Builder Harry Hambridge is a down-on-his-luck paddy living in London. In one day he loses his job, father and beloved pet hamster, Mouse. On returning home to bury his father, he finds a statement from his Grandfather, claiming that it was he who raised the flag over the GPO during the 1916 Rising, which now hangs upside-down in an army barracks in England. Too long used to the mockery of his life, he sets out with his motley crew to find that “fecking flag” and maybe his passion for life along the way.

Pat Shortt
Harry Hambridge

Moe Dunford
Mouse Morrisey

Simone Kirby
Liz

Ruth Bradley
Charlie

Brian Gleeson
Blacksod

Craig Parkinson
The Don

Sorcha Cusack
Aunt Agnes

Clare Barrett
Sandra
Tony Doyle
Gary
Ronan Leahy
Jenkins

Art Campion
Hammer (as Peter Campion)

Andrew Bennett
Schooner
Julien Benoiton
Officer

Ingrid Craigie
Audrey

Michael James Ford
Crouch