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Watch: Irish silent films from the early 1900s

As critics hail contemporary silent film The Artist, TheJournal.ie takes a look back at Ireland’s silent films.

THE FILM AWARDS season of 2012 is officially underway, with the hit contemporary silent film The Artist scooping four prizes at the Critics’ Choice Awards this week.

Meanwhile, a more historical collection of silent films made about Ireland is available online having been released by the Irish Film and TV Research Online project.

Nine silent films made in Ireland and America between 1910 and 1915 are available to view via the project’s website.

The restoration project involved Trinity College and Green Parrot Pictures, Dublin, and was funded by TCD, the HEA, the ERDF and the NDP.

For your viewing pleasure, here are three of those archived films, made by Sidney Alcott and filmed in Co Kerry in the 1910s:

1. You Remember Ellen, 1912:

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2. The Lad from Old Ireland, 1910:

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3. The Colleen Bawn, 1911:

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    Jan 15th 2012, 10:36 AM

    I didn’t read the article. I was wondering why you were posting clips of Nationwide with no sound.

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    Jan 15th 2012, 10:09 AM

    Methinks TheJournal means The Artist, unless you’ve just been watching Dylan Moran/Michael Caine movies with the sound off? Some great movies embedded there, never seen any of those!

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    Jan 15th 2012, 11:08 AM

    The actors finally getting the recognition it deserves!

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    Jan 15th 2012, 12:56 PM

    Brilliant…loved watching these..:)

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    Mute David Clarke
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    Jan 15th 2012, 11:08 PM

    Great to see and a beautiful restoration job.

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