Top ten movies banned in Ireland - SEE VIDEOS

Adding a few of these to my Netflix list.........,-p

I posted it and the Riverdance on ice on my Facebook page. One because it was surprising that Ulysses would be banned, and the second because I can't imagine how the ice version could look anything like the original. Lots of ice chips flying is what I imagine.

"Ulysses was never banned in Ireland - it just wasn't available.." this is adirect quote to me from long established Irish book publisher. I love it - it says sooooo much about us.

Just want to share - remember seeing Monty Phyton's "Life of Brian" on a visit to London with a friend from Dublin -when I was young - we thought it was very funny and wondered why is banned at home!!!!!!!!

I have seen 5/10 of these.

"The movie had been banned in many parts of Europe... It became Chaplin's highest grossing film." Doesn't that just sum up the futility of prohibition? Whatever the substance. (I see my culture is lacking, too - I haven't seen most of these ;-))

What about Disney's "Darby O'Gill and the Little People"? All the men were lazy drunks and all the women long-suffering enablers. Talk about Stepin Fetchett!

Well, Ireland certainly picks some very good movies to supply free publicity for.

So, why not Star Wars? A whole planetary civilization is destroyed ...hundreds of millions of people killed and it's not banned? We get it about the irreligious politically inspired sex, drugs and rock and roll, but ...

Regarding #9 The Great Dictator-Eire was a declared neutral during WWII and it was unlikely as by 1940 there was no appeasement policy in that the British govt. had already declared war on Germany the year before, after the Wehrmacht had invaded and then ultimately subdued Poland. The PM Winston Churchill fumed that Ireland remained neutral-but given the ever duplicitous nature of the Brit' and theirs political history- I feel it was entirely justified. Please do check your facts better next time! ;)

Appeasement of Hitler and banning Joyce, its great writer. Way to go, Ireland.

The Great Dictator was not a silent film. In fact, one of the most controversial elements was Chaplin's monologue at the very end of the film.