| Strumpet City | |
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| Genre | Historical fiction |
| Directed by | Tony Barry |
| Starring | Frank Grimes David Kelly Angela Harding Bryan Murray Cyril Cusack Donal McCann Ruth Hegarty Peter O'Toole |
| Country of origin | Ireland |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 7 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Tony Barry John Kelleher |
| Cinematography | Ken Murphy |
| Running time | 50 mins. per episode |
| Production company(s) | RTÉ |
| Broadcast | |
| First shown in | 1980 |
Strumpet City was a 1980 television miniseries produced by Irish broadcaster RTÉ, based on James Plunkett's 1969 novel Strumpet City.
It was RTÉ's most ambitious and expensive production to date. The script was written by Hugh Leonard, and Peter O'Toole played Jim Larkin, the union leader. The cast also included Cyril Cusack as the alcoholic priest, Father Giffley, Donal McCann as the Larkin supporter, Mulhall, and David Kelly as the destitute "Rashers" Tierney. Frank Grimes won a Jacob's Award for his portrayal of the young Catholic curate, Father O'Connor.
First shown in Ireland in 1980, the series was exported to the United Kingdom, where it was shown on all regions of ITV bar Southern in late 1981, and on Southern's successor company TVS in 1982. It was then repeated by Scottish Television in 1983 and on Channel 4 and S4C in 1984 (ref. The Times Digital Archive).
In 2004 a digitised and remastered version was released on DVD by Acorn Media UK.
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