The Hanging Gale

May 14, 1995 (en) Drama [0] Min
  • First Air Date
    May 14, 1995
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato
    43%
  • Original title
    The Hanging Gale
  • Release
    May 14, 1995
  • en
    -

Overview

The Hanging Gale is a four-episode television serial which first aired on RTÉ One and BBC1 in 1995. The series was a British–Irish co-production, made by Little Bird Films for BBC Northern Ireland in association with Raidió Teilifís Éireann, with support from the Irish Film Board. The serial, set in 1846 at the beginning of Ireland's Great Famine, starred the four McGann brothers: Joe McGann, Paul McGann, Mark McGann and Stephen McGann, and was based on an original idea by Joe and Stephen McGann while researching their family's history. The title of the series comes from the term 'hanging gale', the name for a widespread practice in Ireland at the time, where a landlord would allow new tenants a six-month grace period on payment of their rent, with the expectation that the rent owed would be paid when the land's crops were harvested and sold.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer

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Casts

  1. Joe McGann

    Sean Phelan

  2. Mark McGann

    Conor Phelan

  3. Paul McGann

    Liam Phelan

  4. Stephen McGann

    Daniel Phelan

  5. Michael Kitchen

    Capt. William Townsend

  6. Fiona Victory

    Maeve Phelan

  7. Tina Kellegher

    Mary Dolan

  8. Sean McGinley

    Ferry

  9. Gerard McSorley

    Coulter

  10. Joe Pilkington

    James Phelan

  11. Ciarán Fitzgerald

    Joseph Phelan

  12. Ciara Marley

    Molly Phelan

  13. Barry Barnes

    Michael Dolan

  14. Birdy Sweeney

    Patrick Dolan

  15. Maire Ni Ghrainne

    Sarah Dolan

  16. Mal Whyte

    McBride

  17. Dave Duffy

    McCafferty

  18. Peter Caffrey

    Doctor Davis

  19. Joe Savino

    Meagher

  20. B.J. Hogg

    Harkin

  21. Gerry Walsh

    Brady

  22. Oliver Maguire

    Mr Denny

  23. Eileen Colgan

    Mrs Denny

  24. Alan Standford

    Henry Jenkins

  25. Liam Carney

    Shanahan

  26. Seamus Moran

    Constable Coyle

  27. Albie Woodington

    Sergeant Major

  28. George Shane

    Brewster

  29. Frank O'Sullivan

    Kerryman

  30. Ian Beattie

    Brian Sweeney

  31. Stephen Kennedy

    Martin

  32. Dylan O'Connell

    Baby Hannah

Full Casts & Crew

Casts : 32 / Crews : 0

Season 1 ( 1995-05-14)

Part 1

Episode: 1

Part 2

Episode: 2

Part 3

Episode: 3

Part 4

Episode: 4
May 14, 1995 (en)
Drama
[0] Min
  • First Air Date May 14, 1995
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato 43%
Original Title The Hanging Gale
en

Overview

The Hanging Gale is a four-episode television serial which first aired on RTÉ One and BBC1 in 1995. The series was a British–Irish co-production, made by Little Bird Films for BBC Northern Ireland in association with Raidió Teilifís Éireann, with support from the Irish Film Board. The serial, set in 1846 at the beginning of Ireland's Great Famine, starred the four McGann brothers: Joe McGann, Paul McGann, Mark McGann and Stephen McGann, and was based on an original idea by Joe and Stephen McGann while researching their family's history. The title of the series comes from the term 'hanging gale', the name for a widespread practice in Ireland at the time, where a landlord would allow new tenants a six-month grace period on payment of their rent, with the expectation that the rent owed would be paid when the land's crops were harvested and sold.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer