Amateur films:
Films of personal or public events
produced by amateurs. The collections include "home
movies"; films of community activities such as Corpus
Christi Processions, village fairs, work outings and military
parades; and films of events of historical significance.
These films of personal or public events produced by amateur
film makers are among the most interesting and unique items
preserved by the Archive. 
The
collections include ‘home movies’, films of
community activities and of events of historical significance.
Preserved alongside these nonfiction amateur collections
are short, edited fiction films made, largely by the Irish
Film Society, for public but not theatrical exhibition.
Important collections include those made by clergyman such
as Fr Moran, Monsignor Hegarty, and Fr Delaney, prominent
businessmen such as Sligoman Kevin Murray, whose collection
includes material shot on the set of The Quiet Man, and
Dubliner John J. Jennings, who recorded the construction
of a number of significant Irish buildings, including the
current Abbey Theatre.
