When Martin McDonagh’s The Lieutenant of Inishmore premiered in 2001, audiences were resistant to a violent comedy in which Ireland’s most psychopathic nationalist paramilitary seeks revenge for the death of his beloved pet cat.
19 July 2018, The Tablet
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Aidan Turner as Padraic in The Lieutenant of Inishmore
Photo: Johan Persson
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