In The Secret of Roan Inish there is a young Irish girl, Fionna, who used to live with her family on the island of Roan Inish. When her younger brother, Jamie, was just a baby the family evacuated the island, but as they were leaving the tide took away her baby brother in his boat-like cradle.
After realizing that their new home is not the place for a young girl to live, Fionna's father sends her to live with her grandparents, Hugh and Tess, and her cousin, Eamon in an Irish fishing town near Roan Inish. She hears tales of the Selkie, seals that can take off their skin and become human, and she finds out that according to some she is the decendent of a Selkie. She visits the island of Roan Inish often when her grandfather and cousin go out on the boat. They drop her off and pick her up when they are done. On her first visit back to the island it seems as if someone is living in their old cottage. The next time she returns to the island and falls asleep in their old cottage, and when she wakes up she goes out to the fields and sees a small boy picking flowers, she knew right away that it was Jamie. She calls out to him and he turns to see who it is and then runs away from her.
Why did he run? Will her grandparents believe that after so long Jamie is still alive? But most importantly how can she get him to stay with her and not run away? To find out the answer, come to the Irish Film and Cultural Festival at the State Theatre at 1pm on March 26th to watch The Secret of Roan Inish.
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