Jimmy Rabbitte, just a thick-ya out of school, gets a brilliant idea: to put a soul band together in Barrytown, his slum home in north Dublin. First he needs musicians and singers: things slowly start to click when he finds three fine-voiced females virtually in his back yard, a lead singer (Deco) at a wedding, and, responding to his ad, an aging trumpet player, Joey "The Lips" Fagan.
Acting
Non-professional cast with volcanic chemistry
Production
Alan Parker fought to cast actual Dubliners
Director
Alan Parker
Robert Arkins
Jimmy Rabbitte
Michael Aherne
Steven Clifford
Angeline Ball
Imelda Quirke
Maria Doyle Kennedy
Natalie Murphy
Dave Finnegan
Mickah Wallace
Bronagh Gallagher
Bernie McGloughlin
Glen Hansard
Outspan Foster
Dick Massey
Billy Mooney
Johnny Murphy
Joey 'The Lips' Fagan
Ken McCluskey
Derek Scully
Andrew Strong
Deco Cuffe
Colm Meaney
Jimmy Rabbitte, Sr.
Anne Kent
Mrs. Rabbitte
Andrea Corr
Sharon Rabbitte
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Most cast members were complete unknowns found in Dublin music pubs; Robert Arkins was a drummer, not an actor.
Part of Roddy Doyle's Barrytown Trilogy, it sparked a real-life soul revival in 1990s Ireland—and Wilson Pickett finally visited Dublin because of it.
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