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?
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Cast
Eoghan Mac Giolla Bhride
Patrick O'Donnell
Stephen Jones
James Carey
Bridin Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh
Susan Gallagher
Sophie Campbell
Maggie Carey
Eoin Geoghegan
Robert Cubitt
Ciarán Campbell
Dan O'Donnell
Sam McGovern
Dan Curley
Peadar Cox
Sir Henry James
Simon Coury
An Breitheamh Denman
Tom Lynskey
Charles Russell
Andrew Bennett
A.M. Sullivan
Eoin Mac Diarmada
An Ceannfort John Mallon
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