Top 10 films about Irish history

10. Veronica Guerin (2003) – a woman’s conquest for the truth

9. The Magdalene Sisters (2002) – a gritty look at religious-order abuse

8. Bloody Sunday (2002) – the chilling account of a dark day

7. Maze (2017) – the biggest prison break since WWII

6. Hunger (2008) – about the hunger strikers’ protest for equality

5. Black 47 (2018) – a no-holds-barred Irish famine tale