

30/09/2002
Desmond Doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their family on the day after Christmas. His unemployment, and the fact that there is no woman in the house to care for the children—Evelyn, Dermot and Maurice—make it clear to the authorities this is an untenable situation. The Catholic Church and the Irish courts decide to put the Doyle children into Church-run orphanages.

Pierce Brosnan
as Desmond Doyle

Aidan Quinn
as Nick Barron

Julianna Margulies
as Bernadette Beattie

Stephen Rea
as Michael Beattie

John Lynch
as Senior Counsel Mr. Wolfe

Sophie Vavasseur
as Evelyn Doyle

Alan Bates
as Thomas Connolly

Niall Beagan
as Dermot Doyle

Hugh McDonagh
as Maurice Doyle

Mairead Devlin
as Charlotte Doyle

Frank Kelly
as Henry Doyle

Clare Mullen
as Mrs. Daisley

Alvaro Lucchesi
as Inspector Logan

Garrett Keogh
as District Judge

Daithi O'Suilleabhain
as Brother Eustace

Andrea Irvine
as Sister Brigid

Marian Quinn
as Sister Theresa

Karen Ardiff
as Sister Felicity

Bosco Hogan
as Father O'Malley

Des Braiden
as Fergal

Sorcha Herlihy
as Mary

Lauren Carpenter
as Annette Farrell

Lauren O'Connell
as Lauren

Hugh Grogan
as Pub Musician

Peter Fowl
as Pub Musician

Gail Fitzpatrick
as Miss Gilhooly

Pat McGrath
as Gamekeeper

Mark Lambert
as Minister of Education

Conor Evans
as Justice Ferris

Eamon Rohan
as Justice Hall

Alan Barry
as Justice McLaughlin

Brian McGrath
as Hugh Canning

Mick Nolan
as Honest Joe O'Leary

Luke Hayden
as Irish Times Reporter

Don Foley
as Justice Lynch

Bill Golding
as Justice Daley

Sally
as Slippery Sam

Stuart Clark
as Children's Court Usher (uncredited)
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