The Mám Trasna Murders

Overview

The story of barbaric murders committed in the midst of a rural community in Joyce Country, on the border between counties Galway and Mayo in 1882 and the subsequent trial in Dublin. The trial led to the unjust hanging or life imprisonment of innocent people based on the testimonies of false witnesses and the dishonesty of the British authorities and the gentry.

Directed by Colm Bairéad

Top cast

Dara Devaney

Maolra Seoighe

P

Pól ó Griofa

Tomás Ó Cathasaigh

E

Eoin Mac Diarmada

Antoine Mac Philibín

E

Eoin Geoghegan

Máirtin Seoighe

M

Mícheál Ó Dubhghaill

Pádraig Seoighe

C

Conal O'Céidigh

Pádraig Sheamus Ó Cathasaigh

S

Stiofan Seoighe

Páidín Seoighe

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