7.0
Rebellion
2016
Trial of the Century
9.0144m20161 season
DramaWar & Politics
A fictional courtroom drama which shows how the trial of Pádraig Pearse, one of the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising, might have gone.
Directed by Maurice Sweeney
Cast
Tom Vaughan-Lawlor
Padraig Pearse
Andrew Bennett
Sebastian Banks
Frankie McCafferty
Father Aloysius Travers
D
David Heap
Judge Bonham
E
Eamonn Hunt
General Maxwell
Mark Huberman
George Gavan Duffy
Keith McErlean
James Connolly
John Cronin
Joseph Mary Plunkett
Jane Brennan
Margaret Pearse
Aoibhinn McGinnity
Catherine Foster
Nick Lee
Bulmer Hobson
Anthony Brophy
Eoin MacNeill
Pat Kenny
Foreman of the Jury
Neilí Conroy
Mary O'Rourke
Denis Conway
Edward Greene
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The Prosecution of Patrick H. Pearse
2016-04-30 · 48m
In this speculative historical fiction drama instead of a court martial and execution, rebel leader Padraig Pearse is given a public trial. The case for the prosecution is presented in this first episode.
The Defence of Patrick H. Pearse
2016-05-01 · 48m
Pearse, having dismissed his own legal team, defends his actions and makes the moral case for the Rising.
The Jury Decides
2016-05-02 · 48m
The final episode features a panel deliberating the outcome of the trial based on the evidence presented in the first two parts. The jury consisted of 12 prominent individuals, including Pat Kenny, Oisin McConville, Emma Dabiri, and Nell McCafferty. The jury debates the morality and legality of the Rising, which determines Pearse's fate in an alternative history.
