The Hanging Gale (The Hanging Gale)

Release Date:	1995-01-01
Runtime:	0 min
Status:	Released
Genres:	History, Drama
Production:	BBC Northern Ireland, Kensington Films & Television, Little Bird

Overview

In this historical miniseries created for BBC Northern Ireland, four brothers struggle to survive during the Irish potato famine of the 1840s while facing persecution from an agent (Michael Kitchen) of their indifferent English landlord. Looking on in horror as their primary food source dwindles, the Phelan brothers (portrayed by real-life siblings Joe, Mark, Paul and Stephen McGann) are torn between nonviolent protest and bloody revolt.