Under the Hawthorn Tree
1998 en 90 minutes
Rating: 7
Plot
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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Cast
Liane Murphy
Eily O'Driscoll
Chris Bollard
Michael O'Driscoll
Doireann Lawlor
Peggy O'Driscoll
Oisin Bourke
Young Man at riot
Aine Brennan
British Child (2)
Lorcan Brennan
British Child (1)
Collette Browne
Kitty Collins
Richie Burke
Patsy Murphy
John Cleere
School Master
Ger Cody
Dan Collins
Liam Conway
British Officer
Brendan Corcoran
John O'Driscoll
Mary Craddock
Mary Kate Conway
Patrick Cushin
Cart Driver
Ray Doran
British Soldier
Paula Drohan
Woman at house
Paula Drohan
Woman in shop
Kevin Hanrahan
British Soldier
Carmel Hennessey
Dying Woman
Conor Jenkinson
Boy at house
Alison Kelly
Aoife
