O'Donoghue's Opera
In this mock opera infused with gallows humour, Ronnie Drew and his band of bohemian merrymakers, The Dubliners, re-enact the execution ballad ‘The Night Before Larry Was Stretched’. Larry finds himself caught in a hangman’s noose as just reward for being ‘the best burglar in all Ireland’. Made in 1965, the film remained uncompleted and unseen until its restoration in 1998.
Directed by Kevin Sheldon
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Ronnie Drew 
Ciarán Bourke 
Luke Kelly 
Barney McKenna 
Bobby Lynch 
John Sheahan Make it a double feature
2h 8m together
O'Donoghue's Opera
Waking Ned
A close match in mood and era.
