Under the Hawthorn Tree (1998)

Directed by Bronagh Murphy1h 30m

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.

Rated
PG
Year
1998
Country
IE
Language
English
Release date
1 March 1998
TMDB
7.0 (1)
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L
Liane Murphy
Eily O'Driscoll
C
Chris Bollard
Michael O'Driscoll
D
Doireann Lawlor
Peggy O'Driscoll
Ger Cody
Ger Cody
Dan Collins
C
Collette Browne
Kitty Collins
Brendan Corcoran
Brendan Corcoran
John O'Driscoll
R
Richie Burke
Patsy Murphy
J
John Cleere
School Master
M
Mary Craddock
Mary Kate Conway
L
Liam Conway
British Officer
L
Lorcan Brennan
British Child (1)
A
Aine Brennan
British Child (2)
O
Oisin Bourke
Young Man at riot
P
Patrick Cushin
Cart Driver
R
Ray Doran
British Soldier
P
Paula Drohan
Woman at house
K
Kevin Hanrahan
British Soldier
C
Carmel Hennessey
Dying Woman
C
Conor Jenkinson
Boy at house
A
Alison Kelly
Aoife

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