Give Up Yer Aul Sins - Oscar Nominated Irish Short Film

Give Up Yer Aul Sins is an Academy Award nominated short film, which humorously reenacts original recordings of Dublin schoolrooms in the 1960s made by Peig Cunningham and subsequently rediscovered and released by EMI. In the film, a documentary crew arrives to film the activities of the classroom. The teacher chooses Mary to retell, in her own imaginative way, the bible story of John the Baptist.

Give Up Yer Aul Sins received an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Short at the 2001 Academy Awards.

Give Up Yer Aul Sins has screened in almost 50 film festivals, including The Galway Film Fleadh (where it won Best Animation), Cork Film Festival (Best Irish and Best International Animation), Cartoons on Bay (Special Award for Original Idea), New York Comedy Festival, Boston Irish Film Festival, Aspen Film Festival and Cannes Film Festival.

Director: Cathal Gaffney
Producer: Darragh O'Connell
Year of Production: 2000

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[hollymarg]

What a pity we are all morphing into some atlantic accent...or whatever they call it. I have a very strong Irish accent and was once asked by a nun from Co. Galway why I hadn't thought of therapy!!! What rubbish.

[bigybri]

Really funny. The voice of the teacher was an actor but the recordings themselves were genuine.

On the dvd and cd the story is told of how Miss Cunningham recorded the children and put the tapes away, and how they were found and published.

What a treasure

[MsUkdance]

Wow it is lovely to hear this after so many years.

Thank you.

[Ginger O'Toole]

Awesomeness!

[MrsCrazyrange]

"Is he a shocking holy saint?"

[margaretlong47]

So awesome love it

[Ciaran Hoctor]

this is fair funny

[RiNSpy]

Yeah I agree, we need to stick to our roots

[MarsTVbyNikkiBass]

I love this more than chocolate!

[leishaarmstrongmusic]

Thats my nanny telling the story this video,they dont use her real name in it but she went to court and all to prove it was her!mad listening to it again she hasnt showed it to me since i was very young