‘The Quiet Man of Inisherin: Martin Mc Donagh’s Construction of the West’.

Since the mid -1990s, playwright and film-maker Martin Mc Donagh has had a fascination with the west of Ireland. His 2022 film The Banshees of Inisherin garnered nine Academy Award nominations following overwhelmingly positive critical reviews. This talk will explore the extent to which Mc Donagh is merely reinventing hackneyed portrayals of ‘Irishness’ for a contemporary audience.