Leitrim celebrates Jimmy Gralton, deported in 1933 over ‘den of iniquity’
Gralton was banished for building dance hall despite being convicted of no crime
Gralton was banished for building dance hall despite being convicted of no crime
The Abbey brings the insurgent story of Jimmy Gralton back to the stage for another knees-up
Jimmy Gralton was infamously deported from his own country for giving his community a space for dancing and revolutionary ideas. There’s more room for the former than the latter in the Abbey’s handsome, musical and nostalgic telling of his tale
Adaptation of Ken Loach film Jimmy’s Hall to be debuted in Leitrim where it is set
Jimmy Gralton denounced as a communist by Fianna Fáil government in 1933
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As a cinematic and political firebrand, Ken Loach has been a force for good for five decades. His new film, ‘Jimmy’s Hall’, tells the story of the first Irishman deported from his own country. But is Loach really ready to hang up his megaphone? “Being realistic, that’s as ambitious as you can be,” says the 77-year-old director
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