Interview | An Taibhse Writer-Director John Farrelly: "We Were Just Making a Film in the Irish Language not Really Knowing Where it Would Go"

Interview | An Taibhse Writer-Director John Farrelly: "We Were Just Making a Film in the Irish Language not Really Knowing Where it Would Go"

Much of the marketing for An Taibhse has centred around it being the first-ever Irish language horror movie, and of course any project that reasserts the power and relevance of the Irish language is worthy in itself. But it would be a shame for the film not to be first and foremost regarded as a really spooky horror film.  It’s set at the tail end of the Irish famine, and follows a father and daughter who are asked to serve as caretakers for a m…