Word: murnaghan
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...actions of the people themselves. The Abbey Players have caught the underlying comedy in the lives of the poor but happy country folk-in the Irish superstitions nature an typical multitude of minor sins. These qualities appear in the blind faith of the townspeople in the ability of Ma Murnaghan to predict the future and their rush to bet all their money on her choice in the Irish National...
Aside from the activities of Ma Murnaghan, the movie is concerned mainly with the efforts of Michael Kissane to prove that he did not steal the church's money. He wants to do this so that he can marry Shealh, who unfortunately has become engaged to the banker. This intriguing problem is, of course, solved in the end with the assistance of Ma Murnaghan...