''Stella Days'' is a 2011 film directed by Thaddeus O'Sullivan and starring

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as a

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in rural

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during the mid-1950s. The film is based on the book ''Stella Days: The Life and Times of a Rural Irish Cinema'', written by Michael Doorley, which concerns the true story of how a small cinema came into being in the town of Borrisokane in

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. Filming took place in the town of Fethard rather than Borrisokane. The film was screened in front of an invited audience in the Clarke Memorial Hall, Borrisokane on 24 March 2012.Nenagh Guardian, 24 March 2012, p. 18, columns 6 and 7

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