Based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in a British prison, in which IRA prisoner Bobby Sands led a protest against the treatment of IRA prisoners as criminals rather than as prisoners of war. The film focuses on the mothers of two of the strikers, and their struggle to save the lives of their sons.

Kathleen Quigley

Annie Higgins

Gerard Quigley

Frank Higgins

Bobby Sands

Farnsworth

Harrington

Danny Boyle

Alice Quigley

Father Daly

Inspector McPeake

Liam Quigley

Government Minister

Young Turk

SAS Leader

British Captain

Cardinal

Frank Maguire
September 13, 1996

Kathleen Quigley

Annie Higgins

Gerard Quigley

Frank Higgins

Bobby Sands

Farnsworth

Harrington

Danny Boyle

Alice Quigley

Father Daly

Inspector McPeake

Liam Quigley

Government Minister

Young Turk

SAS Leader

British Captain

Cardinal

Frank Maguire

