The best way to search for films with Irish subject matter is the www.irishfilm.net database. Hundreds of films are categorized as Biography, History, Documentary, IRA, Irish-Americans, Irish Immigrants, Irish Mob, Irish Folklore, The Old Country, and Boxing; many have synopsis notes.

If you don’t feel like braving the cold to visit your local video store, www.netflix.com is a great way to obtain films without ever having to leave the house! In addition to major studio and independent Irish films, searching “Irish” on the database revealed 47 very hard-to-find documentary items ranging from music, mirth and myth, to whiskey, manor houses (The Irish Country House narrated by Anjelica Huston), and His Irish Wit and Wisdom (insights on Irish culture and humor from one of television’s earliest evangelical stars: Bishop Fulton Sheen).