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The Hanging Gale

Season 1 1995

  • 1995-05-14T20:05:00Z on RTÉ One
  • 55m
  • 3h 40m (4 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Drama
t's 1846 in Donegal (mostly filmed in the gorgeous old town of Ramelton) and the Great famine is in full swing, the Phelan family's trouble start when local landowner Lord Hawksborough appoints a new English land agent, Townsend (played with delicious menace by Michael Kitrchen), who, despite having his life saved by the Phelan's, is very quick to show his displeasure with the way things are being run. Soon matters are at breaking point, with crops full of blight and starvation at the doorstep the Phelan's are on the verge of organising a bloody revolt. It's heart wrenching stuff, the hardships the Irish families faced back then was incredible and The Hanging Gale pulls no punches in its portrayal of the privations faced by the Phelans.
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4 episodes

Series Premiere

1995-05-14T20:05:00Z

1x01 Part 1

60%

Series Premiere

1x01 Part 1

  • 1995-05-14T20:05:00Z — 55m

After vigilantes murder his predecessor, Captain Townsend arrives to takeover as the English landlord's agent of Lord Hawksborough's estate. He is immediately besieged by a angry mob of tenants and escapes only
through the intervention of Sean and Conor Phelan. AS he struggles to take control, Townsend recognizes the plight of the tenants and defers rents until after the harvest.

1995-05-21T20:05:00Z

1x02 Part 2

87%

1x02 Part 2

  • 1995-05-21T20:05:00Z — 55m

Already desperate, the tenants' fate only worsens with the harvest, which is almost completely lost to blight. Townsend informs Lord Hawksborough of the situation and suggests that he forego rents until the blight subsides.

1995-05-28T20:05:00Z

1x03 Part 3

87%

1x03 Part 3

  • 1995-05-28T20:05:00Z — 55m

Led by the schoolmaster, Daniel Phelan, the United Sons of Freedom condemn Townsend. Daniel follows through on his plan with disastrous consequences for the Phelans.

1995-06-04T20:05:00Z

1x04 Part 4

80%

1x04 Part 4

  • 1995-06-04T20:05:00Z — 55m

Because it is cheaper than keeping them in the poor house, Lord Hawksborough offers his homeless tenants free passage to America. Mary discovers the dark side of Daniel and the humanity of the enemy.

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