Travel with us as we journey through Ireland from County Meath, to Dublin, to County Cavan to County Galway. And all of this without boarding an airplane or riding a coach. It will happen all through Irish films which remind us of the “ties that bind.”

Each of these films shows the Irish in the above listed counties and the characters all in unique situations Our free Irish film series will be held on three consecutive Wednesdays and a Thursday beginning on January 25, 2012.

February 1 “Rat”is set in County Dublin (2000) with Pete Postlethwaite, Imelda Staunton, Frank Kelly, David Wilmot, Kerry Condon, Andrew Lovern. The everyday life of a typical Dublin family, including the relationships with the neighbors and local priest, is portrayed. The only thing different about this family is that the father has turned into a rat. The family takes it quite well, though they do wonder about the financial implications of the father not working. But everyone, even the local barman, recognizes him in his new species.