Love & Fear

Grá & Eagla is a short documentary examining Irish people’s attitudes towards our native language.

The story follows comedian Áine Gallagher as she prepares material for her bilingual stand-up comedy show, giving her an opportunity to explore why so many Irish people feel passionately about the Irish language but lack the confidence to speak it.

  • Catriona Ni Chadhain
    Director
    The Corridor Documentary, Project Spatula, Jack Taylor
  • Slip Jig Media
    Producer
    The Postcard, Topographica Hibernica, The Last Man
  • Nigel Gilhooly
    Producer
    The Postcard, Topographica Hibernica, Soulsmith, The Wandering
  • Áine Gallagher
    Key Cast
    The Postcard, Jane's Next Step, Making Sense, Irish Matters
  • Ruth McNally
    Editor
    The Usual, Irish Matters,
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Grá & Eagla
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Genres:
    Comedy, Language
  • Runtime:
    15 minutes 28 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 20, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    6,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Ireland
  • Country of Filming:
    Ireland
  • Language:
    Irish
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Galway
    Ireland
    March 24, 2018
    Irish Premiere
Director Biography - Catriona Ni Chadhain

Caitríona Ní Chadhain is from Connemara in County Galway, she grew up speaking Irish and is passionate about the importance of keeping the endangered language alive. Caitríona has a background in journalism and is particularly interested in documentary film making. She has spent time working in the media industry in Ireland, Spain & the USA.

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Director Statement

There is a decent amount of Irish language content out there, but I'd never seen a film that explores people's attitudes towards the language, or which questions why so many people are too shy to speak the bit of Irish that they may have, this film makes a start in exploring that topic.