The Wind That Shakes the Barley
23/06/2006
2h 7m

In 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O'Donovan prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital. As he says his goodbyes at a friend's farm, British Black and Tans arrive, and a young man is killed. Damien joins his brother Teddy in the Irish Republican Army, but political events are soon set in motion that tear the brothers apart.
Cast


Cillian Murphy
Damien


Pádraic Delaney
Teddy


Liam Cunningham
Dan


Orla Fitzgerald
Sinead
Mary O'Riordan
Peggy
Mary Murphy
Bernadette
Laurence Barry
Micheail


Damien Kearney
Finbar


Frank Bourke
Leo
Myles Horgan
Rory
Martin Lucey
Congo


Aidan O'Hare
Steady Boy


Shane Casey
Kevin
John Crean
Chris
Máirtín de Cógáin
Sean


Keith Dunphy
Terence
Kieran Hegarty
Francis
Gerard Kearney
Donacha
Shane Nott
Ned
Kevin O'Brien
Tim
Gary McCarthy
Volunteer
Tim O'Mahon
Volunteer
Graham Browne
Volunteer
Owen Buckley
Volunteer
Aidan Fitzpatrick
Volunteer
Vince Hannington
Volunteer
Denis Kelleher
Volunteer
Colin McClery
Volunteer
Finbar O'Mahon
Volunteer
John Quinlan
Volunteer
Peggy Lynch
Singer at Wake


Noel O'Donovan
Station Guard
Peter O'Mahoney
Stoker
Barry Bourke
Policeman


Frank O'Sullivan
Man in Pub
Diarmuid Ó'Dálaigh
Man in Pub
Corina Gough
Woman in Search


Roger Allam
Sir John Hamilton
Sabrina Barry
Julia


William Ruane
Johnny Gogan
Danny Riordan
Elderly Couple
Peg Crowley
Elderly Couple
Fiona Lawton
Lily
Kieran Aherne
Sweeney
Clare Dineen
Mrs. Rafferty


Sean McGinley
Father Denis
Tomas OhEalaithe
Boy on Bike
Nora Lynch
Mother of Sick Child
Diarmuid Ní Mheachair
Sick Child


Denis Conway
Priest
Barry L. Looney
Ceilidh Band
Connie O'Connail
Ceilidh Band
Aine O'Connor
Ceilidh Band
Francis O'Connor
Ceilidh Band
Peadr O'Riada
Ceilidh Band
Neil Brand
Newsreel Piano Accompanist
Tom Charnock
Sergeant at Cottage
Alan Ready
Sergeant at Station
Mark Wakeling
Lieutenant


Antony Byrne
Interrogator
Anthony Mark Streeter
British Soldier


William Armstrong
British Soldier
Christopher Bown
British Soldier
Mark Bryce
British Soldier


Alex Dee
British Soldier
Jonny Holmes
British Soldier
Allan Huntley
British Soldier
Bill Hurst
British Soldier
Daniel Kington
British Soldier
Jamie Lomas
British Soldier
Anthony Martin
British Soldier
Owen McQuade
British Soldier
Richard Oldham
British Soldier


Colin Parry
British Soldier
Scott Peden
British Soldier
Bernie Sweeney
British Soldier
Derek Taylor
British Soldier
Neil Alan Taylor
British Soldier
Gregor Wood
British Soldier
Karl Dawson
Volunteer (uncredited)
Niall McCarthy
Extra (uncredited)


Siobhán McSweeney
Julia (uncredited)
Seamus Moynihan
Policeman (uncredited)


Philip Wright
Man (uncredited)
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