Jimmy Rabbitte, just a thick-ya 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.

Robert Arkins
as Jimmy Rabbitte

Michael Aherne
as Steven Clifford

Angeline Ball
as Imelda Quirke

Maria Doyle Kennedy
as Natalie Murphy

Dave Finnegan
as Mickah Wallace

Bronagh Gallagher
as Bernie McGloughlin

Glen Hansard
as Outspan Foster

Félim Gormley
as Dean Fay

Johnny Murphy
as Joey 'The Lips' Fagan

Dick Massey
as Billy Mooney
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"Jimmy" (Robert Arkins) is a bit of a restless, creative, spirit and a man who is bored with the Dublin music scene. To rectify matters, he and his pal "Joey" (Johnny Murphy) - aka 'The Lips" decide to hold auditions to create a band. A band with an unique sound to challenge the prevailing mediocrit...