The Film Company of Ireland (FCOI) was founded in March 1916 by Ellen O'Mara Sullivan, James Mark Sullivan,[1][2] and Henry Fitzgibbon,[3] the first such company to be established in Ireland.
Through Kerrigan, a number of Abbey Theatre actors featured in the FCOI's productions, including Fred O'Donovan, Kathleen Murphy, Nora Clancy, Brian Magowan, J. M. Carre, Irene Murphy, and Valentine Roberts.
[5] During the Easter Rising in 1916, the FCOI's offices on Sackville Street were destroyed, along with a large amount of the company's early material.
[5] Sullivan attempted to sell the FCOI films in the United States from 1918, incorporating in Boston.
[6] After the death of his wife and son, Sullivan sold off the FCOI to A.V.