Philip Barantini

The Boys & Girl from County Clare -- Jimmy McMahon and his group of Liverpudlians plot to win the annual Ceili music competition in Ireland.

The All-Ireland Traditional Music Competition attracts the best musicians from all over the country -- and a few from beyond the shores of the Emerald Isle as well. As John Joe and his band prepare to capture the band trophy with their County Clare jigs and reels, Irishman Jimmy bends his Liverpudlians away from jazz toward the time-honored strains of Celtic music. As the musicians make their way towards the competition, trouble rears its head for both sets of challengers: the Liverpool Shamrock Ceilidh Band and the defending champions from Clare, and at the heart of this adversity lie the vengeful interventions of two estranged brothers, Jimmy and John Joe.

It's the late '60s and the British Invasion has conquered the world! But in Ireland, traditional Irish music still reigns supreme. Could an upstart Irish band from Liverpool win the All Irish Music Championships for the first time in history?

Jimmy McMahon (Meany) and his group of Liverpudlians plot to win the annual Ceili music competition in Ireland.