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The Secret of Roan Inish

1994

Sent to live with her grandparents in a Donegal fishing village, a ten-year-old girl uncovers her family's legend of a selkie ancestor and a lost baby brother who may still be alive among the seals. John Sayles's enchanting, gentle folk tale.

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An American film immersed in Irish island folklore, family, and landscape.

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Part of 10 Movies Set in or About Ireland

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