A little theory of mine

[Phil]

Of course, of the twelve "depressing" films we have listed, better than one-quarter were made not by Irish for the Irish, I think.

I think this gets to the heart of the matter. I doubt if there is any indigenous Irish film industry so the films tend to be made by others with strongly romanticised notions of the "Braveheart" genre and where the truth is never allowed to get in the way of a good story.