The Moate Theatre will show Accidentally Famous for 1 night only this November

For one night only on November 14, at The Moat Theatre, Naas, Accidentally Famous will be showing.

There is a two storey stone house in the West of Ireland that has become an iconic image of rural Ireland. The farm house  that appeared for just seconds in the opening credits of hit TV show ‘Father Ted’, is still seen around in the world in repeat screenings and features in thousands of tourists’ photographs. The man who owns that house has his own fascinating story to tell; the award-winning film 'The Silver Branch' depicts the life and insights of this inimitable philosopher and poet and brings us a rare glimpse of a disappearing way of life with all its richness and roguery.

Patrick McCormack, a fifth generation Farmer in the austerely beautiful Burren in Co. Clare, longs to farm in the quiet pace his ascendants did. He dedicates himself to “the ancestral song – the symphony of life we were born into” and has a simple wish -  to live without fear. However, his life gains a different momentum when he’s called to battle in the Supreme courts to decide on the fate of this iconic wilderness.

Though it is centred around this remarkable story teller and his search for ‘unity of being’, this beautifully shot film  explores more universal themes. It is a story of life, love, family, grief, of commitment and of the struggles of modern day life, which invites the viewer to follow in mindful meditation, to take a journey into the self and exam the relationship between man and landscape, between tradition and spirit, between body and soul.

World famous screen actor, Brendan Gleeson describes the film: “Magical … a unique and an important cinematic gift. It is film making as it should be in Ireland today, finding the universal in the local with a sure-footedness that is most unusual.”

‘The Silver Branch’ is by first time Director/Cinematographer Katrina Costello and is at The Moat Theatre, Naas for one night only on Sunday 14th November. Tickets are €8 and available from www.moattheatre.com or 045 88 30 30