In 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O'Donovan prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital. As he says his goodbyes at a friend's farm, British Black and Tans arrive, and a young man is killed. Damien joins his brother Teddy in the Irish Republican Army, but political events are soon set in motion that tear the brothers apart.
Elenco: Cillian Murphy , Pádraic Delaney , Liam Cunningham , Orla Fitzgerald , Gerard Kearney , William Ruane , Roger Allam , Laurence Barry , Sabrina Barry , Kieran Aherne , Scott Peden , Mary O'Riordan , Mary Murphy , Damien Kearney , Frank Bourke , Myles Horgan , Martin Lucey , Aidan O'Hare , Shane Casey , John Crean , Máirtín de Cógáin , Keith Dunphy , Kieran Hegarty , Shane Nott , Kevin O'Brien , Gary McCarthy , Tim O'Mahon , Graham Browne , Owen Buckley , Aidan Fitzpatrick , Vince Hannington , Denis Kelleher , Colin McClery , Finbar O'Mahon , John Quinlan , Peggy Lynch , Noel O'Donovan , Peter O'Mahoney , Barry Bourke , Frank O'Sullivan , Diarmuid Ó'Dálaigh , Corina Gough , Danny Riordan , Peg Crowley , Fiona Lawton , Clare Dineen , Sean McGinley , Tomas OhEalaithe , Nora Lynch , Diarmuid Ní Mheachair , Denis Conway , Barry L. Looney , Connie O'Connail , Aine O'Connor , Francis O'Connor , Peadr O'Riada , Neil Brand , Tom Charnock , Alan Ready , Mark Wakeling , Antony Byrne , Anthony Mark Streeter , Bill Armstrong , Christopher Bown , Mark Bryce , Alex Dee , Jonny Holmes , Allan Huntley , Bill Hurst , Daniel Kington , Jamie Lomas , Owen McQuade , Richard Oldham , Colin Parry , Bernie Sweeney , Derek Taylor , Neil Alan Taylor , Gregor Wood , Karl Dawson , Niall McCarthy , Siobhan McSweeney , Seamus Moynihan .