Rawhead Rex

All right, haul away.

Come on. Come on.

Damn it.

- Go on! - Any time!

Go on!

It's no bloody good!

Turn it off!

Yeah. Go on.

All creatures

of our god and king

lift up your voice

and with us sing

alleluia

alleluia

thou burning sun

with golden beam

thou silver moon

with softer gleam

oh, praise him

oh, praise him

alleluia

lt's not goin' to move, garron.

Dennis is right. Give up.

Maybe.

Doesn't look too healthy.

Well, I'd better be gettin' back.

Me dinner's on the table.

Thanks anyway.

Are you comin', Mitch?

Yeah. Good luck.

May the same dinner choke ya.

Hey, dad.

Smile.

Dad!

What's the problem?

Mom says it's gonna rain. Why don't you stop taking the damn photographs?

- Damn photographs? - Just quoting.

Oh. Just quoting.

I see.

Well, what would you say?

I'd say I'm hungry.

What an entirely new response from you.

All right, listen, tell her...

- Tell her about ten minutes. Okay? - She's mad with you.

All right. Tell her five.

I have to see somebody about this site.

Then can we go home? I'm bored.

Robbie, how can you be bored? This is the land of your forefathers. Remember?

Yeah, and they left.

Tell her five minutes.

Tell her I really mean it.

Bastard.

Alleluia

alleluia

alleluia

alleluia

hi.

- We should get you home. - I don't know what came over me.

Shall we make a dash for it?

I felt like I was burning.

Come on.

Can I help you?

Yeah, I hope so. I'm looking for a reverend coot.

Am I saying that right? Coot?

That's right. But I'm not your man. I'm the verger.

Oh. Hi. I'm Howard hallenbeck.

Declan o'brien.

Tell me something. This coot, he wouldn't happen to be old, would he?

Sorry.

I talked to him a couple weeks ago. He said that I might look at the church.

I see.

You see, it's for a book I'm writing.

He said I might take some photographs,

maybe even look at the parish records.

Then you'd probably find him in the rectory.

Which is where?

Out the door.

Turn right, and it's straight ahead of you.

Right, then straight.

Thanks.

All right.

One, two, three.

Rawhead.

- Come in. Come in. - Thank you. Thank you.

Look at this. A striking collection.

Well, it passes the time.

- Here. Let me take your coat. - Thank you very much.

This is very nice.

Well, now, how can I help?

Well, when we spoke on the phone i think I mentioned

that the book that I'm writing

is about the persistence of sacred sites in this part of the country.

L'm sorry. Persistence?

Yeah, see,

a lot of churches are built on sites that have been considered sacred

for, well, some considerable time.

Pre-Christian, you mean.

Pre-Roman, even.

Although that doesn't apply here in Ireland.

What I'm after are neolithic sites.

Fertility cults of one sort or the other.

Here?

It's very possible, yeah.

Intriguing.

What I'd like to do is photograph the interior of your church,

particularly those stained glass windows.

Very interesting designs.

Of course. Lt's always open.

How about your parish records? Could I have a look at those?

L'm sure it can be arranged.

I'll have Declan look out whatever stuff we've got.

Ah, yes, the verger.

Perhaps I'd better come back to you when he's sorted it all out.

That'd be much appreciated.

Where are you staying?

At your pub.

The tall man?

The tall man.

Once upon a time there was a little boy called treehorn.

He just noticed that...

Shut up!

Watch it! I'm trying to read my comic!

- Watch it. - You're a pig, Robbie.

Oh, yeah, sure.

Two more days of this, I'll go nuts.

What are you talking about? We just checked in here.

We've been here two months.

Well, we've been in Ireland a month and a half, actually... not quite.

We may not have to be here that long. I've gotta see the records of this church.

This is the most interesting site I've seen.

- And then? - Then we can go to Dublin.

It's about half a day's drive.

Come on, get it. Just get it!

- I want my doll! - Well, you're not getting it.

I will. I'll go bananas.

All right, quiet down!

This is a working trip for me. Remember?

You know, you also got a family.

That's who those kids belong to. I was wondering.

I thought you'd feel at home here.

-“At home.” - Irish forebearers and all that.

It's a vicious rumor put out by my mother.

Your mother is a vicious rumor.

One more day?

- Dennis. - What?

Dear, the door's not shut.

- I locked it. - Well, it's open now.

Damn. I could have sworn that I bolted it.

Who's there?

Who's there?

I said, who's there?

Dennis! Dennis!

No. No!

No! Get away!

Dennis! Oh, Dennis!

- Did you hear that? - You're changing the subject.

Listen.

It's just more thunder, I think.

Why did we have to come here in the monsoon season?

I like this place. I think I could live here. Lt's quiet, it's charming.

And dead.

What do you expect from a historian? I prefer dead things.

Oh. L'll bear that in mind.

With one or two exceptions.

Name one.

What's the other?

You haven't kissed me like that in a long time.

You have very dirty eyes. Anybody ever tell you that?

Practically everybody.

She'll certainly know us next time.

- Strange. - Yeah.

The way she looked.

What do you mean?

She reminds me of something.

Somebody.

Maybe she's a relation of yours.

- You're right. You're going bananas. - Thanks.

- Now, about that hotel. - Yeah?

What the hell?

Dennis. Jenny.

Are you there?

Dennis.

Dennis!

Dennis. Jenny?

Jen, what happened here?

Would you take over here? I'm wanted. All right?

Just a moment. Could I have a word?

Travel with her in the ambulance. Take down anything she says.

You understand? It's very important.

Any little mumbled phrase. Anything at all.

I went into the kitchen.

There wasn't a mark on Jenny.

Which leaves the husband.

Dennis.

Did they have any visitors staying with them?

I don't think so. I could check.

What amazes me is how the woman survived.

Clearly, she hid herself.

A wardrobe, perhaps. The attic.

I don't think Conroy knows what hit him.