Kathleen Mavourneen is a 1906 silent short film by Edwin S. Porter, produced and distributed by Edison Manufacturing Company.

It is based on the song “Kathleen Mavourneen” by Annie Crawford and Frederick Williams Nichols Crouch, which inspired the play by Dion Boucicault.

Captain Clearfield, a wealthy Irish landlord and head of a gang of outlaws, assaults Kathleen with the help of an accomplice, but her fiancé Terence O'More arrives in time to break up the attack.

Most of the shots are filmed on location and only one stage set is used to show the bandits' hideout.

The film gives a feeling of authenticity thanks to on location filming and the inclusion of details such as the peasants stopping their work to pray when they hear the church bells ringing the angelus, a scene which seems inspired by Jean-François Millet's 1859 painting, The Angelus.

The fim includes a chase scene which uses five shots with efficient continuity editing.

When the carriage of Kathleen and her father arrive, the bandits attack them and steal their money.

When she rejects him she shows her and order of eviction and enters the house to give it to her father.

Four soldiers arrive but when they try to evict Kathleen and her father they are chased away by a crowd of villagers.

Clearfield rushes at the old man, knocks him down, and carries Kathleen out of the house.

Dugan lights some fagots at the hearth, sets fire to the room in which Kathleen's father lies unconscious, and then hurriedly leaves the house.

After being driven back by the dense smoke two or three times, he throws a table cloth over his head, dashes into the burning room and carries Kathleen's father to safety.

The cloaked character reveals to Kathleen that he is Terence and they manage to escape after a fight with new bandits who

A village square with a group of peasants, including Kathleen and Terence, dancing.

They slowly walk down the stairs, followed by their guests, while the children throw petals of flowers.

Shot 16, where Kathleen and Terence are walking through a field before stopping and standing still for a few seconds with bowed head becomes easier to understand when the sound of a tolling church bell is heard at this moment.

[2] Film historian Charles Musser wrote of Porter's adaptation, "O'More not only rescues Kathleen from the villain but, through marriage, renews the family for another generation.