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Alan Gilsenan

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1 year

We have been overwhelmed by the response to The Seven Ages of Nöel Browne - thank you for all your kind comments. The film is still available on the RTÉ Player & Oireachtas TV. ⁦ @OireachtasNews ⁩ ⁦ @CNaM_ie ⁩ ⁦ @yellowasylum ⁩ ⁦ @nulasuchet ⁩ ⁦ @IFI_Dub ⁩

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I’m sorry to share the sad news of the death of Prof. Ivor Browne. A remarkable figure and true pioneer in the area of mental heath. A man with a huge heart.. It has been an honour and joy to have known him. ..and his hugs will echo forever. 💜 ⁦ #ivorbrowne

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Alan Gilsenan

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3 years

My great friend Tom Hickey - who died this evening - was always happiest when he was working.. Here’s a brief performance of Beckett’s Da Tagte Es that we filmed not too long ago... Exit stage left, love & applause please. ⁦ #tomhickey #irishtheatre

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Our intimate portrait of the remarkable & radical Noël Browne will be broadcast next Monday evening 31st July ⁦ @RTEOne ⁩ after the news. ⁦ @yellowasylum ⁩ ⁦ @nulasuchet ⁩ ⁦ @johnfoley ⁩ #noelbrowne ⁦ @OireachtasNews ⁩ ⁦ @CNaM_ie ⁩ ⁦ @Scannain_com ⁩

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The Seven Ages of Noël Browne - inside the new documentary

The Seven Ages of Noël Browne - inside the new documentary

Directed by acclaimed Irish filmmaker, Alan Gilsenan, The Seven Ages of Noël Browne is a new documentary that draws on previously unseen and newly discovered footage from four interviews recorded in...

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Alan Gilsenan

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2 years

@gutenmorgan Lovely memories, I directed it and we did all at about 24 hours notice and it was on air within the week… Your dad was brilliant as ever - and a conundrum for the BBC executives who couldn’t believe we were suggesting filming in the Taoiseach’s office the next day…

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Thoughtful & generous piece from Ed Power ⁦ @IrishTimesOpEd ⁩ Noël Browne had a vision for a healthy, compassionate Ireland. The church and the medical profession blocked him

Noël Browne had a vision for a healthy, compassionate Ireland. The church and the medical profess...

Television: Alan Gilsenan’s film The Seven Ages of Noel Browne profiles the ‘problematic’ minister, champion of the mother-and-child scheme

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Alan Gilsenan

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2 years

Remembering Brendan Kennelly on this first anniversary of his death. Beginning again in Listowel during the summer of 2018… ⁦ @MaryMcAuliffe4 ⁩ ⁦ @poetryireland ⁩ ⁦⁩ ⁦ @TCDEnglish ⁩ ⁦⁦ @IrishTimesCultr ⁩ ⁦ @MoLI_Museum ⁩ ⁦⁩ #brendankennelly

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Alan Gilsenan

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4 years

Saddened to hear of the death of the great Derek Mahon. I had the rare pleasure of filming him in Kinsale not long ago.. Here’s an extract from “A Disused Garage in Co. Cork” ⁦ @GreatBookUCC ⁩ ⁦ @poetryireland ⁩ ⁦ @UCC ⁩ ⁦ @TheGalleryPress ⁩ ⁦⁩ #DerekMahon

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Alan Gilsenan

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3 years

Very saddened to share news of the death of Tom Hickey - peacefully this evening - a true actor and great friend. ⁦ @AbbeyTheatre ⁩ ⁦ @GateTheatreDub ⁩ ⁦ @rtenews ⁩ ⁦ @IrishTimesCultr ⁩ #irishtheatre #tomhickey ⁦ @TheatreForumIE ⁩

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Alan Gilsenan

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1 year

Saddened to hear about Christy Dignam RIP. I’ll always remember him for his true authenticity & dignity. A decent real-life hero. We go back a while so here he is with Aslan in the mid-Eighties in The Road To God Knows Where..💜 #ChristyDignam #Aslan @yellowasylum @jordanbourk

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Alan Gilsenan

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6 months

A great honour to win the Prix du Meilleur Essai at the International Festival of Films on Art in Montreal. @ARTFIFA Thanks to everyone who worked so wonderfully on it: Bjorn Mac Giolla @briancrosbyx1 @camilleos @johnfoley @MartinMahon @yellowasylum 🙏 @artscouncil_ie @IFI_Dub

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Alan Gilsenan

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2 years

Honoured to win best Irish film at @DocsIreland - what a great festival. Thanks to our brilliant team @ImagineMediaTV & to Kathryn Baird, Sheila Friel, Theo Dorgan, Bjorn MacGiolla, Eleni Karandrou @Hogancolm @TG4TV @NIScreen @BAItweets @Scannain_com

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Alan Gilsenan

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3 years

A great light has gone out.. Brendan Kennelly, poet & teacher. RIP. “Begin again..” #brendankennelly

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Alan Gilsenan

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5 years

Silenced by cancer, I opened my eyes to nature’s power via @IrishTimes . A small piece I wrote for today’s Irish Times on nature writing, cancer & the Shaking Bog. #shakingbog #naturewriting #cancer @TheWicklowWay @theshakingbog @ARCCANCERDUBLIN

Silenced by cancer, I opened my eyes to nature’s power

A life-threatening illness drew writer and film-maker Alan Gilsenan back to Wicklow hills

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Alan Gilsenan

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2 years

My new musical film with the wondrous Paul Muldoon is ⁦ @TG4TV ⁩ tonight with Paul Simon Ruth Negga, ⁦ @DamienRice ⁩ @THEKINGDMC ⁩ ⁦ @camilleos ⁩ ⁦ @iarlavox ⁩ ⁦ @LambeLisa ⁩ ⁦ @RHMusik ⁩ Stephen Rea amongst other constellations ⁦ @poetryireland ⁩

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Alan Gilsenan

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1 year

Tomorrow night ⁦ @RTEOne ⁩

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3 years

“Death, when I am ready, I shall come..” Thomas Kinsella, Poet, gentle man & one-time kindly neighbour RIP. #thomaskinsella

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Alan Gilsenan

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3 years

For the day that’s in it… I love this photograph. #ulysses100

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Alan Gilsenan

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4 years

A beautiful bright Christmas Eve morning here in the Wicklow hills. All might just be right with the world. Happy Christmas all..

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Alan Gilsenan

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8 months

A piece I wrote about Ivor for ⁦ @IrishTimes ⁩ some years ago - republished yesterday. ⁦ @MeetingsIvor ⁩ #ivorbrowne

In praise of Ivor Browne: groundbreaker, lifesaver

The Irish psychiatrist at the heart of a new documentary has transformed our view of mental illness

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Alan Gilsenan

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3 years

Delighted to be part of this year’s @CorkFilmFest with our feature documentary on the great Noël Browne.. @BAItweets @OireachtasNews @MartinMahon @yellowasylum @johnfoley @Hogancolm @RHMusik @Eclipse_Picture @ucccreates @uccfilmstudies

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Alan Gilsenan

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2 years

Brendan Behan, Michael Collins & the downfall of the Greek dictatorship…My film An Buachaill Gealgháireach/ The Laughing Boy is on ⁦ @TG4TV ⁩ this Wednesday at 9.30pm. ⁦ @_ImagineTV ⁩ ⁦ @BAItweets ⁩ ⁦ @NIScreen ⁩ ⁦ @Scannain_com ⁩ #irishmusic #michaelcollins

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Alan Gilsenan

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1 year

A great honour & joy to be Creative Director of this evening @AbbeyTheatre to mark 25 yrs of the Good Friday Agreement for @dfatirl Thanks to all those fabulous artists who joined us.. @DukeSpecial @briancrosbyx1 @LambeLisa @Gail_McConnell_ @FightingWordsIE @malaki_dublin 💜

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Alan Gilsenan

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5 years

Honoured to have made ULYSSES | FILM for the ⁦ @MoLI_Museum ⁩ - now on the eve of its opening - thank you ⁦ @NLIreland ⁩ ⁦ @HumanitiesUCD ⁩ ⁦⁦ @kellehmv ⁩ ⁦ @SandriCollins ⁩ ⁦ @kmcsharry ⁩ ⁦ @TheRosenbach ⁩ ⁦ @UBuffalo ⁩ ⁦ @johnstonglenn ⁩💜

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Alan Gilsenan

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4 years

Very saddened to hear of the death of that unique interpreter of landscape, the great Tim Robinson.. hauntingly captured here by @MickODeaArtist A towering figure lost to us all. @theshakingbog

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Alan Gilsenan

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2 years

Remembering - with love - our great friend Tom Hickey on his 1st anniversary with his remarkable final moments in my film of Beckett’s Eh Joe (with Siobhan McK). Learnt everything from Tom all those years ago.. #tomhickey @PresidentIRL @yellowasylum @AbbeyTheatre #irishtheatre

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Alan Gilsenan

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2 years

Saddened to hear of the death of Pauline Bewick… My memory of her is a sparky, joyful & beautiful presence. She’ll be missed.. ⁦ @VisArtsIreland ⁩ ⁦ @CircaArtMag ⁩ ⁦ @Aosdana ⁩ @artscouncil_ie ⁩

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Alan Gilsenan

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2 years

Today Sean Love stands down as Director of @FightingWordsIE As Chair, I want to extend our deep gratitude to him for his tireless work, integrity and decency in delivering on that vision of creativity that he and co-founder Roddy Doyle imagined 15 years ago. 👏🌈 @fightingwordsni

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Alan Gilsenan

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11 months

Delighted our new film on the #UnitedIrishmen will screen @CorkFilmFest on Nov. 12 in @TriskelCork @UCCLibrary @UCCHistory @yellowasylum @HistIreHedge @IrishHistoryPod @IFI_Dub @HistFest @littlemuseumdub @MichealMartinTD @simoncoveney #shearesbrothers #unitedirishmen #1798

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Alan Gilsenan

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2 years

Remembering a beautiful afternoon with Paul Simon in NYC sometime ago… The fruits of our labours are part of the Paul Muldoon film which is on ⁦ @BBCTwoNI ⁩ tonight ⁦ @NIScreen ⁩ ⁦ @BAItweets ⁩ ⁦ @TG4TV ⁩ ⁦ @belowtheradartv ⁩ ⁦ @IFI_Dub ⁩ ⁦ @IFTN ⁩ ⁦

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Alan Gilsenan

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4 years

The funny, moving and poignant tweets from @HelenORahilly are one of the small joys of lockdown... Her daily dialogues with ‘the aunt’ deserve to be a theatre piece. Hugs due to them both. xo

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4 years

Me: I’m staying at my house tomorrow night. The bins here are being washed by Panda on Saturday morning so will you leave them where they are tomorrow night? Aunt: …(under breath)...always away when something needs to be done…. #stairliftascends

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Alan Gilsenan

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1 year

Tonight on @RTEOne with @camilleos @briancrosbyx1 and @johnfoley @artscouncil_ie @DublinFilmFest @poetryireland @DeptCultureIRL @creativeirl @PoetryProgRTE @RTESunMisc @BCIrishStudies @IrishStudiesRev @SkeinPress @IFI_Dub

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Alan Gilsenan

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2 years

Sad news.. Terry Hall of the Specials dies. The voice of a generation. X

Terry Hall: lead singer of the Specials dies aged 63

Having survived a tough childhood in Coventry, Hall became one of pop’s defining voices at the turn of the 80s, chronicling British decline and disfranchised youth with the 2 Tone band

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Alan Gilsenan

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4 years

The complete film is available ⁦at from 8.00pm this evening ⁦ @MoLI_Museum ⁩ @NLIreland ⁩ ⁦ @UCDHumanities ⁩ ⁦ @PresidentIRL ⁩ ⁦ @dfatirl ⁩ ⁦ @yellowasylum ⁩ ⁦ @TheRosenbach ⁩ ⁦ @BeatrizKXB ⁩ #bloomsday #JamesJoyce

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Alan Gilsenan

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3 years

“You made your own music/ Always in tune with yourself “ A fairly recent filmed memory of the late Brendan Kennelly. ⁦ @poetryireland ⁩ ⁦ @GreatBookUCC ⁩ ⁦ @yellowasylum ⁩ ⁦ @katiedon5 ⁩ ⁦ @MaureenKennell5 ⁩ #brendankennelly

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Alan Gilsenan

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1 year

Thursday night ⁦ @RTEOne ⁩ “A work of art and a moving invocation of a lost world” - John Banville ⁦ @artscouncil_ie ⁩ ⁦ @DublinFilmFest ⁩ ⁦ @Scannain_com ⁩ ⁦ @IFI_Dub ⁩ ⁦ @briancrosbyx1 ⁩ ⁦ @johnfoley ⁩ ⁦ @yellowasylum ⁩ ⁦⁦ @poetryireland ⁩

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Alan Gilsenan

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6 months

To mark the passing of Ivor Browne, ⁦ @RTEOne ⁩ are rebroadcasting our film ⁦ @MeetingsIvor ⁩ tomorrow night. ⁦⁦ @mary_coughlan4 ⁩ ⁦ @Tommedian ⁩ ⁦ @CnMacConghail ⁩ ⁦⁦ @robocobhthaigh ⁩ ⁦ @CNaM_ie ⁩ #ivorbrowne

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Alan Gilsenan

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7 months

Love this photo.. Farewell Bonobo - we’ll be seeing you. 💜 #ivorbrowne

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Alan Gilsenan

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6 years

He’s not celebrating the #yes vote but this is one of the reasons I love the late Brendan Ingle RIP. After reflecting upon the art of boxing, from our film “The Bloody Canvas”.. #BrendanIngle @ClonesCyclone @roisiningle @SkySportsBoxing #boxing @seanscully_art

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Alan Gilsenan

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2 years

In cinemas all this week.. @LightHouseD7 @IFI_Dub @PalasGalway @TriskelCork @Scannain_com @IFTN @Fni_film @LiveCollision @poetryireland @IMMAIreland @HughlaneG @MoLI_Museum @IrishWritersCtr @Maynoothgeog @kellehmv @HumanitiesUCD @DigMediaTCDFilm

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Alan Gilsenan

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9 months

Sad news.. One of our most brave, adventurous playwrights - catapulted Irish theatre into the contemporary

The Irish Times

@IrishTimes

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Thomas Kilroy, acclaimed playwright, novelist and academic, dies aged 89

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Alan Gilsenan

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9 months

Remembering Shane fondly over the years - his gentle erudition, his love of literature & his surprising boxing prowess.. Here’s a clip from the long ago - from an interview for a film about storytelling - about how he “wrote” London You’re A Lady.. #shanemcgowan 💜 @yellowasylum

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Alan Gilsenan

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5 years

A short piece I wrote about the making of Daniel O’Connell: Forgotten King of Ireland which starts this Thursday on RTE. ⁦ @TuaFilms ⁩ ⁦ @PoetryProgRTE ⁩ ⁦ @NLIreland ⁩ ⁦ @UCDHistory ⁩ #danieloconnell #derrynane

"Appreciation of O'Connell as a contemporary figure is overdue"

Alan Gilsenan, the director of Daniel O'Connell: Forgotten King of Ireland, writes for Culture about the two-part documentary in which Olivia O'Leary chronicles the life and legacy of Irish freedom...

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Alan Gilsenan

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4 years

Thank you to all the extraordinary contributors to the film of The Great Book of Ireland - too many to mention but a real honour in every case. ⁦⁦ @poetryireland ⁩ ⁦ @artscouncil_ie ⁩ ⁦ @Aosdana ⁩ ⁦⁦⁦ @GreatBookUCC ⁩ ⁦ #UCC ⁦ @UCCLibrary ⁩ @

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6 years

The clocks are stopped in #Enniskerry and the clouds reflect the sorrow felt by everyone in the village & beyond.. #JastineValdez RIP.

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Alan Gilsenan

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6 months

Pleased that Ghosts of Baggotonia is in competition for best film at International Festival of Films on Art ⁦ @ARTFIFA ⁩ Screenings in Montreal on March 16th. ⁦ @artscouncil_ie ⁩ ⁦ @camilleos ⁩

Ghosts of Baggotonia

Best Essay Prize, FIFA 2024 In this film-poem inspired by Nevill Johnson 's photographs and enriched by the writings of Patrick Kavanagh and Samuel Beckett , Irish filmmaker Alan Gilsenan immerses us...

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Alan Gilsenan

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3 years

Looking forward to screening this tomorrow @DublinFilmFest Thanks @artscouncil_ie for you support in making this.

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Alan Gilsenan

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10 months

A real pleasure to be part of Behan 100 in Paris - thanks to @IrlEmbParis and @cc_irlandais for the warm welcome as ever.. and happy to screen The Laughing Boy. Beautiful newly-discovered photos of Behan from Russell Melcher. @ImagineMediaTV @Shakespeare_Co #brendanbehan

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Alan Gilsenan

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2 years

Looking forward to screening this @CorkFilmFest and @irishfilmlondon this weekend.. Thanks to all our extraordinary musicians and artists.. @bbcgaeilge @BTRadarTV @ucccreates @uccfilmstudies @UCCLibrary @StephenDouds @irishexaminer @EmbassyIreland @MyICCLondon #paulmuldoon

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Alan Gilsenan

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2 years

Some the stamps that are now available right across Brazil to celebrate Bloomsday 💯- a brilliant & inspired initiative from @IrlEmbBrazil @IrlSaoPaulo @dfatirl @BeatrizKXB @MoLI_Museum @JJ_Gazette @JoyceTrieste @johnstonglenn @LookUpYoga #bloomsday2022

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Alan Gilsenan

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1 year

Missing the great Tom Hickey today, his second anniversary.. Here he is in 2019 in BECKETT | POEMS with Justine Cooper. Always in our hearts & dreams… 💜 ⁦ @AbbeyTheatre ⁩ ⁦ @GateTheatreDub ⁩ ⁦ @LyricBelfast ⁩ ⁦ @Aosdana ⁩ #tomhickey

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Alan Gilsenan

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1 year

Delighted to win the Audience Award at the extraordinary @filmfestivalgr Thank you @ImagineMediaTV @TG4TV @BAItweets @NIScreen @Scannain_com @FilmIreland

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Alan Gilsenan

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3 years

The ghosts of Beckett, Behan, Kavanagh, Boland, Montague, Salkeld, Wilde, Kinsella and others… Next Tuesday @DublinFilmFest @IFI_Dub @NLIreland @HumanitiesUCD @CentreOscar @poetryireland @MoLI_Museum @artscouncil_ie @UCCLibrary

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3 years

For those who were asking.. My few words about Tom Hickey at his recent funeral. #tomhickey

Tom Hickey - A Eulogy from Alan Gilsenan | President of Ireland

Welcome to the website of the President of Ireland.

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Alan Gilsenan

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11 months

A new film - The Days of Trees - an intimate story about memory, trauma & hope will premiere @CorkFilmFest on Nov. 18th @EverymanCork - @uccfilmstudies @SVCCork @IFI_Dub @Scannain_com @FilmIreland @oneinfourirish @IFTN @ucccreates @TheIP_psychmag @MHCIreland

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Alan Gilsenan

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8 months

Happy New Year…

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Alan Gilsenan

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3 years

RIP Shay Healy - decent, smart, funny and so talented... One of good guys. He’ll be missed and remembered. 💜 #ShayHealy

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Alan Gilsenan

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5 months

Tomás Hardiman and I will be talking with ⁦ @RadioBrendanRTE ⁩ about #TheDaysofTrees this morning on ⁦ @RTERadio1 ⁩ ⁦ @IFI_Dub ⁩ ⁦ @PalasGalway ⁩ ⁦ @TriskelCork ⁩ ⁦ @CNaM_ie ⁩ #irishfilm ⁦ @oneinfourirish ⁩ ⁦ @IFTA ⁩

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5 years

Happy 75th Birthday to the extraordinary & wondrous Paul Durcan. We are blessed to have him. Life is, indeed, a dream... ⁦ @poetryireland ⁩ ⁦ @ChairOfPoetry ⁩ ⁦ @PoetryProgRTE ⁩ ⁦ @PoetryNI ⁩ ⁦ @MoLI_Museum ⁩ ⁦ @CormacKinsella ⁩⁩ #poetry #pauldurcan

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2 years

Very much looking forward to joining Paul this evening for a screening at the beautiful ⁦ @QFTBelfast ⁩ ⁦ @belowtheradartv ⁩ ⁦ @NIScreen ⁩ ⁦ @bbcgaeilge ⁩ ⁦ @TG4TV ⁩ ⁦ @poetryireland ⁩

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Alan Gilsenan

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4 years

Tonight on @RTE2 at 9.40pm, my film of Unless, the great last novel from Carol Shields ... @ScreenIreland @UNLESSmovie #carolshields #unless @ShieldsPrize

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Alan Gilsenan

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2 years

Delighted to be in Belfast @DocsIreland today for our screening of An Buachaill Gealgháireach this afternoon..the story of a Brendan Behan song and it’s remarkable Greek odyssey - for the anniversary of Michael Collins death @ImagineMediaTV @TG4TV @NIScreen @IrlEmbAthens

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Alan Gilsenan

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3 years

On @rte again tonight…

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Alan Gilsenan

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6 years

Wonderful, luminous afternoon with the great Brendan Kennelly.. In Kerry, he says, they talk of the three ages of man: the young man, the grown man, and the “you’re-looking-well” man. And he is, I’m happy to report. @poetryireland @PoetryProgRTE @IrishStudiesUCC

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Alan Gilsenan

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2 years

Today I just want to send love & thx to my collaborators - Bjorn MacGiolla, ⁦ @briancrosbyx1 ⁩ ⁦ @johnfoley ⁩ ⁦⁦ @smchalemusic ⁩ ⁦ @MartinMahon ⁩ Steve McGrath ⁦ @MacallaTeo ⁩ ⁦ @outerlimitspost ⁩ ⁦ @artscouncil_ie ⁩ ⁦⁦ @Eclipse_Picture ⁩ 👏

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5 years

ULYSSES | FILM is still running all day, everyday at the wonderful @MoLI_Museum Very proud to have been asked to make this.. @TheCommonsMoLI @NLIreland @HumanitiesUCD @yellowasylum #jamesjoyce #ulysses

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Alan Gilsenan

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3 years

Love this edgy photo of Noël Browne.. the film screens this Tuesday @CorkFilmFest @GateCinemas @BAItweets @DerekDignam @Eclipse_Picture @nulasuchet @johnfoley @Scannain_com @FilmIreland #noelbrowne

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Alan Gilsenan

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4 years

Very saddened to hear of the death of Liam O’Neill.. a fine filmmaker and a fine man. I have very fond memories of him in the good old dark ages of Irish film. RIP Liam x @Scannain_com @IFI_Dub @FilmIreland @IFTN

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Alan Gilsenan

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2 years

‘Heartship’ - our film with the wonderful Dorothy Cross and ⁦ @LisaHannigan ⁩ will be screened outdoors on the magical #livingcanvasdublin at the canal near Baggot Street Bridge. See: ⁦ @glucksman ⁩ ⁦ @CrawfordArtGall ⁩ ⁦ @MoLI_Museum ⁩

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Alan Gilsenan

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2 years

One of the extraordinary murals celebrating #Bloomsday2022 An inspired and inspiring idea from @AmbSeanHoy @IrlEmbBrazil @eoinbennis 18 murals of 18 episodes of #Ulysses100 from young people across Brazil. Simply brilliant @MoLI_Museum @IrishLitTimes #JamesJoyce @PresidentIRL

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Alan Gilsenan

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5 years

Honoured & a little humbled by this programme of screenings of my films at @cinematecabr in Sao Paolo. It begins tomorrow in case you’re passing through.. @BeatrizKXB @IrlSaoPaulo @ScreenIreland @BAItweets @IFI_Dub @yellowasylum @CTLFilms

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Alan Gilsenan

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2 years

Loved working with the joyful, infectious energy of the iconic “Run” DMC..

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2 years

Our Greek odyssey An Buachaill GealGáireach (The Laughing Boy) will screen on Sunday ⁦ @GalwayFilm ⁩ Honoured to have a score from the legendary Eleni Karaindrou. 🇬🇷⁦ @ImagineMediaTV ⁩ ⁦ @TG4TV ⁩ ⁦ @BAItweets ⁩ ⁦ @IrlEmbAthens ⁩ ⁦ @screencomposer2 ⁩ 🎼

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@AlanGilsenan1

2 years

Thanks @PaulPwhitington for this thoughtful piece in today’s @Independent_ie Enjoyed the chat. #ghostsofbaggotonia opens next Friday, December 9th @IFI_Dub @BaggotStWines @elywinebars @Searsons_Bar @ParsonsBookshop @DubCityCouncil @Eclipse_Picture

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Alan Gilsenan

@AlanGilsenan1

4 years

From today, each evening at 20:00 GMT - an episode of ULYSSES | FILM until #Bloomsday #pauldurcan See: @NLIreland @MoLI_Museum @TheRosenbach @alisonwfraser @johnstonglenn @kellehmv @BeatrizKXB @HumanitiesUCD @poetryireland @artscouncil_ie @yellowasylum

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Alan Gilsenan

@AlanGilsenan1

3 years

Warm thanks to President Higgins & Sabina for joining us last night ⁦⁦ @CorkFilmFest ⁩ and to the Browne family, ⁦⁦ @nulasuchet ⁩ & especially Cork audience for such a warm response. ⁦ @PresidentIRL ⁩ ⁦⁦ @BAItweets ⁩ ⁦⁩⁦⁦ @OrlaOHanrahan ⁩

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Alan Gilsenan

@AlanGilsenan1

5 months

On cinema release from April 12th. An intimate & poetic tale of trauma, memory & hope.. ⁦ @IFI_Dub ⁩ ⁦ @PalasGalway ⁩ ⁦ @TriskelCork ⁩ ⁦ @FilmIreland ⁩ ⁦ @Scannain_com ⁩ ⁦ @IFTA ⁩ ⁦ @CIFF ⁩ ⁦ @uccfilmstudies ⁩ #daysoftrees

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Alan Gilsenan

@AlanGilsenan1

7 years

Delighted my film of #CarolShields ’ extraordinary novel UNLESS will have its cinema release in Ireland on March 16th. #catherinekeener #hannahgross #mattcraven @IFI_Dub @Eclipse_Picture @brendancoyle99 @Aegiardini

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Alan Gilsenan

@AlanGilsenan1

1 year

A warm thank you to @PresidentIRL & Sabina and all who attended our private screening last evening of our United Irishmen film @StellaCinemas ..and to our extraordinary contributors & team without which… @yellowasylum @Scannain_com @FilmIreland #unitedirishmen #1798

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Alan Gilsenan

@AlanGilsenan1

2 years

From her beautiful studio in Kerry, the late - and very wonderful - Pauline Bewick reveals some ‘mysteries’ to us in ⁦ @GreatBookUCC ⁩ ⁦ @UCCLibrary ⁩ ⁦ @Aosdana ⁩ ⁦ @yellowasylum ⁩ Fond memories of #paulinebewick

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Alan Gilsenan

@AlanGilsenan1

2 years

The Wren Boys leaving town…

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Alan Gilsenan

@AlanGilsenan1

2 years

Thanks to the great audience ⁦ @CorkFilmFest ⁩ last evening.. The Paul Muldoon Circus continues tonight ⁦⁦ @irishfilmlondon ⁩ We’re in the Vue Cinema on Piccadilly at 7.00pm. ⁦ @vuecinemas ⁩ ⁦ @Gerry_Maguire_ ⁩ ⁦ @MyICCLondon ⁩ ⁦ @PoetrySociety ⁩

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Alan Gilsenan

@AlanGilsenan1

2 years

Delighted to unveil my new film next Saturday @CorkFilmFest - Paul Muldoon: Laoithe ‘s Liricí / A Life in Lyrics is a strange musical odyssey through his life with a host of intriguing artists & friends @TG4TV @BAItweets @NIScreen @poetryireland @gatecinemas #paulmuldoon

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Alan Gilsenan

@AlanGilsenan1

7 months

Ahead of today’s @DublinFilmFest screening of The Irish Question, I want to thank our brilliant team without whom.. @MartinMahon @JohnWalsh09 Bjorn MacGiolla, @beewjay @drumhog @johnfoley Steve McGrath, @caimingilmore & all @yellowasylum & @outerlimitspost 🙏

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Alan Gilsenan

@AlanGilsenan1

5 months

In cinemas from this weekend.. An intimate story of trauma, memory & hope. ⁦ @IFI_Dub ⁩ ⁦ @PalasGalway ⁩ ⁦ @TriskelCork ⁩ ⁦ @IFTA ⁩ ⁦ @CorkFilmFest ⁩ ⁦ @uccfilmstudies ⁩ ⁦ @EuroFilmAcademy ⁩ #irishfilm

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Alan Gilsenan

@AlanGilsenan1

4 years

Saddened to hear of the passing of Eavan Boland... “The blackbird on this first sultry morning, in summer, finding buds, worms, fruit, feels the heat. Suddenly she puts out her wing — the whole, full, flirtatious span of it.” @poetryireland #poetry #eavanboland

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Alan Gilsenan

@AlanGilsenan1

6 months

Very much looking forward to screening our Paul Muldoon film this weekend in Washington DC at the great ⁦⁦⁦ @Solasnuacht ⁩ - ⁦ @USAmbIreland ⁩ ⁦ @IrelandAmbUSA ⁩ ⁦ @TG4TV ⁩ ⁦ @poetryireland ⁩

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Alan Gilsenan

@AlanGilsenan1

1 year

Wonderful Dublin launch @BooksUpstairs yesterday of Andy Fitzsimons’ magisterial translation of Bashō’s haiku.. An extraordinary achievement. Beautiful words too from Gerald Dawe and Paula Meehan. @IrishEmbJapan @CBL_Dublin @poetryireland @IEAmbJapan

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Alan Gilsenan

@AlanGilsenan1

10 months

Looking forward to finally bringing The Days of Trees - an intimate tale of trauma & memory - to the screen this coming Saturday evening @CorkFilmFest in @EverymanCork Grateful to @Tommedian for hosting the Q&A. @CNaM_ie @uccfilmstudies @IFTA @IFI_Dub #irishfilm

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Alan Gilsenan

@AlanGilsenan1

3 years

“A swan goes by head low with many apologies,/ Fantastic light looks through the eyes of bridges”

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Alan Gilsenan

@AlanGilsenan1

4 years

Blessed to live within 2km of this..

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Alan Gilsenan

@AlanGilsenan1

3 years

Roger Casement statue unveiled and will stand in Dún Laoghaire

Sculptor Mark Richards secured commission following local authority competition

www.irishtimes.com

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Alan Gilsenan

@AlanGilsenan1

2 years

Quietly thrilled to have spent some time with the great Laurie Anderson. A magical transformer..

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Alan Gilsenan

@AlanGilsenan1

2 years

In Dolphins Barn Church, a tender candlelit anniversary mass this evening for Tom Hickey - in the presence of @PresidentIRL - while on @RTERadio1 the man himself performs Tom MacIntyre’s less reverent play The Gallant John Joe @RTEDramaOnOne

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Alan Gilsenan

@AlanGilsenan1

5 years

So pleased to say a few words in celebration of the Historical Dictionary of Irish Film. A magnificent achievement by @AntonyRoland @rflynnr A book that makes sense of #irishfilm & should be in every library and school @IFI_Dub @Irish_Lit @IrishTimesCultr @Scannain_com

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Alan Gilsenan

@AlanGilsenan1

2 years

Love this photo & always good to get the great Van the Man in the can… He’ll feature in my new musical film with Paul Muldoon. It’s on @TG4TV on Dec. 28th. Thanks @LyricBelfast for the use of the hall.. @BAItweets @bbcgaeilge @NIScreen @belowtheradartv