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The Legion Hall Bombing (1978)

Directed by Roland Joffé

Overview

The story of the trial of Willie Gallagher, convicted of bombing the Strabane British Legion Hall in Northern Ireland, 1976. The transmission of this film was postponed by the BBC several times, and when it did finally air, it was shown with cuts; the writer, Caryl Churchill, and director, Roland Joffé, had their names removed from the credits in protest.

Length 75 minutes

Actors

Robert Kavanagh | May Ollis | Ewen White | David Kelly | Niall Toibin | Shay Gorman | James Duggan | Jeananne Crowley | Jim Norton | Eamonn Boyce | Raymond Campbell | George Shane