Rocky Ros Muc

Jul 17, 2017

1h 31m

★ 0.0

Overview

The story of boxer Sean Mannion, born in the 1950s in Ros Muc in county Galway, Ireland, his boxing career, his emigration to America and the effect it had on him, his brush with organized crime in Boston.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Below the Radar Ltd

Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland

Rocky Ros Muc Trailers

Cast

Self

Seán Bán Breathnach

Self

Kevin Cullen

Self

Ronan Mac Con Iomaire

Self

Peter Kerr

Self

Pat Nee

Self

Mike Newell

Self

Sean O'Mainnin

Self

John Shea

Self

Marty Walsh

Self

Mary Walsh

Self

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