Plot The Rising of the Moon (film)
1 plot
1.1 majesty of law
1.2 minute s wait
1.3 1921
plot
the majesty of law
police inspector dillon (cyril cusack) reluctantly sets out walking through countryside see old friend, dan o flaherty (noel purcell). along way, encounters mickey j. (jack macgowran), poitín maker (bootlegger) who, fortunately him, not dillon s target today, accompanies dillon o flaherty s stone cottage dillon serves o flaherty warrant striking phelim o feeney. while congenially drinking , socializing inside o flaherty s cottage, o flaherty refuses pay fine, feels has done nothing wrong, nor allow o feeney pay him. instead, heads off prison.
a minute s wait
a train pulls dunfaill station in county kerry, paddy morrisey (jimmie o dea) announces there minute s wait . passengers , crew crowd bar refreshments, served pegeen mallory (maureen potter). later, paddy proposes longtime girlfriend pegeen.
mrs. falsey (may craig) chats old friend barney domigan (harold goldblatt), while niece mary ann macmahon (maureen connell) becomes acquainted son christy (godfrey quigley). domigan on way arrange marriage between christy , young woman substantial dowry. mrs. falsey persuades him change mind informing him u.s. army has awarded mary ann $10,000 father s death in battle. young couple, unaware of development, insist marry each other.
meanwhile, train repeatedly delayed, befuddlement of older english couple (anita sharp-bolster , michael trubshawe). first displaced first class compartment make way prize-winning goat. then, have share new compartment lobsters intended bishop s golden jubilee. finally, bar receives phone call asking train add on car needed accommodate hurling team bus has broken down nearby after match. when english couple off tea, left behind when train departs.
1921
sean curran (donal donnelly) awaits execution in galway prison british during black , tan war . unpopular irish public consider him hero. sizable crowd of nuns , other demonstrators continually parade around, chanting rosary. british warden (joseph o dea) allows 2 nuns (doreen madden , maureen cusack), 1 of them claiming curran s grieving sister , visit him briefly; false sister (an american citizen) swaps clothes , places curran in cell while lights have gone out during staged power outage. unsuspecting police sergeant michael o hara (denis o dea) helps pair waiting carriage. notices 1 wearing high heels, thinks little of it.
the city sealed off manhunt fugitive begins. o hara assigned watch section of waterfront , daydreams of £500 bounty. conflicted divided loyalties, visited overtly nationalistic wife (eileen crowe). then, curran shows disguised itinerant ballad singer jimmy walsh. o hara suspicious , has him sing; curran chooses patriotic rising of moon . despite unconvincing rendition, manages slip away on boat sent him while o hara bickers wife. when policeman sees curran getting away, starts raise alarm, reconsiders , starts singing rising of moon himself.
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