Sometimes a shared surname and a death in the family can lead to some rather unusual circumstances. Such is the clever premise of Aoife Crehan’s debut feature film, The Last Right. It involves two passengers randomly assigned seats beside each other on a flight to Ireland who bond during the journey over a shared surname and a similar state of grief. Having lived abroad for years, Daniel Murphy is flying home for his mother’s funeral; Padraig Murphy is returning for the funeral of his brother, his last remaining next of kin. When Padraig dies on the flight, it’s assumed by authorities that, since they that the responsibilities for Padraig’s and his brother’s funerals are now his. were sitting together, Daniel belongs to the same Murphy family and Reluctantly, Daniel agrees. With his younger brother Louis and his friend Mary in tow, he embarks on a strange odyssey to bring Padraig’s body (in a simple cardboard coffin) to the final resting place in the north of Ireland where he and his brother will be buried together. Along the way, there will be complications involving mistaken identity, misunderstandings, and even a police chase. With its winning mixture of mirth and melancholy, not to mention cameo appearances by Colm Meaney and Brian Cox, The Last Right is one unforgettable Irish road trip.

Sometimes a shared surname and a death in the family can lead to some rather unusual circumstances. Such is the clever premise of Aoife Crehan’s debut feature film, The Last Right. It involves two passengers randomly assigned seats beside each other on a flight to Ireland who bond during the journey over a shared surname and a similar state of grief. Having lived abroad for years, Daniel Murphy is flying home for his mother’s funeral; Padraig Murphy is returning for the funeral of his brother, his last remaining next of kin. When Padraig dies on the flight, it’s assumed by authorities that, since they that the responsibilities for Padraig’s and his brother’s funerals are now his. were sitting together, Daniel belongs to the same Murphy family and Reluctantly, Daniel agrees. With his younger brother Louis and his friend Mary in tow, he embarks on a strange odyssey to bring Padraig’s body (in a simple cardboard coffin) to the final resting place in the north of Ireland where he and his brother will be buried together. Along the way, there will be complications involving mistaken identity, misunderstandings, and even a police chase. With its winning mixture of mirth and melancholy, not to mention cameo appearances by Colm Meaney and Brian Cox, The Last Right is one unforgettable Irish road trip.

Cork International Film Festival is a local, national and international celebration of cinema, running annually for eight days in November. Award-winning films from the international film festival circuit, new discoveries and cinema classics are selected by our experienced curatorial team, to be premiered online via the Festival Digital Platform, available to viewers nationwideThe Festival presents nine awards, including Gradam Spiorad na Féile / Spirit of the Festival Award, (presented by The Gate Cinema), Gradam na Féile do Scannáin Faisnéise / Award for Cinematic Documentary, and the Audience Award. Its awards for Grand Prix Irish Short (presented by RTÉ), Grand Prix International Short and Grand Prix Documentary Short Award are Academy Award® qualifying, ensuring that the winners in Cork automatically join the Oscars’ longlist.The Festival is proudly supported by principal funder the Arts Council, along with Cork City Council, Screen Ireland, Creative Europe MEDIA, Cork County Council, Screen Skills Ireland, Creative Ireland, Rethink Ireland and ESB Energy for Generations Fund. Principal Media Partner is RTÉ and Media Partners are the Irish Examiner and Red FM.The Festival is led by Fiona Clark, Festival Director and CEO

Cork International Film Festival is a local, national and international celebration of cinema, running annually for eight days in November. Award-winning films from the international film festival circuit, new discoveries and cinema classics are selected by our experienced curatorial team, to be premiered online via the Festival Digital Platform, available to viewers nationwideThe Festival presents nine awards, including Gradam Spiorad na Féile / Spirit of the Festival Award, (presented by The Gate Cinema), Gradam na Féile do Scannáin Faisnéise / Award for Cinematic Documentary, and the Audience Award. Its awards for Grand Prix Irish Short (presented by RTÉ), Grand Prix International Short and Grand Prix Documentary Short Award are Academy Award® qualifying, ensuring that the winners in Cork automatically join the Oscars’ longlist.The Festival is proudly supported by principal funder the Arts Council, along with Cork City Council, Screen Ireland, Creative Europe MEDIA, Cork County Council, Screen Skills Ireland, Creative Ireland, Rethink Ireland and ESB Energy for Generations Fund. Principal Media Partner is RTÉ and Media Partners are the Irish Examiner and Red FM.The Festival is led by Fiona Clark, Festival Director and CEO

Patrick Dexter's musical career began at a young age singing at weddings as a chorister and soloist in St. Patrick's Cathedral Choir, Dublin. Since then, as a cellist he has provided  music for many wedding and funeral ceremonies. He has provided music for weddings at  venues across Ireland such as Ashford Castle and Trump International Hotel, Doonbeg and has provided music for RTE's wedding reality show 'My Big Day: Home or Away' in 2019.At the age of seven, Patrick began learning cello with some of Ireland’s leading cellists, including Arun Rao and Vyvienne Long. He received a distinction in Grade 8 cello from the Royal Schools of Music in 2010 and graduated from Trinity College Dublin in 2012. Patrick spent a number of years teaching and studying abroad, receiving a master’s degree from Leiden University in the Netherlands before returning to Ireland. ​In 2016, he helped found the The Octagon Ensemble, a community orchestra based in Westport’s Town Hall Theatre that seeks to promote string playing in Mayo. He performs weddings regularly with the Corrib Quartet, Irelands premier wedding string quartet. Patrick’s diverse musical interests range from contemporary composition to Renaissance and Baroque music.

ANDY KELLY has been collecting and restoring old photographs of Co Waterford for nearly 50 years & has collaborated with local historians on many publications, incl Shipbuilding in Waterford (2011), A Century of Trade and Enterprise in Waterford, Two Centuries of Tall Ships in Waterford and Royal Charters of Waterford. FRANK O'DONOGHUE is co-author (along with Andy Kelly) of The 5-Minute Bell, a history of the Waterford-Tramore railway, and Goin' to the Pictures. He was also editor of On This Day volumes 1 and 2, written by local historian Julian Walton.'A Century of Trade & Enterprise in Waterford'.The book is a photographic essay of work and workers in Waterford City & County from the 1880's through to the 1980's and there are some fantastic images of industrial life in the city.From the opening of the first motor garage in Ireland in 1906 on Catherine Street (Chapter 1) to the first ever scheduled Ryanair passenger flight (page 26) in 1985 - many people forget that Ryanair started in Waterford! - and even including a photograph of a Grand-uncle of mine, one Paddy Roche who was a foreman in the Foundry (page 94) who is pictured next to the first Rayburn cooker made there in the 1950's - there is sure to be much in this book to amuse and intrigue anyone with even a passing interest in Waterford.For those of us who love Waterford it is a veritable treasure trove to be poured over. I particularly like the photographs of The Quays, with the sailing ships berthed along her entire length as well as the ones of the faces of those good citizens who have gone before us going about their everyday business. You have to check out the women selling apples in The Applemarket (where else) on page 72 with their 'dudeens'! There are stories in those faces. "Two Centuries of Tall Ships in Waterford".  The book by Andrew Kelly & Bill Irish gives a pictorial record of ships from the Suir to the Blackwater.  The book holds many rare images previously unpublished, some in colour, others in black and white.  Each image is accompanied by a detailed description of the vessel.  Also included is a list of the  Ship Owners, Captains and Seamen of Waterford and Dungavan.  In all there are 143 images contained in well laid out and beautifully designed book.This is a first photographic book on Waterford ships, a number of Dungarvan ships are mentioned, The Eliza O'Keeffe, the Margaret West, The Moresby and the Jameson to name but a few.

Canada is Ambassador Kelly's fourth posting as an Irish diplomat. He previous served as Deputy Permanent Representative at Ireland's Mission to the United Nations in new York (2008-13), and also served at Ireland's Permanent Representation to the European Union in Brussels (2001-05) and at the Embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark (1995-98),The balance of his diplomatic career to date has been spent at the Department of Foreign Affairs at HQ in Dublin where he has held a wide range of positions covering different areas of the Department's work. These have included a series of assignments with the Department's Political, European and Development Cooperation Divisions. He commenced his career in DFA in November 1993 with a formative one year assignment in the Anglo-Irish Division, dealing with Northern Ireland issues during the period of the 1994 paramilitary ceasefires whPatrick also teaches violin and guitar at the Louisburgh School of Music.

Nuadán are a vibrant band from the Déise who play a wide range of traditional tunes and sing sean-nós, macaronic and traditional songs in English.The band focuses on keeping the tradition they were brought up with alive, while also adding something new to the music.Each member of the band brings a flavour of their own to the ensemble, which brings a fresh and energetic feel to their music.This new album contains new compositions, interesting arrangements and musical references to some of their main influences on a wide range of instruments.The band comprises of brothers Cárthach Ó Faoláin (accordion, melodeon, vocals), Macdara Ó Faoláin (bouzouki, piano, fiddle, vocals), Pax Ó Faoláin (fiddle, bodhrán, vocals) from An Rinn and Iarlaith MacGabhann (flute, whistles) from Dublin.Nuadán have played at many festivals and concerts nationwide including the Gala Concert at the Chief O’Neill Festival Bantry in 2018, Traidphicnic 2017 in Spiddal , Kilkenny TradFest 2017 and the Fleadh Nua in Ennis.

Nuadán are a vibrant band from the Déise who play a wide range of traditional tunes and sing sean-nós, macaronic and traditional songs in English.The band focuses on keeping the tradition they were brought up with alive, while also adding something new to the music.Each member of the band brings a flavour of their own to the ensemble, which brings a fresh and energetic feel to their music.This new album contains new compositions, interesting arrangements and musical references to some of their main influences on a wide range of instruments.The band comprises of brothers Cárthach Ó Faoláin (accordion, melodeon, vocals), Macdara Ó Faoláin (bouzouki, piano, fiddle, vocals), Pax Ó Faoláin (fiddle, bodhrán, vocals) from An Rinn and Iarlaith MacGabhann (flute, whistles) from Dublin.Nuadán have played at many festivals and concerts nationwide including the Gala Concert at the Chief O’Neill Festival Bantry in 2018, Traidphicnic 2017 in Spiddal , Kilkenny TradFest 2017 and the Fleadh Nua in Ennis.

Steven Egan is currently a final year PhD candidate at Queen·s University Belfast.He received his B.A. in History and Politics from Queen·s University Belfast in 2016 and completed his M.A. in History at Queen·s in September 2017. During his undergraduate studies, he won a place on the inaugural QUB-Vanderbilt University ·Maymester· class (2015) and was also awarded the Julie-Ann Statham prize for academic achievement (2016).

Through applying the transnational lens to the partition of Ireland, his research hopes to reveal greater insights into how the dominions of the British Empire interacted with the partition of Ireland, and how the presence of significant Irish diasporic communities within Canada, and Australia impacted local politics and the dominion·s responses towards partition as an imperial solution to an imperial problem.18/10/1920: At the conclusion of their first national convention, the Self-Determination For Ireland League of Canada and Newfoundland was officially established at Ottawa. Whilst the League had existed since May, the League was designed as a catch all movement to unite.Irish-Canadian nationalists and their sympathisers together under one unified banner. Previously support for Ireland was divided between rival societies with fiercely different views on Ireland·s future (Dominion Home Rule vs a Republic)20,000 Canadians joined in 3 months.At the Ottawa conference, Ulsterman Robert Lindsay Crawford was elected as the first president of the League. Crawford, an Ulster Protestant and former @OrangeOrder member had emigrated to Canada in 1910 after becoming a Home Ruler.A seminal figure of importance to the Self-Determination League was Katherine Hughes. Originally from Prince Edward Island, Hughes had toured the US with de Valera in 1919 and proven herself an exceptional organiser. On de Valera·s orders, she facilitated the Canadian League.