Under the Hawthorn Tree

The read

It runs a compact 1h 30m.

Synopsis

Ireland, 1845, and the potato crop has failed, bringing terrible hunger and plague. Everywhere people are dying or emigrating. The family of young Eily, Michael and Peggy, around whom this story revolves, does not escape. Their baby sister dies and is buried under a hawthorn tree. Their mother leaves them alone to go in search of their father. The children are determined to avoid certain death in the workhouse, where the poor are sent. So they set off on the dangerous journey across Ireland to find their great-aunts, Nano and Lena, whom they have only heard about in their mother’s stories.

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Key crew

• Bronagh MurphyDirector
• Siobhan LyonsDirector
• Marita Conlon-McKennaWriter
• Mike KellyWriter
• Gabriel MurrayWriter

Cast

• Liane MurphyEily O'Driscoll
• Chris BollardMichael O'Driscoll
• Doireann LawlorPeggy O'Driscoll
• Ger CodyDan Collins
• Collette BrowneKitty Collins
• Brendan CorcoranJohn O'Driscoll
• Richie BurkePatsy Murphy
• John CleereSchool Master
• Mary CraddockMary Kate Conway
• Liam ConwayBritish Officer
• Lorcan BrennanBritish Child (1)
• Aine BrennanBritish Child (2)

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