The Queen v Patrick O'Donnell

The story

The Queen -v- Patrick O'Donnell reveals on screen for the first time the true story behind one of the most compelling murder plots in Irish history, a thrilling tale of violence, courtroom drama, romance and political intrigue. Containing evidence from British Home Office files kept secret for 100 years, it reveals shocking new information about the fate of the quiet-spoken Donegal man who killed the infamous informer James Carey on board a ship off the coast of South Africa in 1883. What possessed the illiterate labourer from the Donegal Gaeltacht to shoot the leader of The Invincibles? Who was the mystery woman posing as his wife? And why did both the US President and the French luminary Victor Hugo plead that Patrick O'Donnell not be hanged for his crime?

Cast

E Eoghan Mac Giolla BhridePatrick O'Donnell S Stephen JonesJames Carey B Bridin Ni MhaoldomhnaighSusan Gallagher S Sophie CampbellMaggie Carey E Eoin GeogheganRobert Cubitt C Ciarán CampbellDan O'Donnell S Sam McGovernDan Curley P Peadar CoxSir Henry James S Simon CouryAn Breitheamh Denman T Tom LynskeyCharles Russell A Andrew BennettA.M. Sullivan E Eoin Mac DiarmadaAn Ceannfort John Mallon

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M Matt RyanJoe Brady C Ciaran O'BrienMichael Fagan E Eoin DuffyIriseoir P Pádraic SeoigheAmhránaí M Midie CorcoranSkin-the-Goat Fitzharris M Mícheál Óg LaneTim Kelly M Michael BrowneThomas Caffrey D David GreeneJoseph Smith M Mairéad Dinny Ní GhallchóirMaighréad O'Donnell E Ely SolanThomas Carey C Christopher LivingstoneThomas Jones C Conor QuinlanJames Parish G Gerry WadeJames Rose B Barry HopkinsDr. Everitt J Joseph KellyDíoltóir Nuachtán J Joseph PalmerMelrose Shipmate