Basic Info
Release: March 01, 1998
Runtime: 90 min
Status: Released
Under the Hawthorn Tree
1998
90 min
Overview
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.
Production Countries
- Ireland
Spoken Languages
- English en
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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
Crew
Bronagh Murphy
Director
Siobhan Lyons
Director
Marita Conlon-McKenna
Writer
Mike Kelly
Writer
Gabriel Murray
Writer
Gregory Magee
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