The Queen v Patrick O'Donnell selected for Galway Film Fleadh

ROSG, is delighted to announce that their feature docu-drama, The Queen v Patrick O’Donnell has been selected for the Galway Film Fleadh in July, its first public screening at a film festival in Ireland.

The Queen v Patrick O’Donnell reveals on screen for the first time the true story behind one of the most compelling murder plots in Irish history, a thrilling tale of violence, courtroom drama, romance and political intrigue. Containing evidence from British Home Office files kept secret for 100 years, it reveals shocking new information about the fate of the quiet-spoken Donegal man who killed the infamous informer James Carey on board a ship off the coast of South Africa in 1883.

The film is adapted from the soon to be published book The Queen v Patrick O’Donnell written by Seán Ó Cuirreáin for Four Courts Press.

What possessed the illiterate labourer from the Donegal Gaeltacht to shoot the leader of The Invincibles? Who was the mystery woman posing as his wife? And why did both the US President and the French luminary Victor Hugo plead that Patrick O’Donnell not be hanged for his crime?

The main characters in the feature docu-drama are portrayed by the actors; Eoghan Mac Giolla Bhríde, Stephen Jones, Brídín Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh and Sophie Campbell. 

The film has been shortlisted for awards at film festivals in Vancouver, Canada agus Madrid Spain at this stage and the production company ROSG hope to have its first screening for the public in general in Gaoth Dobhair, Co Donegal later this year subject to public health regulations.

Directed by Tomás Seoighe, produced by Ciarán Ó Cofaigh, Eilís Ní Cheallaigh & Seán Ó Cuirreáin for ROSG, with funding from TG4, Screen Ireland and The BAI.

The Queen v Patrick O’Donnell will be broadcast on TG4 in 2022.

Trailer: https://youtu.be/6zlJwZvX-pc