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The Hanging Gale is a four-episode television serial which first aired on RTÉ One and BBC1 in 1995. The series was a British–Irish co-production, made by Little Bird Films for BBC Northern Ireland in association with Raidió Teilifís Éireann, with support from the Irish Film Board. The serial, set in 1846 at the beginning of Ireland's Great Famine, starred the four McGann brothers: Joe McGann, Paul McGann, Mark McGann and Stephen McGann, and was based on an original idea by Joe and Stephen McGann while researching their family's history. The title of the series comes from the term 'hanging gale', the name for a widespread practice in Ireland at the time, where a landlord would allow new tenants a six-month grace period on payment of their rent, with the expectation that the rent owed would be paid when the land's crops were harvested and sold.

Date: 05/14/1995
Rating: 4.3
Cast: Joe McGann, Mark McGann, Paul McGann, Stephen McGann, Michael Kitchen, Fiona Victory, Tina Kellegher, Sean McGinley, Gerard McSorley, Joe Pilkington, Ciarán Fitzgerald, Ciara Marley, Barry Barnes, Birdy Sweeney, Maire Ni Ghrainne, Mal Whyte, Dave Duffy, Peter Caffrey, Joe Savino, B.J. Hogg, Gerry Walsh, Oliver Maguire, Eileen Colgan, Alan Standford, Liam Carney, Seamus Moran, Albie Woodington, George Shane, Frank O'Sullivan, Ian Beattie, Stephen Kennedy, Dylan O'Connell

Joe McGann as Sean Phelan in The Hanging Gale Joe McGann

Mark McGann as Conor Phelan in The Hanging Gale Mark McGann

Paul McGann as Liam Phelan in The Hanging Gale Paul McGann

Stephen McGann as Daniel Phelan in The Hanging Gale Stephen McGann

Michael Kitchen as Capt. William Townsend in The Hanging Gale Michael Kitchen

Fiona Victory as Maeve Phelan in The Hanging Gale Fiona Victory

Tina Kellegher as Mary Dolan in The Hanging Gale Tina Kellegher

Sean McGinley as Ferry in The Hanging Gale Sean McGinley

Gerard McSorley as Coulter in The Hanging Gale Gerard McSorley

Joe Pilkington

Ciarán Fitzgerald as Joseph Phelan in The Hanging Gale Ciarán Fitzgerald

Ciara Marley

Barry Barnes as Michael Dolan in The Hanging Gale Barry Barnes

Birdy Sweeney as Patrick Dolan in The Hanging Gale Birdy Sweeney

Maire Ni Ghrainne

Mal Whyte as McBride in The Hanging Gale Mal Whyte

Dave Duffy as McCafferty in The Hanging Gale Dave Duffy

Peter Caffrey

Joe Savino

B.J. Hogg as Harkin in The Hanging Gale B.J. Hogg

Gerry Walsh

Oliver Maguire as Mr Denny in The Hanging Gale Oliver Maguire

Eileen Colgan

Alan Standford

Liam Carney as Shanahan in The Hanging Gale Liam Carney

Seamus Moran

Albie Woodington as Sergeant Major in The Hanging Gale Albie Woodington

George Shane as Brewster in The Hanging Gale George Shane

Frank O'Sullivan as Kerryman in The Hanging Gale Frank O'Sullivan

Ian Beattie as Brian Sweeney in The Hanging Gale Ian Beattie

Stephen Kennedy as Martin in The Hanging Gale Stephen Kennedy

Dylan O'Connell