Monster
Directed byTomás Ó Súilleabháin
Directed by
Tomás Ó Súilleabháin
Colmán Sharkey - a fisherman, a father, a husband - takes in a stranger at the behest of a local priest. Patsy, a former soldier arrives just ahead of ‘the blight,’ a crop disease that caused the Great Plague, killing and displacing millions of Irishmen.
irish great potato famine (1845-52)
Last Updated: May 18, 2025