The Hanging Gale

The Hanging Gale (1995)

Genres - Drama  |   Sub-Genres - Family Drama, Period Film, Rural Drama  |   Run Time - 60 min.  |   Countries - United Kingdom  |  
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson

The four-part BBC1 miniseries The Hanging Gale was set in 1846, the year of the Irish potato famine. As starvation stared them in the face, a group of farming families banded together to survive. Among these hardy souls were the Phelan Brothers (played by the real-life McGann brothers), who struggled to save their family farm despite the persecution of a cruel British land agent. Filmed on-location in Ireland, The Hanging Gale was initially telecast from May 14 to June 4, 1995.

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famine, farming, farmland, Ireland, social-injustice