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.
Bronagh Murphy
Director
Siobhan Lyons
Director
Marita Conlon-McKenna
Writer
Mike Kelly
Writer
Gabriel Murray
Writer
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)
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Kitty Collins
Richie Burke
Patsy Murphy
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