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A Love Divided (1999)

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Film details

Featuring

Liam Cunningham Orla Brady Tony Doyle
Director

Syd MacCartney
Countries

United Kingdom Ireland
Year

1999
Genre

Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

Wild Horses Working

Synopsis

Based on a true event which took place in Wexford in 1957. The story of a mixed marriage between the Catholic Sean Cloney and his protestant wife Sheila. Their two daughters are baptised in the local Catholic church in Fethard, County Wexford but regardless of Sheila's views, the parish priest backed by Sean insist that the children attend his school. Sheila runs away with the girls to Belfast and later with the help of Free Presbyterins, is smuggled to a safe haven in the Orkneys.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - cast member
    
    Liam Cunningham
  - cast member
    
    Orla Brady
  - cast member
    
    Tony Doyle
  - cast member
    
    Peter Gowan
  - cast member
    
    Peter Caffrey
  - cast member
    
    Garrett Keogh
  - cast member
    
    Sarah Bolger
  - cast member
    
    Helen Norton
  - cast member
    
    Nicole Bohan
  - cast member
    
    Peter Caffrey
  - cast member
    
    Brian Mcgrath
  - cast member
    
    Jim Norton
  - cast member
    
    John Kavanagh
  - cast member
    
    Brendan Conroy
  - cast member
    
    Ian McElhinney
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Syd MacCartney
  - Assistant Director (1st)
    
    Seamus Collins
  - Script Supervisor
    
    Louise Gaffney
  Production:
  - Funding
    
    Radio-Telefís Éireann
  - Funding
    
    Bord Scannán na hÉireann
  - Funding
    
    BBC Films
  - Funding
    
    Arts Council of Northern Ireland
  - Production Company
    
    Parallel Film Productions
  - Executive Producer
    
    David Blake Knox
  - Executive Producer
    
    Rod Stoneman
  - Executive Producer
    
    Barbara McKissack
  - Producer
    
    Tim Palmer
  - Producer
    
    Alan Moloney
  - Producer
    
    Gerry Gregg
  - Production Co-ordinator
    
    Lisa Petersen
  - [Locations Assistant]
    
    Ben Hobhouse
  Casting:
  - Casting
    
    Nuala Moiselle
  Writing:
  - Screenplay
    
    Stuart Hepburn
  Photography:
  - Director of Photography
    
    Cedric Culliton
  Special Effects:
  - Special Effects
    
    Maurice Foley
  Editing:
  - Editor
    
    Ray Roantree
  Design:
  - Production Designer
    
    Alan Farquharson
  - Art Director
    
    Fiona Cunningham
  Costumes:
  - Costumes
    
    Allison Byrne
  Music:
  - Music
    
    Fiachra Trench
  Sound:
  - Sound
    
    Alan Seavers
  Stunts:
  - Stunt Co-ordinator
    
    Patrick Condren

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