Seals and selkies and silkies
I was going to use this video for one of my open threads:
But after I watched it, I suddenly felt a strong urge to find some clips from the 1994 movie The Secret of Roan Inish. I hadn’t thought of that film in many many years, but I remember it as unique and full of mystery. Here are two short segments that convey that sense. John Lynch is just marvelous here; he’s the guy telling the story to the little girl:
I learned an interesting fact by looking up Lynch’s Wiki page. It turns out that his sister Susan Lynch played the selkie in Roan Inish.
And lastly, to continue my train of thought, there’s this:
Susan Lynch has had a long career as mostly a character actress going back to the great Robbie Coltrane series ‘Cracker’ in the 1990s and most recently in the brilliant BBC series ‘Happy Valley’. Her scene in the final episode of season two is great stuff.
Some great acting Irish siblings like them and the Cusack sisters.
We watched Roan Inish some years ago and enjoyed it, passed the DVD along to one of our nieces who is kind of “into” that sort of film.
The Scottish group The Corries, did an excellent haunting version of “The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry,” an old Orkney ballad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSxrH8yYI_E
Also Frank Black’s take on the “Selkie Bride”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJCvWnIXrpA
The Irish have made a number of films about the selkies. I’ve yet to find one I haven’t liked.
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