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Man of Aran, a splendid documentary filmed in 1934, available from Amazon Prime Video. It is 77 minutes long--and you see in detail the lives of Aran fishermen and their families.
Into the West, a 1992 feature film starring Gabriel Byrne and Ellen Barkan. It concerns the Travellers, contemporary Ireland (including Dublin slums), and magical realism involving the Oisin myths and Tir na nOg. Two young actors playing Ossie (Oisin) and Tito are excellent.
Playboy of the Western World, best-known version is Hurst's feature film made about 1951, available from Vimeo and may be available from Amazon Prime Video.