Person: Jimmy Gralton

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The Abbey Theatre's adaptation of Jimmy’s Hall is stepping up for freedom

While the subject matter of Jimmy’s Hall is serious, the play is also filled with joy, celebrating the power of music and dance in helping overcome intolerance and oppression.

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Jimmy's Hall takes its first steps on the big stage

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It’s right up our street – Ireland the perfect backdrop for hit TV shows

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Movie reviews: Maleficent, Edge of Tomorrow, Jimmy’s Hall

Days of brave music at Jimmy’s Hall

I FIRST heard of Jimmy Gralton in the early 1980s when his surname was used as the title for a short-lived socialist magazine.

Mon, 26 May, 2014

The incredible story of Jimmy Gralton’s dancehall hits the silver screen

Ken Loach and Paul Laverty tell Padraic Killeen about the incredible story of Jimmy Gralton and how his dancehall became a source of conflict with conservative forces.

Fri, 23 May, 2014

A graceless biopic derided at Cannes

ONE only has to go back to 2012 to find a Nicole Kidman vehicle that elicited gasps among the critics at Cannes.

Mon, 19 May, 2014

Film to record story behind only Irish man ever to be deported

JIMMY GRALTON is the only Irishman to be deported from Ireland in the history of the state, (80 years ago), and he’s also the focus of a film being shot in Co Leitrim at the moment by Ken Loach, which is a companion piece to his 2006 Palme d’Or winner, The Wind That Shakes the Barley.

Tue, 10 Sep, 2013