The Wind That Shakes the Barley

"I tried not to get into this war, and couldn't. Now I try to get out, and can't."

"It's easy to know what you are against, but quite another to know what you are for."

"The Treaty does not express the will of the people, but the fear of the people."

"Your presence here is a crime, a foreign occupation. You tell me what I'm supposed to do as a democrat. Turn the other cheek for another 700 years? Is that it?"

"Strange creatures we are, even to ourselves."

"[to Sinead, about Chris] We buried him in this chapel in the mountains. And I went down and... and I told his mother. His mother, who has cooked meals for me and her son. And when I told her she... she just looked at me. and then she went in and she put on her shoes. Then she came out and she said, "Take me to my child." And we walked for six hours and she didn't say one word. Then we got to the chapel. [sighs] And I showed her the grave. And I'd put a... cross and some flowers on it. And she turned to me and she said, "I never want to see your face again." [sighs] I've crossed the line now, Sinead."

"If we ratify this treaty, all we're changing is the accents of the powerful and the colour of the flag."

"[The IRA have just destroyed a Black-and-Tan mechanised infantry patrol] Mercenaries! That were paid to come over here to make us crawl, and to wipe us out. We've just sent a message to the British cabinet that will echo and reverberate around the world! If they bring their savagery over here, we will meet it with a savagery of our own!"

"Cillian Murphy – Damien O'Donovan"

"Pádraic Delaney – Teddy O'Donovan"

"Liam Cunningham – Dan"

"Orla Fitzgerald – Sinéad Ní Shúilleabháin"

"Laurence Barry – Micheál Ó Súilleabháin"

"Mary Murphy – Bernadette"

"Mary O'Riordan – Peggy"

"Myles Horgan – Rory"

"Martin Lucey – Congo"

"Roger Allam – Sir John Hamilton"

"John Crean – Chris Reilly"

"Damien Kearney – Finbar"

"Frank Bourke – Leo"

"Shane Casey – Kevin"

"Máirtín de Cógáin – Sean"

"William Ruane – Johnny Gogan"

"Fiona Lawton – Lily"

"Seán McGinley – Father Denis"

"Kevin O'Brien – Tim"