Several Irish bachelors can't seem to find romance in their small village on the Donegal coast. While gathered around the local pub quaffing beer, they decide to run an advertisement in a newspaper to try to entice young woman (between the ages of 20 and 21, fit and sporty) to come to the town for a dance with the hopes of finding a fine Irish lad to marry. They send the advert off to America, specifically to the Miami Herald.
Town butcher Kieran (Ian Hart) is spearheading this project but his pals the innocent Ian (Sean McGinley) and the 30-something year old virginal Ollie (Pat Shortt) go along with the plan, as do several other men of all ages. Kieran's brother Sean (Sean McDonagh), a sheepfarmer, is cynical that the plan will work and Kieran's employee Siobhan (Cathleen Bradley) is contemptuous about it.
Kate (Niamh Cusack) and her husband Pat (Ewan Stewart) own the village pub where much of the planning and dreaming go on, but Kate and the unfaithful Pat have their own situation to deal with.
Nosy shopkeeper/postal clerk Mary (Ruth McCabe) finds out about the plan to bring women to town and spreads the word to the other women. The men even seek cousel from the town priest Father Hubert Mallone (Risteard Cooper)
A charming feel-good comedy with some lovely images of Donegal.
Directed by Aileen Ritchie.
Rated PG-13 for brief language and some sexual material.
My personal rating: B
Town butcher Kieran (Ian Hart) is spearheading this project but his pals the innocent Ian (Sean McGinley) and the 30-something year old virginal Ollie (Pat Shortt) go along with the plan, as do several other men of all ages. Kieran's brother Sean (Sean McDonagh), a sheepfarmer, is cynical that the plan will work and Kieran's employee Siobhan (Cathleen Bradley) is contemptuous about it.
Kate (Niamh Cusack) and her husband Pat (Ewan Stewart) own the village pub where much of the planning and dreaming go on, but Kate and the unfaithful Pat have their own situation to deal with.
Nosy shopkeeper/postal clerk Mary (Ruth McCabe) finds out about the plan to bring women to town and spreads the word to the other women. The men even seek cousel from the town priest Father Hubert Mallone (Risteard Cooper)
A charming feel-good comedy with some lovely images of Donegal.
Directed by Aileen Ritchie.
Rated PG-13 for brief language and some sexual material.
My personal rating: B
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