Tom Vaughan-Lawlor
Padraig Pearse
TV SERIES
Trial of the Century
DramaWar & Politics
A fictional courtroom drama which shows how the trial of Pádraig Pearse, one of the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising, might have gone.
Top cast
Andrew Bennett
Sebastian Banks
Frankie McCafferty
Father Aloysius Travers
DH
David Heap
Judge Bonham
EH
Eamonn Hunt
General Maxwell
Mark Huberman
George Gavan Duffy
Keith McErlean
James Connolly
John Cronin
Joseph Mary Plunkett
Jane Brennan
Margaret Pearse
Aoibhinn McGinnity
Catherine Foster
Nick Lee
Bulmer Hobson
Anthony Brophy
Eoin MacNeill
Creative team
Maurice Sweeney (Director) • Hugh Travers (Writer) • Colin Murphy (Writer)
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Episodes
3 Episodes
011. The Prosecution of Patrick H. Pearse
In this speculative historical fiction drama instead of a court martial and execution, rebel leader Padraig Pearse is given a public trial. The case for the prosecution is presented in this first episode.
022. The Defence of Patrick H. Pearse
Pearse, having dismissed his own legal team, defends his actions and makes the moral case for the Rising.
033. The Jury Decides
The final episode features a panel deliberating the outcome of the trial based on the evidence presented in the first two parts. The jury consisted of 12 prominent individuals, including Pat Kenny, Oisin McConville, Emma Dabiri, and Nell McCafferty. The jury debates the morality and legality of the Rising, which determines Pearse's fate in an alternative history.