Under the Hawthorn Tree

Under the Hawthorn Tree 1998 Directed by Bronagh Murphy , Siobhan Lyons

Ireland, 1845, and the potato crop has failed, bringing terrible hunger and plague. Everywhere people are dying or emigrating. The family of young Eily, Michael and Peggy, around whom this story revolves, does not escape. Their baby sister dies and is buried under a hawthorn tree. Their mother leaves them alone to go in search of their father. The children are determined to avoid certain death in the workhouse, where the poor are sent. So they set off on the dangerous journey across Ireland to find their great-aunts, Nano and Lena, whom they have only heard about in their mother’s stories.

Country Ireland

Production Country Ireland

Language English

Spoken Language English

Production Company Young Irish Filmmakers

Release Date 1 March 1998

90 mins