Peter Coonan

Behind the scenes of the Dublin Area Rapid Transit electric railway, capturing ordinary and extraordinary days through the experiences of those who work and travel on it

A serial killer has been sentenced to death by electric chair in London in the 1890s, but in his final hours, he puts a curse on the prison he is in, and all of those in it.

Paris, France, February 2, 1922. The novel Ulysses, by Irish writer James Joyce (1882-1941), is published by US poet Sylvia Beach (1887-1962), owner of the small bookstore Shakespeare & Co. The book, whose writing consumed seven years of Joyce's life, years in which his family was in financial need, would have a profound and unprecedented impact on 20th century literature and culture.

Ireland, 1845 on the eve of The Great Hunger. Colmán Sharkey, a fisherman, a father, a husband, takes in a stranger at the behest of a local priest. Patsy, a former soldier in the Napoleonic wars arrives just ahead of 'the blight,' a disease that eventually wipes out the country's potato crop, contributing to the death and displacement of millions. As the crops rot in the fields, Colmán, his brother and Patsy travel to the English Landlord's house to request a stay on rent increases that Colmán predicts will destroy his community. His request falls deaf ears and Patsy's subsequent actions set Colmán on a path that will take him to the edge of survival, and sanity. It is only upon encountering an abandoned young girl that Colmán's resolve is lifted. Just in time for the darkness of his past to pay another visit.

When Tomás returns to his remote island holiday home he discovers his reclusive wife and child have vanished. With nowhere to turn and a storm approaching, he is forced to place his trust in the small community's lone retired police officer, Labhaoise, to investigate. As the search takes an unexpected turn, some uncomfortable truths are revealed. Meanwhile the storm looms ever closer.

A bereaved man, grieving and drunk, idly asks for a way out. Unfortunately, in doing so, he irritates someone that could give him just that.

After the sudden death of his parents, a young man must choose between returning to his home village in the west of Ireland to care for his estranged younger brother, and a bright future in Canada.

내 이름은 메리 캐서린 블랙우드. 나이는 18살. 콘스탄스 언니와 산다. 블랙우드 가족은 계속 이 집에 살았고 그 누구에게도 해를 끼친 적 없다. 그들이 뭐라고 해도, 그들이 무슨 짓을 해도. 우린 절대로 이곳을 떠나지 않을 것이다. 하지만 변화가 다가오고 있다. 그러나 아무도 모른다. 나 말고는. 목요일. 그 남자가 찾아왔다.

Dark Lies the Island is a dark drama, with comedic undertones, based on the stories of Kevin Barry.

Two down-and-outs bonded together in misfortune devise a plan to rob a small town amusement arcade.

Father Eion O'Donnell is unambiguous about the need to use violence to force Britain out of Ireland. He influences a young impressionable boy, Antaine to fight in the 1916 Rising. Fifty years later Antaine arrives in Derry as an experienced gunman. This appearance throws Eoin back to the cause of his breakdown in 1916. Eoin's influence on young Antaine echoes in Antaine's dark influence on an Altar boy, Feidhlim.

The Drummer and the Keeper tells the story of the unlikely friendship formed between two young men: Gabriel, a reckless young drummer who revels in rejecting society’s rules and Christopher, a 17-year-old with Asperger’s Syndrome, who yearns to fit in. This heartwarming story shows the strength of the human bond in the face of adversity.

Gridlock is a thriller set during a traffic jam on a country road. When a little girl goes missing from one of the cars, her father forms a desperate search party to find her, and soon everyone is a suspect.

On the night of September 29, 2008, the Irish government decided to guarantee the entire domestic banking system.'The Guarantee' tells the story of that night, and what led to it.

Deadly tells the story of Boney, a working stiff who doesn’t care about his dead-end job. That is until, he has a run-in with a spirited old lady named Bridie. Academy award winner, Brenda Fricker and Love/Hate star Peter Coonan lend their voices to this bittersweet animated short about life, death and dancin'!

전쟁 분쟁지역의 아픔을 카메라로 담던 ‘레베카’는 도심 한복판에서 발생한 테러의 충격으로 정신을 잃고 쓰러진다. 위험한 고비를 넘기고 가족의 품으로 돌아오지만, 매번 그런 그녀를 지켜보는 가족들은 또다시 일어날 사고에 대해 불안을 느끼고 힘들어한다. 남편 ‘마커스’는 그녀의 위험한 열정으로 인해 불안해하는 두 딸을 더 이상 지켜볼 수 없기에, 엄마이자 아내로서 자신들의 곁에 있어 줄길 바란다. ‘레베카’ 역시 가족과 사랑하는 사람을 잃지 않기 위해 노력하지만, 결국 다시 전쟁터로 뛰어들게 되는데… 아내, 엄마로서의 레베카... 과연, 그녀는 어떠한 선택을 하게 될 것인가?

King of the Travellers is a contemporary drama grounded in the traditions of the Irish traveller community and driven by emotive Shakespearean themes of love, betrayal, friendship and revenge. The story follows John Paul Moorehouse on his destructive quest to uncover the truth about the killer of his father twelve years ago. John Paul's desire for revenge is swayed as he falls for Winnie Power, the daughter of the man he suspects killed his father. John Paul must now battle between his consuming passion for justice versus his desire to be with the woman he now loves.

What Richard Did is a striking portrait of the fall of a Dublin golden-boy and high school rugby star whose world unravels one summer night.

A mentally unstable homeless man attempts to save his new and only friend from the world and drug dealers that make his life a living hell.

Three small time criminals from Dublin's North Inner City each aspire to be somebody in a fast changing society.

Vince is about to kill himself - but that crazy beggar keeps killing the mood.