We don’t live in the same country any more. Those old enough to remember another one will attest to that. It happened fairly quickly too. In a few shorts generations Ireland moved from a place of economic stagnation and moral rigidity to something very different.
This Corkman who died at 19 on the Titanic is fabled to have thrown a message into the sea from the decks of the cruiser. A native of Co Cork, Titanic passenger Jeremiah Burke is remembered for tossing a message-in-a-bottle overboard from the sinking Titanic.
Though filmed in 1911, "You Remember Ellen" tells the timeless story of love across the economic divide. "You Remember Ellen" is now available to stream for free on the Irish Film Institute's IFI Archive Player.
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