Dancing At Lughnasa takes place in Donegal around 1936. It features an international cast of "big names" like Meryl Streep, Michael Gambon, Catherine McCormack and Kathy Burke.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_at_Lughnasa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_at_Lughnasa_%28film%29
December Bride takes place in Ulster in 1909.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_Bride_%28film%29
Garage stars Pat Shortt (of Killinaskully fame) but this is not a comedy. A contemporary story that takes place in Tipperary.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garage_%28film%29
Philadelphia Here I Come is based on a 1964 play by Brian Friel (as is Dancing At Lughnasa and this also takes place in Donegal).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Here_I_Come
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0284690/
You'll see later well known faces like Niall Toibin and David Kelly appearing in this. Speaking of Kelly:
Waking Ned.....or Waking Ned Devine as it was called in the US, is a 1998 comedy (after all these drama's I thought it might be best to close the disc with a few laughs) that takes place in Ireland but was actually filmed on the Isle of Man. Starring Kelly along with Scottish actor Ian Bannen, James Nesbitt, Fionnula Flanagan and Susan Lynch.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waking_Ned
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