The Stranger

An Englishman living in a 10’ x 5’ foot stone hovel on a remote Irish island, died suddenly, leaving behind him years of diaries and notebooks. No-one on the island really knew who the stranger was.

The director puts together the jigsaw, aware of the many missing pieces, the contradictions, and that fine line between reality and myth. This is a documentary about memory and perception, a journey to capture an unusual portrait of a man, living on the edge, both physically and mentally, and the insular Irish-speaking island community he lived amongst.