Saving Ireland from Sin & Sex - Film Censorship in Ireland
Irish History Podcast
Fin Dwyer
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 14 February 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Through most of the 20th century, authorities in Ireland operated a strict censorship regime when it came to film. At its height, around one in every three films was censored in Ireland. The reasons for this are often hard to fathom today. Scenes that showed a dancer's legs or even a long kiss were often edited out. Allusions to sex were considered far too racy. And this was all before they even got into the films that strayed into politics or religion
In this episode, I am joined by Aoife Breathnach and Lloyd Maedbh Houston to explore the very strange world of film censorship in Ireland on both sides of the border.
Want to hear more? Lloyd joins Aoife on a special season of her podcast, Censored, that looks at censorship in film in Ireland. I highly recommend checking this out. You can find it at link to the podcast: https://play.acast.com/s/censored.
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| 1:33.0 | While famous titles like The Life of Brian or The Exorcist were censored in one way or another, |
| 1:38.0 | at one point around one in every three films were being censored in Ireland. |
| 1:44.3 | The reasons why are hard to fathom today. |
| 1:47.8 | Scenes that short of Dancer's legs or even a long kiss were often edited out. Conversations or even allusions to sex were often considered far too racy as well. |
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