O'Donoghue's Opera
1998, English. Directed by Kevin Sheldon.
In this mock opera infused with gallows humour, Ronnie Drew and his band of bohemian merrymakers, The Dubliners, re-enact the execution ballad ‘The Night Before Larry Was Stretched’. Larry finds himself caught in a hangman’s noose as just reward for being ‘the best burglar in all Ireland’. Made in 1965, the film remained uncompleted and unseen until its restoration in 1998.
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- 0h 37m
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- English
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- 7 March 1998
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O'Donoghue's Opera isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 7 March 1998. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
What movies are like O'Donoghue's Opera?
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Who directed O'Donoghue's Opera?
O'Donoghue's Opera (1998) was directed by Kevin Sheldon and stars Ronnie Drew, Séamus Ennis, Johnny Moynihan.