If you're Irish once a year, like many folk, or even all year-round, enjoy these 3 lucky movies...

Secret of Roan Inish

A magical tale of a young girl seeking answers about her family's past and her missing brother on the island the family abandoned. Expect the selkie.

In the Name of the Father

Daniel Day-Lewis gives a strong performance as Gerry Conlon, a man imprisoned for an IRA bombing that he did not commit.

Waking Ned Devine

A villager dies and then his lottery win is announced. No point in letting all that money go to waste, decide his friends, in this funny film.