| Cast list |
| John Lynch | as | Sean O'Casey (archive footage) |
| Shane Connaughton | as | W.B. Yeats (archive footage) |
| Darragh Kelly | as | Sean Lemass (archive footage) (as Darrah Kelly) |
| Susannah Doyle | as | Maggie Lemass (archive footage) |
| Nell Murphy | as | Nuala (archive footage) |
| Kika Markham | as | Sylvia Pankhurst (archive footage) |
| Jeananne Crowley | as | Old Woman at Abbey (archive footage) |
| Richard Dormer | as | Young Civilian (archive footage) |
| Dave Duffy | as | Rooney (archive footage) |
| Conleth Hill | as | Irish Tenor (archive footage) |
| David Herlihy | as | Pearse (archive footage) |
