Under the Hawthorn Tree

Under the Hawthorn Tree — Plot

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.

• Release date
• March 1, 1998
• Runtime
• 90 min
• Director
• Bronagh Murphy

Under the Hawthorn Tree — Cast

L

Liane Murphy Eily O'Driscoll

C

Chris Bollard Michael O'Driscoll

D

Doireann Lawlor Peggy O'Driscoll Ger Cody Dan Collins

C

Collette Browne Kitty Collins Brendan Corcoran John O'Driscoll

R

Richie Burke Patsy Murphy

J

John Cleere School Master