Due to increasing interest in the plaudited Wind that Shakes the Barley, the Omniplex has had to move the film to a larger screen to accommodate the numbers of people still wanting to see it.

Many cinema-goers have been turned away in recent weeks because it was being shown in the smaller screens, which accommodate 35 to 60 people. The film has been moved to screen 3, which holds just over 100 people.

When it was first released in June, the film was shown three or four times daily, but it started off slow according to general manager Patricia Hattersley.

"As is the case with many Irish films, which do not get the same promotion as their American counterparts, the film has actually increased in popularity as its run extends,” she said.

The Wind That Shakes the Barley is a 2006 Irish film set during the Irish War of Independence (1919–21) and the subsequent Irish Civil War of 1922–23.

The title refers to a line from a song by 19th century author Robert Dwyer Joyce. The film tells the story of a small group of Irish Republican Army activists and in particular, of two brothers.

It won the Palme d'Or at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.

The film was shot in various towns within County Cork during 2005. In Bandon, a scene was shot along North Main Street and outside a building next to the Court House.

It was from Lee’s Hotel in Bandon on August 22, 1922, that Michael Collins set off on the fateful journey which ended with his death at the hands of Anti-Treaty IRA at Béal na mBláth, about 8 miles away.