"War has cost them their innocence... Freedom will cost them their blood."

2006

2h 7m

7.4(841 votes)

Drama

War

Overview

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.

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84 members

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Cillian Murphy

Damien

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Pádraic Delaney

Teddy

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Liam Cunningham

Dan

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Orla Fitzgerald

Sinead

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Mary O'Riordan

Peggy

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Mary Murphy

Bernadette

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Laurence Barry

Micheail

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Damien Kearney

Finbar

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Frank Bourke

Leo

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Myles Horgan

Rory

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Martin Lucey

Congo

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Aidan O'Hare

Steady Boy

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Shane Casey

Kevin

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John Crean

Chris

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Máirtín de Cógáin

Sean

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Keith Dunphy

Terence

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Kieran Hegarty

Francis

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Gerard Kearney

Donacha

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Shane Nott

Ned

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Kevin O'Brien

Tim

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Gary McCarthy

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Tim O'Mahon

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Graham Browne

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Owen Buckley

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Aidan Fitzpatrick

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Vince Hannington

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Denis Kelleher

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Colin McClery

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Finbar O'Mahon

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John Quinlan

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Peggy Lynch

Singer at Wake

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Noel O'Donovan

Station Guard

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Peter O'Mahoney

Stoker

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Barry Bourke

Policeman

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Frank O'Sullivan

Man in Pub

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Diarmuid Ó'Dálaigh

Man in Pub

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Corina Gough

Woman in Search

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Roger Allam

Sir John Hamilton

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Sabrina Barry

Julia

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William Ruane

Johnny Gogan

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Danny Riordan

Elderly Couple

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Peg Crowley

Elderly Couple

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Fiona Lawton

Lily

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Kieran Aherne

Sweeney

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Clare Dineen

Mrs. Rafferty

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Sean McGinley

Father Denis

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Tomas OhEalaithe

Boy on Bike

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Nora Lynch

Mother of Sick Child

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Diarmuid Ní Mheachair

Sick Child

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Denis Conway

Priest

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Barry L. Looney

Ceilidh Band

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Connie O'Connail

Ceilidh Band

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Aine O'Connor

Ceilidh Band

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Francis O'Connor

Ceilidh Band

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Peadr O'Riada

Ceilidh Band

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Neil Brand

Newsreel Piano Accompanist

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Tom Charnock

Sergeant at Cottage

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Alan Ready

Sergeant at Station

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Mark Wakeling

Lieutenant

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Antony Byrne

Interrogator

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Anthony Mark Streeter

British Soldier

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Bill Armstrong

British Soldier

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Christopher Bown

British Soldier

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Mark Bryce

British Soldier

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Alex Dee

British Soldier

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Jonny Holmes

British Soldier

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Allan Huntley

British Soldier

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Bill Hurst

British Soldier

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Daniel Kington

British Soldier

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Jamie Lomas

British Soldier

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Anthony Martin

British Soldier

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Owen McQuade

British Soldier

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Richard Oldham

British Soldier

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Colin Parry

British Soldier

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Scott Peden

British Soldier

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Bernie Sweeney

British Soldier

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Derek Taylor

British Soldier

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Neil Alan Taylor

British Soldier

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Gregor Wood

British Soldier

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Karl Dawson

Volunteer (uncredited)

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Niall McCarthy

Extra (uncredited)

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Siobhán McSweeney

Julia (uncredited)

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Seamus Moynihan

Policeman (uncredited)

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Philip Wright

Man (uncredited)

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