Clifden Film Society will screen Bob Quinn’s film on Wednesday 22 October at the Clifden Station House Theatre. For booking see here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/clifden-film-society-presents-poitin-1979-tickets-1796285521349

In 1981, Bob Quinn made a documentary on a sean-nós singing seminar that took place in An Spidéal in Conamara. The documentary features a range of contributors including Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, Máire Áine Ní Dhonnchadha, Seán Mac Réamoinn, Breandán Ó Madagáin, Pat Phádraic Tom Ó Conghaile, Nioclás Tóibín, Caitlín Maude, Tomás Mac Eoin, Liam Ó…

Bob’s new book, Count Me Out: Selected Writings of Filmmaker Bob Quinn, edited by Toner Quinn, was selected as one of Sight & Sound magazine’s summer reading recommendations in the latest issue. Here’s what Reviews Editor Kate McCabe had to say:

Documentary Magazine, the publication of the International Documentary Association, has published an essay by Ruairí McCann titled ‘The Sea Is an Archivist: Atlantean and the Communal Cinema of Bob Quinn’. Read the full essay here: https://www.documentary.org/online_feature/atlantean-and-communal-cinema-bob-quinn

Bob Quinn’s 1978 film Poitín will be broadcast on TG4 on Friday 22 August 2025 at 10.40pm. To watch, visit http://www.tg4.ie.