The Mám Trasna Murders

Synopsis

The story of barbaric murders committed in the midst of a rural community in Joyce Country, on the border between counties Galway and Mayo in 1882 and the subsequent trial in Dublin. The trial led to the unjust hanging or life imprisonment of innocent people based on the testimonies of false witnesses and the dishonesty of the British authorities and the gentry.

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• Colm BairéadDirector
• Colm BairéadScreenplay

Cast

• Dara DevaneyMaolra Seoighe
• Pól ó GriofaTomás Ó Cathasaigh
• Eoin Mac DiarmadaAntoine Mac Philibín
• Eoin GeogheganMáirtin Seoighe
• Mícheál Ó DubhghaillPádraig Seoighe
• Conal O'CéidighPádraig Sheamus Ó Cathasaigh
• Stiofan SeoighePáidín Seoighe

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