Complete Rubbish.......
Im an Irishman and have never liked this movie. Its completely inaccurate in nearly everyway possible and an insult to my countrymen. It also has to be igmitted that the Irish accent is the most inacurately portrayed of all accents. Tip; stop hiring Americans to play Irish people! Another incredibly annoying fact is that the British are always trying to claim our films and actors as theirs! Richard Harris was Irish, Liam Neeson is Irish, Pierce Brosnan is Irish, Gabriel Byrne is Irish etc. Ive even heard a British journalist refer to Colin Farrell as British, that was such a dumb remark it was hard to be insulted by it. If you want to see some good Irish movies made by Irish people check out the following:
My Left Foot
Intermission
The Crying Game
Into the West
In America
The Boxer
In the Name of the Father
The Field
The General and so on......