The film tells the story of Darby O'Gill, a wily old codger, who matches wits with the king of the leprechauns and helps play matchmaker for his daughter and a dashing younger man who has replaced him as caretaker.
18 October 1879, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
18 May 1896, Keyhan, Derby, England, UK
25 August 1930, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
26 April 1899, Dublin, Ireland
July 31, 1892 in Sydney, Australia
11 March 1871, Sacramento, California, USA
16 May 1893, Cumberland, England, UK
15 April 1885, Belfast, Ireland [now Northern Ireland], UK
20 May 1917, USA
5 October 1924, Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland
5 June 1878, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
6 January 1902, Wisconsin, USA
13 October 1918, Dublin, Ireland
15 October 1897, Peoria, Illinois, USA
1 March 1891, Galway, Ireland
11 September 1927, Dublin, Ireland
8 October 1907, Belfast, Ireland [now Northern Ireland], UK
26 April 1905, Dublin, Ireland
1912, Ireland, UK
28 September 1934, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
24 January 1883, Lee, Kent, England, UK
August 5, 1891 in Eagle Grove, Iowa, USA
September 25, 2004
It's a delightful movie filled with delightful characters, delightful scenery, and delightful special effects.March 10, 2008
The film presents a series of utterly charming moments, some magical and some down-to-earth but, considering the setting, equally utopian.June 21, 2007
...ultimately an entertaining (if all-too-slight) piece of work.March 25, 2006
[An] overpoweringly charming concoction of standard Gaelic tall stories, fantasy and romance.April 30, 2007
One of the rare few family movies that should enchant both children and grown-ups.July 30, 2003
This excellent fantasy romps through the folklore world of Ireland.February 11, 2006
For those of a sentimental turn, there is the delight of watching young Connery romancing the ineffably wholesome Janet Munro, a couple of years before things turned nasty for Commander Bond at Crab Key with the somewhat more knowing Ursula Andress.March 14, 2007
I have to admit that by the second or third time I saw leprechauns depicted as magical by speeding up the film, I was hoping for someone to show up with a gun.