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A play of betrayal of ideas, aspirations and people
Our National Games is a play of betrayal of ideals, aspirations and people.
Irish army officer Captain James Kelly was catapulted into the limelight in 1970 when he was charged with illegally importing arms to Ireland, in what came to be known as the Arms Trial.
This striking new play brings to life the events surrounding one of the most high-profile and dramatic scandals in Irish history.
Police attacks on civil rights activists sent events spiralling out of control in the North of Ireland and threatened to engulf the Republic. This play explores the concept of political and military leadership, loyalty to past principles and the survival of the state as the key players Charles Haughey and Captain James Kelly were put on trial. The Arms Trial was shrouded in so much ambiguity that it was the trial of the Century that never took place. The failure of decisive leadership partly shaped the history of the 30 years which followed, condemning another generation of young Irish people to violence and emigration.
Nearly forty years on we revisit the innuendo and allegations behind the Arms Trial, witnessing the power of the State and the price paid by those who would not yeild to it.
Irish army officer Captain James Kelly was catapulted into the limelight in 1970 when he was charged with illegally importing arms to Ireland, in what came to be known as the Arms Trial.
This striking new play brings to life the events surrounding one of the most high-profile and dramatic scandals in Irish history.
Police attacks on civil rights activists sent events spiralling out of control in the North of Ireland and threatened to engulf the Republic. This play explores the concept of political and military leadership, loyalty to past principles and the survival of the state as the key players Charles Haughey and Captain James Kelly were put on trial. The Arms Trial was shrouded in so much ambiguity that it was the trial of the Century that never took place. The failure of decisive leadership partly shaped the history of the 30 years which followed, condemning another generation of young Irish people to violence and emigration.