Colmán Sharkey - a fisherman, a father, a husband - takes in a stranger at the behest of a local priest. Patsy, a former soldier arrives just ahead of ‘the blight,’ a crop disease that caused the Great Plague, killing and displacing millions of Irishmen.
Directed by Tomás Ó Súilleabháin
irish great potato famine (1845-52)
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Cast
Dónall Ó Héalai
Coleman Sharkey
Saise Quinn
Kitty
Dara Devaney
Patsy
Siobhán O'Kelly
Áine
Seán T. Ó Meallaigh
Séamus
Michael McElhatton
Lieutenant
Elaine O'Dwyer
Margaret
Peter Coonan
Bailey
Diarmuid de Faoite
Joe Pat
Cillian O'Gairbhi
Pat Madden
Crew
Tomás Ó Súilleabháin
Director
Tomás Ó Súilleabháin
Writer
Kate McCullough
Director of Photography
Popular Reviews
8 reviews
rachel
8.0★ · 06/04/25
might be a bit slow and desolate but it’s well made and carries a good message
also would love more Irish language movies like this
might be a bit slow and desolate but it’s well made and carries a good message
also would love more Irish language movies like this
Mia Metcalfe
9.1★ · 05/18/23
IRISH MOVIES UNDERRATED FR
IRISH MOVIES UNDERRATED FR
Clayton
7.0★ · 05/03/23
Pretty good film, wish Peter Coonan was in it more
Pretty good film, wish Peter Coonan was in it more
