The Peculiar Sensation of Being Pat Ingoldsby

Nov 4, 2022

1h 37m

★ 10.0

Overview

Seamus Murphy’s documentary examines Irish writer Pat Ingoldsby’s unique world. Ingoldsby’s poems and candid anecdotes bear witness to a visceral relationship with his beloved Dublin, fellow Dubliners and anything that catches his interest. Personal challenges, a sensitive humanity and a lifetime as a maverick have taught him to harness reality and reach well beyond it to avenge the banal with absurd magic. It heals him as it does us.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Broadstone Films

Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland

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Cast

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Pat Ingoldsby

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Imelda May

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Brush Shiels

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Don Baker

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Michael Ingoldsby

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Brigie Ingoldsby

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Vivienne Baillie

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Paul Nolan

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Mick McLoughlin

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