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Under the Hawthorn Tree

Under the Hawthorn Tree

(1998)

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.

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  1. Director : Bronagh Murphy,Siobhan Lyons
  2. Writer : Marita Conlon-McKenna,Mike Kelly,Gabriel Murray
  3. Cast : Liane Murphy,Chris Bollard,Doireann Lawlor,Ger Cody,Collette Browne,Brendan Corcoran,Richie Burke,John Cleere,Mary Craddock,Liam Conway,Lorcan Brennan,Aine Brennan,Oisin Bourke,Patrick Cushin,Ray Doran,Paula Drohan,Kevin Hanrahan,Carmel Hennessey,Conor Jenkinson,Alison Kelly

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Original TitleUnder the Hawthorn Tree

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1998-03-01

Original LanguageEnglish

Runtime 01h 30m

Production CompaniesYoung Irish Filmmakers

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