The Secret of Roan Inish
Between land and sea there is a place where myths are real.
Ten-year-old Fiona is sent to live with her grandparents in a small fishing village in Donegal, Ireland. She soon learns the local legend that an ancestor of hers married a Selkie – a seal who can turn into a human. Years earlier, her baby brother was washed out to sea and never seen again, so when Fiona spies a naked little boy on the abandoned Isle of Roan Inish, she is compelled to investigate.
- Year: 1994
- Country: Ireland, United States of America
- Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Family, Drama
- Studio: Jones Entertainment Group, Skerry Movies, Peter Newman Productions, First Look Pictures, The Samuel Goldwyn Company
- Keyword: sea, island, legend, family history, family relationships, seagull, ireland, storytelling, seal (animal), seaweed, talking to animals, fishing boat, lost at sea, lost son, selkie, isolated, gaelic music, irish folklore, human becoming an animal, irish sea, animal behaviour, animal human friendship, animals & nature, donegal, grandfather granddaughter relationship, inishtrahull island, gaelic
- Director: John Sayles
- Cast: Jeni Courtney, Eileen Colgan, Mick Lally, John Lynch, Pat Slowey, Dave Duffy
