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A BOOK depicting life in Kilrush in the 1940s is currently being made into a Hollywood film. Ghosts of Kilrush, which was written by Joe Riley who now lives in the Philippines, was published in 2003. He sold the film rights for a mere dollar. “The story in the book is very simple,” Joe explained. “You had Auntie May, whose son was murdered at St Senan’s Well. I was a little kid of four years of age. I had no mum or no dad. What ended up happening was two people mending each other. That’s what the story is about.” The book is being made into a film by Los Angeles-based Grafton Street Productions, whose executive producer is Chris Cusack. He is a former associate producer with the Disney ABC Television Group and an executive producer with Vin Di Bona Productions. “He has roots, I believe, in Clare,” Joe said. Some of the film crew were in Kilrush in early …

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