The Legion Hall Bombing
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August 22, 1978
1h 15m
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.
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Cast
Robert Kavanagh
First AccusedMay Ollis
First WitnessEwen White
Prosecuting Counsel
David Kelly
Judge
Niall Tóibín
Defence Counsel
Shay Gorman
Second WitnessJames Duggan
Third Witness/Bomb Expert
Jeananne Crowley
Clerk of the Court
Jim Norton
Detective SergeantEamonn Boyce
Detective ConstableRaymond Campbell
Second Accused
George Shane
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