The Queen v Patrick O'Donnell

Name: The Queen v Patrick O'Donnell
Cast: Eoghan Mac Giolla Bhride, Stephen Jones, Bridin Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh, Sophie Campbell, Eoin Geoghegan

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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?

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Cast & Crew

Director: Tomás Seoighe

Eoghan Mac Giolla Bhride

as Patrick O'Donnell

Stephen Jones

as James Carey

Bridin Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh

as Susan Gallagher

Sophie Campbell

as Maggie Carey

Eoin Geoghegan

as Robert Cubitt

Ciarán Campbell

as Dan O'Donnell

Sam McGovern

as Dan Curley

Peadar Cox

as Sir Henry James

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