Alan Gilsenan
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Alan Gilsenan is an Irish writer, filmmaker and theatre director. His documentaries, which range from robust investigation to essayistic reverie to sensitive observation, are distinguished by intellectual rigour and creative innovation, allied to a seemingly unquenchable curiosity about history, literature, culture and society – both in Ireland but also in the wider world. His highly eclectic oeuvre of over 40 films for cinema and television also provides an invaluable compendium of reflection on Irish minds and Irish matters over four decades.
Known for
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Unless (2016)
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Timbuktu (2004)
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The Journey of Weather-Exposed Bones (2026)
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The Meeting (2018)
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Zulu 9 (2001)
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All Souls' Day (1997)
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Paul Muldoon: Laoithe is Lirici (2022)
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We Only Want the Earth (2026)
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The Road to God Knows Where (1988)
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Eliza Lynch: Queen of Paraguay (2013)
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The Seven Ages of Noël Browne (2023)
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Meetings with Ivor (2017)
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Ghosts of Baggotonia (2022)
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The Irish Question (2024)
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An Buachaill Geal Gáireach/The Laughing Boy (2023)
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The United Irishmen (2023)
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The Days of Trees (2024)
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The Great Book of Ireland (2020)
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The Yellow Bittern (—)
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The Ghost of Roger Casement (2002)
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A Century of Irish Aviation: Pioneers and Aviators (2014)
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