Captain Boycott
Date: 1947
Director: Frank Launder
Production Company: Individual Pictures
Stars: Stewart Granger, Kathleen Ryan, Cecil Parker, Mervyn Johns, Alastair Sim, Noel Purcell
Location(s): County Westmeath, County Wicklow
Region(s): Ireland
Storyline:
The story of how landlord Captain Charles Boycott was defeated by his tenant farmers after they refused to co-operate with him.
Additional Information:
Screen captures uploaded by Phil Wilkinson from source material provided by John Tunstill
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Father McKeogh (Alastair Sim) talks with teacher Daniel McGinty (Noel Purcell) as they leave the schoolhouse.
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The Father and McGinty walk from the school towards Monahans Hotel.
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Estate agent Watty Connell (Mervyn Johns) walks away after speaking with Hugh Davin.
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Connell watches as the farm workers march into the courtyard of Lough Mask House. The farmyard at Ladestown House in County Westmeath identified by Steve Randall.
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Captain Boycott addresses his labourers. Steve Randall locates this as Ladestown House on the shore of Lough Ennell to the south-west of Mullingar.
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Volunteers march towards the village to start evicting tenants. Although the story is set in County Mayo, many of the film's locations are in County Westmeath.
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The villagers prepare to fight the evictions.
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Captain Charles Boycott (Cecil Parker) arrives with the police.
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Villagers run through the streets and alleyways.
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McGinty and postman Sean Kerin (Eddie Byrne) run from the schoolhouse after sending the children to their homes.
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More police arrive as the church bells are rung and bonfires are lit to raise the alarm.
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Tenants take belonging from their homes before being evicted.
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The front door is battered down when Michael Fagan and his family refuse to leave.
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The congregation leave church and rush to attend a Land League meeting.
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McGinty and villagers leave to hear Parnell speak.
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A reporter turns up in the village and asks Connell for information.
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The Times newspaper correspondent (Ian Fleming) enters the village bar expecting to be the only reporter there.
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The village is uneasy as troops and volunteers arrive to reap the harvest.
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The army protect volunteers who have come to gather the crop. Alfie Zeller made contact to tell us that some of the scenes for this production were shot in the villages of Lacken and Ballyknockan in County Wicklow and Pat Cleary's research confirms that this fork in the road is at Ballyknockan.
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The army arrive at Boycott's estate. A currently unidentified location possibly near Mullingar, County Westmeath.
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The army set up camp on Boycott's land around Lough Mask House.
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Fagan is seen leaving Hugh Davin's farm.
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After buying Devin's horse at an auction, Boycott rides him at the local races. The long closed Newbrook Racecourse in Mullingar, County Westmeath.
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The horses pass the stand on their way to the start line. Newbrook racecourse which closed in 1961.
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When the crowd runs onto the course to stop Boycott from winning the race, agitator McGinty urges a villager on. Newbrook Racecourse, Mullingar in Counry Westmeath, Ireland.