Film about life of Edna O'Brien wins best new Irish feature at Cork International Film Festival

The film, directed and written by Sinead O’Shea, traces the iconic writer’s professional and personal life from her original 1960 novel The Country Girls

Author Edna O'Brien, who died last July. File Picture

An exploration of the life and legacy of fabled Irish writer Edna O’Brien has been declared the winner of the Cork International Film Festival’s best new Irish feature.

The documentary in question, Blue Road: The Edna O’Brien Story, offers a “heartfelt yet humorous” take on the life story of the celebrated writer - who died earlier this year at the age of 94 - according to the festival jury.