Breege Rowley,
director & editor
Breege Rowley is an award-winning Irish filmmaker, director and editor renowned for her storytelling in drama and documentary. .
Now making her directorial debut, Breege presents All Our Yesterdays, a deeply personal documentary chronicling 250 years of Swinford’s history. The film blends rare archival footage, first hand testimonies and moving music, offering a poignant tribute to Ireland’s past and its global diaspora.
With a passion for preserving cultural heritage and telling untold stories, Breege continues to create films that captivate, inform and inspire audiences worldwide.
A visually rich and deeply moving documentary, All Our Yesterdays chronicles 250 years of Swinford, County Mayo, capturing the town’s resilience, history and cultural evolution. From the devastation of the Great Famine to its vibrant cultural revival, the film blends rare archival footage, personal stories and moving music to honour a community that refused to forget. This documentary is a powerful tribute to heritage, identity and the enduring Irish spirit.
Featuring rare cine film, personal photographic archives and haunting sketches from the collection of Maggie Blanks archive All Our Yesterdays offers an intimate, authentic glimpse into Swinford’s past. Narrated by Pittsburgh-born Nora McBurney, the granddaughter of a Swinford emigrant, the documentary serves as a bridge between Ireland and its global diaspora—a powerful tribute to heritage, identity and the universal longing for home.
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