# Event Details

- **Event Name**: WE ONLY WANT THE EARTH The Life & Ideas of James Connolly
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 26 Feb, 2026 at 08:00 pm
- **Event Description**: A powerfully engaging feature documentary, based primarily on the writings of James Connolly, the film was created to inspire and enlighten a contemporary audience about James Connolly, his life and his ideas.

An iconic presence on the landscape of Irish socialism and republicanism, the name of James Connolly looms large in the trade union movement and wherever radical left-wing politics are espoused. The film tries to place Connolly’s radical ideas and many political achievements against the landscape of the contemporary world as well as documenting his more prominent role in the 1916 Easter Rising.

As well as many distinguished commentators, union activists and historians, the film also features many songs and poems - spoken and sung by contemporary artists such as Christy Moore, Stephen Rea, piper David Power, singers Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin and Esosa Ighodaro as well as Connolly’s great great grand-daughter Tamsin Iona Connolly Heron.

The film aims to reclaim Connolly’s story as well as invoking his important social vision - with a clear eye on how it resonates in our contemporary time - an era when even democracy itself appears under threat.

Director & Writer: Alan Gilsenan | Producer & Archive Researcher: Martin Mahon | Executive Producers: Des Geraghty & Noírín Greene | Editor: Bjorn Mac Giolla | Cameraman: Ronan Fox | Music: Brendan Jenkinson | Sound Recordist: Kieran Horgan | Graphic Designer: John Foley | A Yellow Asylum Films Production for the James Connolly Foundation for Educational Equality Ireland | 2025 | 88 minutes
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/castlebar/we-only-want-the-earth-the-life-and-ideas-of-james-connolly/200029671491847
- **Event Categories**: entertainment, art, music, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 2

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://ballinaartscentre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873681820?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=castlebar-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Castlebar
- **state**: MO
- **country**: Ireland
- **location**: Ballina Arts Centre
- **lat**: 54.111494327035
- **long**: -9.1551234839559
- **full address**: Ballina Arts Centre, Barrett St,Ballina, Mayo, Ireland, Castlebar

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Ballina Arts Centre (https://allevents.in/org/ballina-arts-centre/2273657)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 26 Feb, 2026 at 08:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Ballina Arts Centre, Barrett St,Ballina, Mayo, Ireland, Castlebar
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Ballina Arts Centre
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** entertainment, art, music, literary-art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about WE ONLY WANT THE EARTH The Life & Ideas of James Connolly ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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