Once Upon A Time In Ireland

1922. Civil War Ireland. A band of Republican IRA idealists are under siege in a tidal cave carved in to the beautiful rugged wildness of the Irish Atlantic coast. Outside awaits a blood thirsty force of anti IRA/pro treaty British supported troops. A wild and beautifully captured tale in the birth of a great nation!

Director statement: I shot Once Upon A Time In Ireland along the beautiful coastline of Cork drawing inspiration from my Grandfather's life and exploits. Making this movie was a massively fulfilling experience for me and I love the wildness and raw beauty that it possesses.

Once Upon a Time in Ireland has screened at The Dublin Underground Cinema Film Festival where it won the award for Best Indie Feature Film, the Richard Harris Film Festival and The Indie Cork Film Festival. It also screened at The Chicago Irish Film Festival on Friday the 4th of March 2023.

Now Streaming on Reveel

Stream "Once Upon A Time in Ireland" Here

Once Upon A Time in Ireland screened at the Chicago Irish Film Festival, followed by a screening at the American Film Institute's Silver Screen Theatre in Washington DC in March 2022.

"Conor Slattery Discusses Creating a Film About The Irish Civil War of 1922" - Reveel Blog

Conor spoke about 'Once Upon A Time In Ireland' with Reveel, where the film is now streaming.

Read Reveel Interview Here

"Film in the Family" Radio Interview on 96FM with Elmarie Mawe

Conor, Oscar & Louis Slattery joined Elmarie to speak about their love of film and their most recent projects, which will all be screening at the Beara Film Festival in West Cork on Saturday 2nd July.

Listen To Interview Here

Conor, Oscar & Louis in Studio with Elmarie Mawe at Cork's 96FM

Louis & Oscar discussing their films which will screen at Beara Film Festival 2022

"Conor Slattery is well known to film goers and TV audiences but when he came in to studio to chat to Elmarie, it was about the latest film he's directed. Once Upon a Time in Ireland tells the tale of a group of Anti-Treaty fighters, who are trapped in a cave by the tide. It's been screened in many festivals at home and abroad already, but Conor had some exciting news about its release to share with listeners. Not only that, but he was joined in studio by his two young sons who are also filmmakers, and all three have a film being screened in the Beara Film Festival in West Cork!" - 96FM

Awards for Once Upon A Time In Ireland

Once Upon A Time In Ireland won

"Best Independent Feature Film"

at the Underground Cinema Awards.

Kind Words about Once Upon A Time In Ireland

"Once Upon a Time in Ireland is so beautiful that every frame could be a painting. Everything from the acting to the music and atmos is divine...ticks all the boxes."

"Nice job Conor! A lot of work went into that!!! Some people talk about making films & other people follow the dream & make them. Well done!"

"I'll skip mass and watch your movie instead!"

"Comhghairdheas...Do dhean tu do dhicheall...Togfadh na Caisleain indiadh na cheile"

"Congratulations, Conor. What an achievement."

"Really enjoyed it Conor best wishes for it."

"Really lovely, Conor."

"You should be so proud and happy that your adventure is only just beginning. I've no doubt this will be the start of many festivals"

"Well done Conor, fantastic stuff"

"Great job, very well done"

"Saw your film! Lovely! Absolutely stunning compositions! Well done on the whole thing. You and your gang must be well chuffed with how it turned out."

"It was so atmospheric. Stunning cinematography and you did as fine a job of the acting! Multi-talented! Well done."

"Enjoy it! We all get plenty of shit thrown our way, we should enjoy and remeber the positivity when it arrives. And well deserved in this case "