Under the Hawthorn Tree
Directed by Bronagh Murphy
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
Ger Cody
Dan Collins
Collette Browne
Kitty Collins
Brendan Corcoran
John O'Driscoll
Richie Burke
Patsy Murphy
John Cleere
School Master
Mary Craddock
Mary Kate Conway
Liam Conway
British Officer
Lorcan Brennan
British Child (1)
Aine Brennan
British Child (2)
Oisin Bourke
Young Man at riot
Patrick Cushin
Cart Driver
Ray Doran
British Soldier