The Clash of the Ash Is an 1987 Irish film written and directed by Fergus Tighe, and starring Liam Heffernan as Phil Kelly, with co-stars Gina Moxley, Vinny Murphy and Alan Devlin. The film is set in the early 1980s and centered around the aspirations of a promising hurler, a popular Gaelic sport in Ireland. The Clash of the Ash was produced by Circus Films and funded by Bórd Scánnán na hEireann and RTÉ. It lasts 50 minutes and was shot largely in Fermoy, County Cork. The soundtrack includes The Pogues cover of Ewan McColl's "Dirty Old Town".