The Queen V Patrick O'Donnell

The Queen V Patrick O'Donnell

89 mins | July 23, 2021

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?

The Queen V Patrick O'Donnell

89 mins | July 23, 2021

The Queen V Patrick O'Donnell
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?
Producers
Original title The Queen V Patrick O'Donnell
Directors Tomás Seoighe
Writers

Cast

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

Simon Coury

as An Breitheamh Denman

Tom Lynskey

as Charles Russell

Andrew Bennett

as A.M. Sullivan

Eoin Mac Diarmada

as An Ceannfort John Mallon

Matt Ryan

as Joe Brady

Ciaran O'Brien

as Michael Fagan

Eoin Duffy

as Iriseoir

Pádraic Seoighe

as Amhránaí

Midie Corcoran

as Skin-the-Goat Fitzharris

Mícheál Óg Lane

as Tim Kelly

Michael Browne

as Thomas Caffrey

David Greene

as Joseph Smith

Mairéad Dinny Ní Ghallchóir

as Maighréad O'Donnell

Ely Solan

as Thomas Carey

Christopher Livingstone

as Thomas Jones

Conor Quinlan

as James Parish

Gerry Wade

as James Rose

Barry Hopkins

as Dr. Everitt

Joseph Kelly

as Díoltóir Nuachtán

Joseph Palmer

as Melrose Shipmate