Cast of Principal Characters THE POLITICIANS AND MILITARY Winston Churchill – British Minister of Munitions, Secretary of State for War Sir John French – Lord Lieutenant of Ireland David Lloyd George – British Prime Minister Sir Hamar Greenwood – Chief Secretary for Ireland General Sir Nevil Macready – Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces in Ireland Major EL Mills – Commanding Officer, Auxiliary force at Croke Park Éamon de Valera – leader of Sinn Féin Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson – British Army Chief of Staff
THE IRA Dan Breen – Quartermaster, Third Tipperary Brigade Patrick Butler – Commanding Officer, C Company, 8th Battalion, Third Tipperary Brigade Dan Hogan – Vice-Commandant, Monaghan Brigade, Monaghan footballer, brother of Michael Hogan Sean Hogan – Volunteer, Third Tipperary Brigade 15
