The Secret of Roan Inish (1994)
Adventure · Fantasy · Family · Drama
Overview
Ten-year-old Fiona is sent to live with her grandparents in a small fishing village in Donegal, Ireland. She soon learns the local legend that an ancestor of hers married a Selkie – a seal who can turn into a human. Years earlier, her baby brother was washed out to sea and never seen again, so when Fiona spies a naked little boy on the abandoned Isle of Roan Inish, she is compelled to investigate.
Cast
- Jeni Courtney as Fiona
- Eileen Colgan as Tess
- Mick Lally as Hugh
- John Lynch as Tadhg
- Pat Slowey as Priest
- Dave Duffy as Jim
- Declan Hannigan as Oldest brother
- Richard Sheridan as Eamon
- Micheal MacCarthaigh as Schoolmaster
- Fergal McElherron as Sean Michael