Stories that should get a book/movie deal

touts

Sorry to burst your bubble OP but your grandfather wasn't a legend. He was a pervert and I suspect there were addiction issues because while there are plenty of people that ****ed up with similar stories, most of them hang out on the Liffey boardwalk in Dublin

TheValeyard

They should make a modern movie on the life of Charles Stuart Parnell.

Church on Tuesday

afkasurfjunkie wrote: »

I’ve often thought that with the success of Game of Thrones and with Ireland as the ideal filming location, why haven’t our classic irish stories of Cuchalainn, and Finn mccumhail and queen Maeve and Grainnemhaol not been turned into epic movies? They have it all. Battles, revenge, magic, interesting central characters and sex too. Like a Celtic Spartacus

I know, some great stories to bring to a global audience, I'd say it would be pretty successful.

Raconteuse

I think the OP knows he was far from a saint but is acknowledging his infallibility and lack of sh1t giving. That's what she means by legend. Jesus the pedantry and semantics. And wild leaps.

MonkieSocks

pgj2015 wrote: »

why is he a legend for dying with his pants down watching porn?

You can cum and go at the same time

boombang

JupiterKid wrote: »

The Garda McCabe scandal - unearthed rotten corruption and ineptitude in the Gardai and the Dept of Justice.

+1 on Sgt McCabe

The story is so shocking and makes a ripping yarn. Somebody should do it soon.

As distasteful as it is, I think the Graham Dwyer / Elaine O'Hara case would make a great film. Despite the fact that we know what happens, I still think it deserves telling. Unfortunately the only production it would get would presumably be made for TV/ B movie level.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts

OP, people are being a bit harsh but it’s probably a thing where it’s more interesting to you because you know the person. My father’s family is incredibly head-wrecking and packed with scoundrels. I suspect so many families have drama. So the OP was honestly a bit exhausting for me to read because my own childhood was quite turbulent and it’s like revisiting it.

Hego Damask

Lucille Tasteless Quiz wrote: »

Er...



It might seem like a "good story" in your head, but it reads more like a tale of rampant sexual exploitation of young women — and that's even assuming that they were all over 18. If not, you have a child pornographer in your family tree.

You definetely aren't the same lad as Permabear!!
:P

TheValeyard

Boards.ie: The Musical.

My grandparents luved next door and we’re landlords to and supporters of the De Valera family. Eamonn de Valera’s Birth cert was kept under the run on one of the steps of the stairs of my grandparents’ house. When Dev was awaiting his fate in prison, my grandfather & Mrs De Valera went out pushing a pram during curfew. In the pram was the birth cert, and I think one of the de Valera babies (or maybe a doll, can’t recall exactly what my I’m told me), and the walked the quarter mile or so to hand the cert to Frank Aiken who was waiting outside the American Embassy. A little footnote in Irish history. It would make a short film. I have already contacted RTE about it as an idea for the Doc on One.

At some stage my grandmother was almost killed by a bullet from the Black & Tans whilst standing outside the back of the house. Shot was fired from a laneway, and my mother showed me the bullet hole which was still visible when the house came up for sale in the 90s. The current owners, a lovely family, now know this interesting story associated with their house.

gmisk

Patrick Ryan the priest who then worked for the IRA including gun running

Capt'n Midnight

A remake of The Princess Bride with Montoya played by Gonzo , and of course the rest of the muppets.

HappyAsLarE

Never have I thought “nah fcuk that” so quickly after reading the opening line of the OP.