7.051 minSeason 1 • Episode 5
LatestA ruthless campaign of executions is carried out, but the deaths have the unintended result of building public support for the defeated rebels. As prisoners are shipped to England, May is persecuted by the authorities, while Frances is driven to take drastic action.
A group of young men and women in Dublin in 1916 are embroiled in a fight for independence during the Easter Rising. The story begins with the outbreak of World War I. As expectations of a short and glorious campaign are dashed, social stability is eroded and Irish nationalism comes to the fore. The tumultuous events that follow are seen through the eyes of a group of friends from Dublin, Belfast and London as they play vital and conflicting roles in the narrative of Ireland's independence.
Acting
Sarah Greene and Brian Gleeson destroy you quietly then loudly.
Production
Dublin rebuilt in South Africa looks more real than Dublin.
Writing
Colin Teevan makes history feel like group chat drama.
Creator
Colin Teevan
Charlie Murphy
Elizabeth Butler
Ruth Bradley
Frances O'Flaherty
Sarah Greene
May Lacy
Brian Gleeson
Jimmy Mahon
Barry Ward
Arthur Mahon
Michelle Fairley
Dolly Butler
Ian McElhinney
Edward Butler
Michael Ford-FitzGerald
Harry Butler
Paul Reid
Stephen Duffy Lyons
Perdita Weeks
Vanessa Hammond
Brian McCardie
James Connolly
Lydia McGuinness
Peggy Mahon
Andrew Simpson
George Wilson
Steve Wall
Detective Coleman
Barry Keoghan
Cormac McDevitt
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 2016 centenary release sparked fierce debate in Ireland about which 1916 stories get told — this series deliberately centers women and workers over martyred poets.
Michelle Fairley filmed her scenes as Dolly Butler between Game of Thrones seasons; her character's suffrage activism mirrors Catelyn Stark's frustrated political agency.
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