Trailer
 | 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 |
| Camera | |
| Brendan Galvin | Clapper Loader |
| Peter Dorney | Camera Operator |
| Mona Faloughi | Focus Puller |
| Sophie Baker | Still Photographer |
| Seamus Corcoran | Camera Operator |
| Frank Connor | Still Photographer |
| John Foster | Clapper Loader |
| David Fitzgerald | Focus Puller |
| Tony Garrett | Focus Puller |
Directing | |
| Pat O'Connor | Director |
Production | |
| Sarah Radclyffe | Producer |
Editing | |
| Michael Bradsell | Editor |
Sound | |
| Hans Zimmer | Original Music Composer |
Camera | |
| Jerzy Zieliński | Director of Photography |
| David Appleby | Still Photographer |
| Mike Fox | Camera Operator |
Writing | |
| Michael Hirst | Writer |
| William Trevor | Novel |
Directing | |
| Bill Craske | First Assistant Director |
