The Wind That Shakes the Barley

War has cost them their innocence... Freedom will cost them their blood.

In 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O'Donovan prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital. As he says his goodbyes at a friend's farm, British Black and Tans arrive, and a young man is killed. Damien joins his brother Teddy in the Irish Republican Army, but political events are soon set in motion that tear the brothers apart.

Cillian Murphy

(Damien)

Pádraic Delaney

(Teddy)

Liam Cunningham

(Dan)

Orla Fitzgerald

(Sinead)

Mary O'Riordan

(Peggy)

Mary Murphy

(Bernadette)

Laurence Barry

(Micheail)

Damien Kearney

(Finbar)

Frank Bourke

(Leo)

Myles Horgan

(Rory)

Martin Lucey

(Congo)

Aidan O'Hare

(Steady Boy)

Shane Casey

(Kevin)

John Crean

(Chris)

Máirtín de Cógáin

(Sean)

Keith Dunphy

(Terence)

Kieran Hegarty

(Francis)

Gerard Kearney

(Donacha)

Shane Nott

(Ned)

Kevin O'Brien

(Tim)

Gary McCarthy

(Volunteer)

Tim O'Mahon

(Volunteer)

Graham Browne

(Volunteer)

Owen Buckley

(Volunteer)

Aidan Fitzpatrick

(Volunteer)

Vince Hannington

(Volunteer)

Denis Kelleher

(Volunteer)

Colin McClery

(Volunteer)

Finbar O'Mahon

(Volunteer)

John Quinlan

(Volunteer)

Peggy Lynch

(Singer at Wake)

Noel O'Donovan

(Station Guard)

Peter O'Mahoney

(Stoker)

Barry Bourke

(Policeman)

Frank O'Sullivan

(Man in Pub)

Diarmuid Ó'Dálaigh

(Man in Pub)

Corina Gough

(Woman in Search)

Roger Allam

(Sir John Hamilton)

Sabrina Barry

(Julia)

William Ruane

(Johnny Gogan)

Danny Riordan

(Elderly Couple)

Peg Crowley

(Elderly Couple)

Fiona Lawton

(Lily)

Kieran Aherne

(Sweeney)

Clare Dineen

(Mrs. Rafferty)

Sean McGinley

(Father Denis)

Tomas OhEalaithe

(Boy on Bike)

Nora Lynch

(Mother of Sick Child)

Diarmuid Ní Mheachair

(Sick Child)

Denis Conway

(Priest)

Barry L. Looney

(Ceilidh Band)

Connie O'Connail

(Ceilidh Band)

Aine O'Connor

(Ceilidh Band)

Francis O'Connor

(Ceilidh Band)

Peadr O'Riada

(Ceilidh Band)

Neil Brand

(Newsreel Piano Accompanist)

Tom Charnock

(Sergeant at Cottage)

Alan Ready

(Sergeant at Station)

Mark Wakeling

(Lieutenant)

Antony Byrne

(Interrogator)

Anthony Mark Streeter

(British Soldier)

Bill Armstrong

(British Soldier)

Christopher Bown

(British Soldier)

Mark Bryce

(British Soldier)

Alex Dee

(British Soldier)

Jonny Holmes

(British Soldier)

Allan Huntley

(British Soldier)

Bill Hurst

(British Soldier)

Daniel Kington

(British Soldier)

Jamie Lomas

(British Soldier)

Anthony Martin

(British Soldier)

Owen McQuade

(British Soldier)

Richard Oldham

(British Soldier)

Colin Parry

(British Soldier)

Scott Peden

(British Soldier)

Bernie Sweeney

(British Soldier)

Derek Taylor

(British Soldier)

Neil Alan Taylor

(British Soldier)

Gregor Wood

(British Soldier)

Karl Dawson

(Volunteer (uncredited))

Niall McCarthy

(Extra (uncredited))

Siobhán McSweeney

(Julia (uncredited))

Seamus Moynihan

(Policeman (uncredited))