Helen Mirren

Kathleen Quigley

Fionnula Flanagan

Annie Higgins

Aidan Gillen

Gerard Quigley

David O'Hara

Frank Higgins

John Lynch

Bobby Sands

Tom Hollander

Farnsworth

Tim Woodward

Harrington

Ciarán Hinds

Danny Boyle

Geraldine O'Rawe

Alice Quigley

Gerard McSorley

Father Daly

Dan Gordon

Inspector McPeake

Grainne Delany

Theresa Higgins

Ciarán Fitzgerald

Liam Quigley

Robert Lang

Government Minister

Stephen Hogan

Young Turk

Peter Howitt

SAS Leader

Bosco Hogan

British Captain

Jimmy Keogh

Jimmy Higgins

John Kavanagh

Cardinal

Oliver Maguire

Frank Maguire

Doreen Keogh

Mother Superior

Anna Megan

Rosie Quigley

Hugh O'Donnell

Paddy

John Higgins

John Deegan

Joan Sheehy

Woman Searcher #1

Mal Whyte

Barrister

Alan Barry

Judge

Barry Cassin

Prosecutor

Brian Mallon

Prison Officer Jones

Sean Lawlor

Platoon Leader

Michael Sherrie

Assistant Governor

James Hickey

Young Son

Karen Carlisle

Prisoner's Girlfriend

Fiona Higgins

Prisoner's Sister

Jer O'Leary

Hunger Striker #1

Tim McDonnell

Hunger Striker #2

Tony Flynn

Cyclist

Liam Byrne

Prisoner Murphy

Pat Mulryan

IRA Man #1

Valerie Roe

Girl in Farnsworth's Office

Deirdre McAliskey

Woman in Court

Michael O'Sullivan

Prison Officer Davis

Jennifer Gibney

Woman Searcher #2

Robert Taylor

Election Agent

Kate Perry

Prison Officer's Widow

Anthony Brophy

Prisoner's Leader

Mickey McEneaney

Merry Mac

Patrick McEneaney

Merry Mac

Gene Berrills

Merry Mac

Ronan O'Donoghue

Radio Announcer

Richard Neilson

Radio Announcer

Richard Butler

MP (uncredited)