The Beauty Queen of Leenane

In a dingy cottage in Leenane, a remote part of Galway, spinster Maureen lives with her self-pitying, ruthless, hateful mother, Mag. Constantly at her beck and call, Maureen takes revenge by feeding her lumpy Complan and hurling the occasional insult. Escape comes in the form of Pato Dooley, who is about to go to Boston. When Mag interferes once too often Maureen decides the time has come to break free — in a very violent way.

The Lieutenant of Inishmore

"Come on in ahead of yourselves. I'm just in the middle of shooting me Dad." Who knocked Mad Padraic's beloved cat over on a lonely road on the island of In'shmore- and was it an accident? He'll want to know when he gets back from a stint of torture …