Strumpet City

1980 - 1980

Episode 1

7th November 1980

Episode 1

When employers refused to give in to the workers' demands, the poverty-stricken masses were left struggling to support themselves and their families, and the tale focuses on individual responses to the suffering all around them.

Episode 2

Episode 2

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Episode 3

Episode 3

Larkin comes under attack from his own union hierarchy and defies the police to speak to the blackleg workers in the docks, urging them to join the strike.

Episode 4

Episode 4

Relations between Fathers O'Connor and Giffley worsen and the struggle for survival in the city continues.

Episode 5

Episode 5

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Episode 6

Episode 6

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Episode 7

Episode 7

Epic drama based on James Plunkett's acclaimed novel, chronicling the horrors of the 1913 Dublin lockout, when employers attempted to break the unions. Last in Series.

Top Cast

Frank Grimes•David Kelly•Donal McCann

Director

Tony Barry

Writer

Hugh Leonard

Strumpet City was a 1980 television miniseries produced by Irish broadcaster RTÉ, based on James Plunkett's 1969 novel Strumpet City. It was RTÉ's most ambitious and expensive production to date. The script was written by Hugh Leonard, and Peter O'Toole played James Larkin, the union leader.

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Full Cast

Frank Grimes Image

Frank Grimes

Father O'Connor

David Kelly Image

David Kelly

Rashers

Donal McCann Image

Donal McCann

Mulhall

Angela Harding

Mary

Bryan Murray Image

Bryan Murray

Fitz

Brendan Cauldwell Image

Brendan Cauldwell

Hennessy

Cyril Cusack Image

Cyril Cusack

Father Giffley

Denys Hawthorne Image

Denys Hawthorne

Mr. Yearling

Daphne Carroll

Mrs. Bradshaw

Eileen Colgan

Mrs. Mulhall

Vinnie McCabe Image

Vinnie McCabe

Pat

Ruth Hegarty

Lily

Peter O'Toole Image

Peter O'Toole

Jim Larkin

Full Crew

Tony Barry

Director

Hugh Leonard

Writer

James Plunkett

Novel

Tony Barry

Producer

John Kelleher

Executive Producer

Prionnsias O'Duinn

Music

Ken Murphy

Director of Photography

Myles Merriman

Editor

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