Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as Marianne

Iain Glen as Willie Quinton

Julie Christie as Mrs Quinton

Tom Hickey as Father Kilgarrif

Michael Kitchen as Mr Quinton

Niamh Cusack as Josephine

Frankie McCafferty as Tim Paddy

Amy-Joyce Hastings as Geraldine Quinton

John Kavanagh as Johnny Lacy

Hazel Flanagan as Deirdre Quinton

Mick Lally as Mr Derenzy

Ronnie Masterson as Mrs Flynn

Sean McGinley as Doyle

Neil Dudgeon as Sergeant Rudkin

Niall Tóibín as Lanigan

Jimmy Keogh as O'Neill

Sighle Toibin as Sweeney

Johnny Murphy as Mr Sweeney

Pat Leavy as Mrs Sweeney

Ian McElhinney as Stranger

Rosaleen Linehan as Aunt Fitzeustace

Anita Reeves as Aunt Pansy

Seamus Forde as O'Dwyer

Eileen Colgan as Mrs Woodcombe

Joanne Foley as Teresa Shea

Julia Deardon as Shop Assistant

Sheila Flitton as Beggarwoman

Enda Oates as Soldier

Catherine McFadden as Imelda

P.G. Brady as Thin Man

Catherine Byrne as Sister Rowan

Sean T. McClory as Young Willie Quinton

Carly Smithson as Young Marianne

Anne Marie Hannigan as Young Geraldine

Susan Flanagan as Young Deirdre

Rúaidhrí Conroy as Little Edy

Brendan O'Donoghue as Boy on Island, aged 6

Diarmuid O'Conghaile as Boy on Island, age 10

Sheila O'Sullivan as Nun

Trudi O'Shea as Girl