Under the Hawthorn Tree
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.
Directed by Bronagh Murphy · Written by Marita Conlon-McKenna
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Cast
- Liane Murphy Eily O'Driscoll
- Chris Bollard Michael O'Driscoll
- Doireann Lawlor Peggy O'Driscoll
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Ger Cody Dan Collins - Collette Browne Kitty Collins
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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)
Make it a double feature
3h 30m together
Under the Hawthorn Tree
Awakenings
A close match in mood and era.
