Jimmy Rabbitte, just a tick out of school, gets a brilliant idea: to put a soul band together in Barrytown, his slum home in north Dublin. First he needs musicians and singers: things slowly start to click when he finds three fine-voiced females virtually in his back yard, a lead singer (Deco) at a wedding, and, responding to his ad, an aging trumpet player, Joey "The Lips" Fagan.
Elenco: Robert Arkins , Michael Aherne , Angeline Ball , Maria Doyle Kennedy , Dave Finnegan , Bronagh Gallagher , Glen Hansard , Félim Gormley , Johnny Murphy , Dick Massey , Andrew Strong , Ken McCluskey , Colm Meaney , Anne Kent , Andrea Corr , Gerard Cassoni , Ruth Fairclough , Lindsay Fairclough , Ger Ryan , Liam Carney , Michael O'Reilly , Mark O'Regan , Phelim Drew , Sean Hughes , Philip Bredin , Aoife Lawless , Lance Daly , Conor Malone , Jezz Bell , Colm MacConiomare , Emily Dawson , Dave Kane , Kristel Harris , Maria Place , Brian MacAodha , Tricia Smith , Canice William , Patrick Foy , Jody Campbell , Allan Murray , Eanna MacLiam , Philomena Kavanagh , Peter Rowen , Eamonn O'Conner , Maura O'Malley , Blaise Smith , Derek Herbert , Owen O'Gorman , Pat Leavy , John Cronin , Rynagh O'Grady , Sheila Flitton , Michael Bolger , Mick Nolan , Eileen Reid , Bob Navan , Derek Duggan , Paddy O'Connor , Jim Corr , Larry Hogan , Bernard Keelan , Ronan Hardiman , Mikel Murfi , Josylen Lyons , Winston Dennis , Alan Parker , Paul Bushnell , Sharon Corr , Caroline Corr .