Resistance (miniseries)
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| Resistance | |
|---|---|
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| Also known as | Rebellion Season 2 |
| Genre | Historical fiction Spy fiction |
| Created by | Colin Teevan |
| Written by | Colin Teevan |
| Directed by | Catherine Morshead |
| Starring | Brian Gleeson Aoife Duffin Simone Kirby Natasha O'Keeffe Gavin Drea |
| Composer | Vince Pope |
| Country of origin | Ireland |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 5 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Catherine Magee Catherine Dunne |
| Cinematography | David Marsh |
| Editor | Justin Krish |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 52 minutes per episode |
| Production companies | Zodiak Media Ireland Touchpaper TV RTÉ |
| Original release | |
| Network | RTÉ One |
| Release | 6 January – 3 February 2019 |
| Related | |
| Rebellion | |
Resistance (released as Rebellion Season 2 on Netflix) is a 2019 television miniseries written by Colin Teevan for Irish broadcaster RTÉ, dramatising the events surrounding the Irish War of Independence.[1][2]
Set during the time of Bloody Sunday in 1920, it is a sequel to the 2016 mini-series, Rebellion, which was set during the 1916 Easter Rising.[3] In Netflix's 2025 presentation of this series, Resistance is shown as season two of Rebellion.
Filming began in October 2016.[4]
Cast
Characters returning from Rebellion
- Brian Gleeson – Jimmy Mahon, a 1916 veteran now serving with the IRA.
- Jordanne Jones – Minnie Mahon
- Jaeylynne Wallace Ruane – Sadie Mahon
- Millie Donnelly – Gracie Mahon
- Michael Ford-FitzGerald – Harry Butler, wealthy banker from whom the rebel government seek funds.
- Gavin Drea – Michael Collins, IRA Director of Intelligence, a charismatic and headstrong leader. (Collins was played by Sebastian Thommen in Rebellion)
New characters
- David Wilmot – Patrick (Paddy) Mahon, Jimmy's brother, a member of the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC).
- Stanley Townsend – Daniel Shea, an Irish-American US Senator, sympathetic to the independence movement.
- Simone Kirby – Ursula Sweeney, Dublin Castle codebreaker
- Conall Keating – Joey Bradley, IRA gunman.
- Aoife Duffin – Éithne Drury, republican journalist
- Natasha O'Keeffe – Agnes Moore, Ursula's sister, a lawyer working in the Dáil Courts
- Catherine Walker – Constance Butler, republican sympathiser; wife of Harry
- Fergal McElherron – Maurice Jacobs, solicitor and agent for the rebel government.
- Ben Smith – Robbie Lennox, English journalist and socialist. Based on the historical F. Digby Hardy.
- Andrew Bennet – Arthur Griffith, Minister for Home Affairs and vice-president of Sinn Féin
- Craig Parkinson – Captain David McLeod, British soldier.
- Conor MacNeill – Diarmuid McWilliams, republican journalist.
- Aoibhínn McGinnity – Josephine Carmichael, cabaret singer and Harry Butler's mistress.
- Matthew Hopkinson – Albert Finlay, a hot-headed Black and Tan
- Paul Ritter – General Ormonde Winter, Chief of Intelligence in Dublin Castle
- Tom Bennett – Mark Sturgis, Winter's opposite number in the British civil service.
- Hugh O'Conor – Dr. Lawrence Moore, doctor with republican sympathies. Husband to Agnes.
- Imogen Doel – Lily Lawlor, typist in Dublin Castle
- Barbara Bergin – Mrs. Lyons, landlady
- Brian Doherty – Frank Brogan, IRA leader
Episode list
| No. | Title | Original release date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Episode 1" | 6 January 2019 |
| 2 | "Episode 2" | 13 January 2019 |
| 3 | "Episode 3" | 20 January 2019 |
| 4 | "Episode 4" | 27 January 2019 |
| 5 | "Episode 5" | 3 February 2019 |