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.
Cast
Liane Murphy
as Eily O'Driscoll
Chris Bollard
as Michael O'Driscoll
Doireann Lawlor
as Peggy O'Driscoll
Oisin Bourke
as Young Man at riot
Aine Brennan
as British Child (2)
Lorcan Brennan
as British Child (1)
Collette Browne
as Kitty Collins
Richie Burke
as Patsy Murphy
John Cleere
as School Master
Ger Cody
as Dan Collins
