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The Hanging Gale

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.

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Cast

Joe McGann

Sean Phelan

Total episodes: 4

Mark McGann

Conor Phelan

Total episodes: 4

Paul McGann

Liam Phelan

Total episodes: 4

Stephen McGann

Daniel Phelan

Total episodes: 4

Michael Kitchen

Capt. William Townsend

Total episodes: 4

Fiona Victory

Maeve Phelan

Total episodes: 4

Tina Kellegher

Mary Dolan

Total episodes: 4

Sean McGinley

Ferry

Total episodes: 4

Gerard McSorley

Coulter

Total episodes: 4

Joe Pilkington

James Phelan

Total episodes: 4

Ciarán Fitzgerald

Joseph Phelan

Total episodes: 4

Ciara Marley

Molly Phelan

Total episodes: 4

Joe McGann

Sean Phelan

Total episodes: 4

Mark McGann

Conor Phelan

Total episodes: 4

Paul McGann

Liam Phelan

Total episodes: 4

Stephen McGann

Daniel Phelan

Total episodes: 4

Michael Kitchen

Capt. William Townsend

Total episodes: 4

Fiona Victory

Maeve Phelan

Total episodes: 4

Tina Kellegher

Mary Dolan

Total episodes: 4

Sean McGinley

Ferry

Total episodes: 4

Gerard McSorley

Coulter

Total episodes: 4

Joe Pilkington

James Phelan

Total episodes: 4

Ciarán Fitzgerald

Joseph Phelan

Total episodes: 4

Ciara Marley

Molly Phelan

Total episodes: 4

Extra

Release Date

May 14, 1995

Last air Date

June 4, 1995

Status

Ended

Original Language

English

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Season 1

Aired on: 1995 | 4 Episodes

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