03/28/2025
Tomorrow at 11:00 am, 'The Peggy Delaney Way' documentary (83 mins) screens as an official selection at the 2025 Toronto Irish Film Festival!
TIFF Bell Lightbox / 350 King St W, Toronto
Tickets: $15.00 at the box office or online.
Join us and toast the centenary of a force of nature, Peggy Delaney, for this special encore presentation!
Trailer: https://youtu.be/Blqj36EIquU?si=tkNLzD48X5wnV9_f
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The Peggy Delaney Way ~ REVIEWS
"A great night it was, Rory. Your mother's legacy was so beautifully established on her centenary. It's likely other immigrant groups have their version of a Peggy but none so well documented and portrayed on the silver screen as you delivered."
Godfrey Jordan ~ Documentary Filmmaker
*****
"Rory made more than a home movie. It was a production of the love of a son for an incredible mother. As the chair of ICST, I feel privileged to follow her as the president. Congrats, Rory. A lifetime of great memories for you and your family in your fantastic movie of your mother."
Patrick Canavan ~ Chair of Irish Cultural Society Toronto
*****
"Congrats on a great event on Saturday. It was a very well-put-together piece of work, Rory! I enjoyed reading your notes in the brochure as to what was involved. I assumed you knew how to do all that stuff already. Sounds like you had quite a learning curve. Respect! Well done, for sure. You did your mother (and your dad) proud, no doubt about that. Hat's off!"
Cormac Monaghan ~ Chair of Irish Person of the Year - Toronto
*****
"Rory, this documentary deserves a much wider audience. It needs to be seen by many different audiences. It is such an antidote to the current mood of negativity, divisiveness, and self-absorption. I felt that Peggy was with us last night, gave us all a collective hug & sprinkled a little magic dust on each of us as we were leaving the theatre. What a lady!! You honoured her memory in the style she’d have loved and approved of."
Mary Durkan ~ Toronto Bloomsday Festival
*****
"The movie was brilliant...funny, touching, and entertaining. Your mother's life was certainly FULL. If we all could give as much as she did to her family and her community. Her level of energy and commitment to so many causes was outstanding. I loved the video of her in her kitchen with all the cards. We exchanged Christmas cards for years. I wonder if one of my cards made it to her wall."
Colleen McPhee -
Toronto Rose of Tralee / International Rose – 1996
*****
"You think you have someone ‘sussed’ or ‘pegged’. I knew your mom was good. I did not appreciate how good she was until I saw the film. Well done, boy. You did your mom proud."
Alan McConnell ~ Lawyer
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"What a spectacular evening! Peggy would have so loved the love in the room. Congratulations to you! It was a wonderful film about an extraordinary person. What a legacy film!"
Eileen Farrow ~ Sales Representative
Chestnut Park Real Estate Limited
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"What a night! It couldn't have been any better! You thought of everything! Your attention to detail is just like your mother's! She trained you well! It was great to see so many of the *old crowd* there, as well as the young, in celebration of a life well-lived! Your mother and our friend Peggy was, and always will be, one of a kind! She would have been so proud of the celebration that you and the family put on for her 100th birthday!"
Una O'Sullivan ~ Friend of Peggy
*****
“Brilliant night! What an incredible story of an Irish Canadian icon. Bravo Rory O'Shea!!”
Lynda Debono
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“What a brilliant night. It was a very moving tribute to the powerhouse that was Peggy Delaney. Rory’s movie tribute to his mother was powerful, I felt like I knew her. What a gift she was to this city and what a gift this movie is for her family and friends. We will never see her like again, truly one of a kind.”
Mary-Ellen Hannah
