Overview

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?

Top Cast

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Eoghan Mac Giolla Bhride

Patrick O'Donnell

Stephen Jones

James Carey

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Bridin Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh

Susan Gallagher

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Sophie Campbell

Maggie Carey

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Eoin Geoghegan

Robert Cubitt

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Ciarán Campbell

Dan O'Donnell

Sam McGovern

Dan Curley

Peadar Cox

Sir Henry James

Simon Coury

An Breitheamh Denman

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Tom Lynskey

Charles Russell

Andrew Bennett

A.M. Sullivan

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Eoin Mac Diarmada

An Ceannfort John Mallon