Seanad debates

Thursday, 1 December 2011

Irish Film Board (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage

 

5:00 pm

Photo of Jimmy DeenihanJimmy Deenihan (Kerry North-West Limerick, Fine Gael)

We can get an even more creative name. Before we ever had Bollywood or Hollywood we had the O'Kalem films in Beaufort in Kerry. The Kalem company produced several silent films there between 1913 and 1916. Some very famous films were produced at that time.

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