''Titanic Town'' is a 1998 film directed by Roger Michell and starring

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, Nuala O'Neill, and Ciarán McMenamin. It is set in

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during

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. It was filmed in Shortmead Drive and Green Close in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire.

Premise

Aidan and Bernie McPhelimy are a mother and father caught in the

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(known for building the RMS ''Titanic''). Bernie's close friend is killed in the crossfire and so she becomes involved in the peace process.

Cast

The McPhelimy family

as Aidan McPhelimy *

as Bernie McPhelimy *Nuala O'Neill as Annie McPhelimy *James Loughran as Thomas McPhelimy *Barry Loughran as Brendan McPhelimy *Elizabeth Donaghy as Sinead McPhelimy * Mal Rogers as Uncle Jimmy

The Englishmen at Stormont

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as Whittington *

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as Immonger (as

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)

Others

* Ciarán McMenamin as Dino/Owen *Janice Pollock as Patsy French *Caolan Byrne as Niall French *Aingeal Grehan as Deirdre *Des McAleer as Finnbar *B.J. Hogg as Chair *Doreen Hepburn as Nora *Mairead Redmond as Mairead

External links

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