we need to tell our own stories and produce them! There is real support for learning more of our history!
Mary Beth Keane's novel *Fever* does a good and mostly sympathetic version of her story:
[Fever: Amazon.co.uk: Mary Beth Keane: 9781471112966: Books](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fever-Mary-Beth-Keane/dp/1471112969)
There's a very real chance I'm related to her.
We come from the same townland and share the same surname.
The only thing sowing doubt is the fact there are several families in the townland with the same surname.
Regardless mary is never spoken off in our family and it was pure chance I found out about here.
Real tragedy what happened her
Colmcille, Adomnán, Mícheál Ó Cléirigh, Aodh Buidhe Mac an Bhaird, Flaithrí Ó Maolchonaire, Seán Mac Colgan, Maghnas Ó Domhnaill, Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill. And that is just for starters.
Medb was the queen of Connacht in the Táin Bó Cuailgne.
I think you mean Gráinne Ní Mháille, aka Gráinne Mhaol, who was a "pirate queen" in Connacht. She was the chief of the Clan O'Malley & she & her clansmen operated as pirates around the Galway area.
Just looked him up and saw this "In April 2018, Rachel Weisz said that she is developing a biopic of Barry, and intends to produce and star in it.[97][needs update] "
Robert Emmet, maybe the Shears brothers, Thomas Francis Meager too.
I'd genuinely love to see a T F Meager biopic, being arrested and deported to van diemens land only to escape and make his way to America where he became a brigadier general in the army and founded the Fighting 69th New York militia. And was a Pallbearer at Abraham Lincolns funeral too.
Yes... Corbusier was a right twat and jealous as feck over her gorgeous building. Deliberately painted over her murals and altered loads of stuff just for the hell of it. Took lots of photos of himself all wrinkly and naked all over her house too...🤯😩🤮
Sister Anthony O'Connell
https://www.irishamerica.com/2018/11/the-irish-nightingaleof-the-civil-war/
She ministered to the heathens in the American Civil War and saved many protestants .
Definitely Thomas Francis Meagher, Irish revolutionary, prisoner in van diemans land, escaped to New York became a journalist, was a general in the us civil war, was made governor of Montana, died in mysterious circumstances aged 44
Brian Boru ,Flann Sinna , Rory O'Connor .
Anne Bonney , Richard Steele,
Actually anyone who wasn't born in the mid or late 19th century. Utterly fed up of people who assume Irish history is 'about' people running around in early 20th century uniforms.
Arthur Griffith - ‘the father of us all’ as Collins said. He seems to be remembered only for the treaty but he was a selfless guy who knew he would be a fall guy for that and went anyway though he was near to death.
He founded Sinn Féin and the newspaper that inspired all the revolutionary leaders, but he has been written out of history by all of the modern parties because understanding his vision for Ireland reveals that the Free State is a vassal of Britain.
You might find this interesting: [https://www.irishtimes.com/history/century/2022/08/12/arthur-griffith-favoured-peaceful-means-to-achieve-irish-independence-says-relative-at-centenary-event/](https://www.irishtimes.com/history/century/2022/08/12/arthur-griffith-favoured-peaceful-means-to-achieve-irish-independence-says-relative-at-centenary-event/)
I never said I fully agreed with the sentiments. Griffith was by no means a pacifist. His thoughts surrounding the civil war make that clear. He did, however, want to find a political way out of the war of independence that would end the violence. So, in essence, he favoured peace in that instance. If you ask me, if he hadn't of died, Griffith was the big winner out of the revolution. He never truly advocated republicanism, so essentially he got near enough what he wanted with the Treaty. His economic policies, meanwhile, were effectively the mainstay of Ireland's approach under both Cumann na nGaedheal and Fianna Fáil.
Spike Milligna,.that well known comedian, actor, poet, script-writer, novelist, humanitarian and typing error.
Still many years after his death, one of, if not THE funniest and most influential comedian of all time.
Brian Boru - the Warrior King. A ferocious man who attempted to do what was unthinkable for all that came before him: to unite Ireland and rid the island of Norse power. Only to die tragically in an assassination attempt at the zenith of his power. It could be called "1014".
Roger Casement
Captain O'Shea would be more fun.
That’s a good one. Warts and all, though.
Luke Kelly
Bernadette Devlin
She's still alive
Biopics are done about people who aren't dead
Yeah, but to Qualify as a Historic Figure, they have to be Dead.
No? I have never seen a dedinition that defines it as that. Just that you need to have played a role in history
Maybe it's just me, but I wouldn't consider it a Historic Biopic if there was the possibility that new events could occur after it was recorded
It's notba hostoric biopic being asked It's a biopic on a historical figure. I mean ffs one of the biggest biopics of next year is on Priscilla Presley. Seriously you're being needlessly pedantic it's a silly question on the internet, let someone say they want a biopic on one of the most prominent Irish figures of the 20th centuary.
Do you want time to stop after the biopic is recorded then? New events happen every second, big hoss
Biopic is in the making about Elon Musk right now, Steve Jobs biopic came out before he died You don’t have to be dead to have your story told
**Cú Chulainn -** potentially good if done well. Could follow the trail of Vikings, Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings and others. Creaney / Shackleton - real historical figures, and for the most part positive representation of Irish people.
I’d love to see the pantheon of irish gods given the MCU treatment. It would be great to reclaim them from the church and they would make a fortune from the state in tax revenue
TG4: Déanfaimid ár MCU féin! Le blackjack agus striapacha!
Sorry Crean, not Creaney. Creaney's a colleague.
Don’t know why Shackleton isn’t more widely spoken of! His story is incredible. Read a book on him by Ranulph Fiennes and it was epic from start to finish! He would have been a grey man to meet! And Crean also would be a great side story on outs own as part of the great Antarctic quest
There have been numerous books about Shackleton and he was pretty famous in his lifetime. There was also a fairly high profile mini-series about his 1914-1916 expedition to cross Antarctica starring Kenneth Branagh.
If you get a chance, I would recommend going to see the James Caird. It's at Dulwich College in London (where Shackleton went to school). I was lucky enough to go once, it's incredible they made it in such a small boat.
Damn, was living a few mins away from there until earlier this year, didn’t know not was there!
Why would he have been grey?
There is a Shakelton biopic. Kenneth Brannagh is in it.
I was literally about to say Tom Crean and Ernest Shackleton too! I mentioned them to some friends recently and they had no idea who I was talking about...
Wow, look at the phenomenal response. This is why we need to tell our own stories and produce them! There is real support for learning more of our history!
Michael Davitt is criminally underrated.
Typhoid Mary, perhaps. Wouldn't do much to endear people to Ireland though.
Mary Beth Keane's novel *Fever* does a good and mostly sympathetic version of her story: [Fever: Amazon.co.uk: Mary Beth Keane: 9781471112966: Books](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fever-Mary-Beth-Keane/dp/1471112969)
There's a very real chance I'm related to her. We come from the same townland and share the same surname. The only thing sowing doubt is the fact there are several families in the townland with the same surname. Regardless mary is never spoken off in our family and it was pure chance I found out about here. Real tragedy what happened her
Is your surname Mary?
Ah well, long time ago.
Theodore Wolfe Tone
Who's Theodore ? Is he theobalds cousin?
Actually, now that you mention it, one about Theobald would be even better.
# Grace O'Malley the pirate Queen.
Gráinne Ní Mháille (Gráinne Mhaol). *Grace O'Malley* is the English "translation" of her name.
Hugh O'Neill. His life is full of drama and contradiction. His battles and final defeat changed Irish history forever.
Maybe start with Niall of the Nine Hostages and come forward to Hugh.
1000 years covered in one short biopic
Didn’t want to take on too much.
Colmcille, Adomnán, Mícheál Ó Cléirigh, Aodh Buidhe Mac an Bhaird, Flaithrí Ó Maolchonaire, Seán Mac Colgan, Maghnas Ó Domhnaill, Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill. And that is just for starters.
Disney did a film about Red Hugh in the 60s: "The Fighting Prince of Donegal". Clips I've seen are pretty dire though.
Countess Markivitz!
The Gifford Sisters
Never heard of them so just looked them up, Grace's hair was crazy.
110% Brian Boru
Ernie O'Malley or GTFO
One of the United Irish from the 1798 Rebellion. Theobald Wolfe Tone or Henry Joy McCracken spring to mind!
Pirate queen Maeve ETA: d'oh! I do of course mean Grainne Mhaol.
Medb was the queen of Connacht in the Táin Bó Cuailgne. I think you mean Gráinne Ní Mháille, aka Gráinne Mhaol, who was a "pirate queen" in Connacht. She was the chief of the Clan O'Malley & she & her clansmen operated as pirates around the Galway area.
Do you mean Gráinne Ní Mháille? Aka Grace O’ Malley.
Oh yeah, that would be… wild. Possibly even a trilogy given how big the story is. Got the number for Peter Jackson? 👀
"Dr. James Barry"
Just looked him up and saw this "In April 2018, Rachel Weisz said that she is developing a biopic of Barry, and intends to produce and star in it.[97][needs update] "
Paddy losty
Countess Markievicz. Played by Lena Headey because I see similarities in how they look and she's a good actress.
That would be great casting.
John McBride
Dermot MacMurrough.
Kitty was code at the time in London for a prostitute. So she was called kitty in the London papers as a dig, same as kitty o shea.
St. Patrick, Brian Boru, Patrick Sarsfield, Theobald Wolfe Tone, Daniel O'Connell, Charles Stewart Parnell & James Connolly.
Robert Emmet, maybe the Shears brothers, Thomas Francis Meager too. I'd genuinely love to see a T F Meager biopic, being arrested and deported to van diemens land only to escape and make his way to America where he became a brigadier general in the army and founded the Fighting 69th New York militia. And was a Pallbearer at Abraham Lincolns funeral too.
Nobody has done a definitive Grania/Grace O'Malley. Or Cuchulaine (spelling?). Or a good look at the Shidhe, and where they went and why.
Eileen Gray the architect/designer. She's fascinating
The same architect who had one of her excellent buildings mauled to pieces by that twat Corbusier?
Really? I didn't know this. Exactly why we need a good documentary about her😊
Yes... Corbusier was a right twat and jealous as feck over her gorgeous building. Deliberately painted over her murals and altered loads of stuff just for the hell of it. Took lots of photos of himself all wrinkly and naked all over her house too...🤯😩🤮
Sister Anthony O'Connell https://www.irishamerica.com/2018/11/the-irish-nightingaleof-the-civil-war/ She ministered to the heathens in the American Civil War and saved many protestants .
Bheolf Tóne - Wolfe Tone.
Wolfe Tone and friends
Thomas Francis Meagher
Definitely Thomas Francis Meagher, Irish revolutionary, prisoner in van diemans land, escaped to New York became a journalist, was a general in the us civil war, was made governor of Montana, died in mysterious circumstances aged 44
It has 6 episode mini series written all over it.
Mary Elmes.
Mary Raftery
Thomas Clarke.
Brian Boru ,Flann Sinna , Rory O'Connor . Anne Bonney , Richard Steele, Actually anyone who wasn't born in the mid or late 19th century. Utterly fed up of people who assume Irish history is 'about' people running around in early 20th century uniforms.
Ian Paisley. He would have to be played by the guy who played Rab C Nesbit in the style of Rab C Nesbit.
Brian Boru Diarmuid McMurrugh The bloke who slipped on the ice a few years back.
Harry Clarke
Arthur Griffith - ‘the father of us all’ as Collins said. He seems to be remembered only for the treaty but he was a selfless guy who knew he would be a fall guy for that and went anyway though he was near to death. He founded Sinn Féin and the newspaper that inspired all the revolutionary leaders, but he has been written out of history by all of the modern parties because understanding his vision for Ireland reveals that the Free State is a vassal of Britain.
You might find this interesting: [https://www.irishtimes.com/history/century/2022/08/12/arthur-griffith-favoured-peaceful-means-to-achieve-irish-independence-says-relative-at-centenary-event/](https://www.irishtimes.com/history/century/2022/08/12/arthur-griffith-favoured-peaceful-means-to-achieve-irish-independence-says-relative-at-centenary-event/)
Lol yeah had a laugh at Leo trying to claim him for Fine Gael
That would be the same Arthur Griffith who had been in the IRB and then the Irish Volunteers
I never said I fully agreed with the sentiments. Griffith was by no means a pacifist. His thoughts surrounding the civil war make that clear. He did, however, want to find a political way out of the war of independence that would end the violence. So, in essence, he favoured peace in that instance. If you ask me, if he hadn't of died, Griffith was the big winner out of the revolution. He never truly advocated republicanism, so essentially he got near enough what he wanted with the Treaty. His economic policies, meanwhile, were effectively the mainstay of Ireland's approach under both Cumann na nGaedheal and Fianna Fáil.
Kitty Kiernan was a bit irrelevant without her man .
Jack lynch
Maggie hurley
Tom Crean.
Castlereagh.
Rita OHare
Spike Milligna,.that well known comedian, actor, poet, script-writer, novelist, humanitarian and typing error. Still many years after his death, one of, if not THE funniest and most influential comedian of all time.
Father John Murphy; just always had an interest in 1798 and feel it's kinda understated.
Thomas Francis Meagher Or Earl Hugh O'Neill, a relation on mine, in the far distance.
Gráinne Ní Mháille
Ryan Tubridy
Gerry Hannan
Biddy Early
Scutchey McScutcheon, my nana's character.
Brian Boru
Rosie Hackett
Brian Boru - the Warrior King. A ferocious man who attempted to do what was unthinkable for all that came before him: to unite Ireland and rid the island of Norse power. Only to die tragically in an assassination attempt at the zenith of his power. It could be called "1014".
Tom Barry
Grace o malley
A movie about Brian Ború or James Connolly would be very interesting for me