this be a small film and few character and theatrical . and yet it say something about ireland that you would not find elsewhere . this film be ireland . in all it grubiness and it sadness and it self delusion . the boy and master doyle and sp odonell and the cannon and senator doogan daughter and gar and above all madge . i know them . i be in the pub with them or kneel to pray with them . they be our sad history and they be our present .