Under the Hawthorn Tree
Under the Hawthorn Tree

Under the Hawthorn Tree

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1998
1h 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.

Production

Young Irish Filmmakers

Cast

Liane Murphy

Liane Murphy

Eily O'Driscoll

Chris Bollard

Chris Bollard

Michael O'Driscoll

Doireann Lawlor

Doireann Lawlor

Peggy O'Driscoll

Oisin Bourke

Oisin Bourke

Young Man at riot

Aine Brennan

Aine Brennan

British Child (2)

Lorcan Brennan

Lorcan Brennan

British Child (1)

Collette Browne

Collette Browne

Kitty Collins

Richie Burke

Richie Burke

Patsy Murphy

John Cleere

John Cleere

School Master

Ger Cody

Ger Cody

Dan Collins

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