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AN KLONDIKE

2.An Klondike.Left Dara Devanney as Séamus Connolly Right Owen Mc Donnell as Tom Connolly Image Name: 2.An Klondike.Left Dara Devanney as Séamus Connolly Right Owen Mc Donnell as Tom Connolly
5.An Klondike Left Seán T Ó Meallaigh as Pádraig Connolly; Centre Dara Devanney as Séamus Connolly Right Owen Mc Donnell as Tom Connolly Image Name: 5.An Klondike Left Seán T Ó Meallaigh as Pádraig Connolly; Centre Dara Devanney as Séamus Connolly Right Owen Mc Donnell as Tom Connolly
4 An Klondike Owen Mc Donnell as Tom Connolly Image Name: 4 An Klondike Owen Mc Donnell as Tom Connolly
3.An klondike Dara Devanney as Séamus Connolly Image Name: 3.An klondike Dara Devanney as Séamus Connolly

Series 1, Episode 2

Three Irish brothers battle the elements and each other during the Alaskan goldrush of the 1890’s, until a bloody feud with a local tycoon threatens to destroy them all.

Synopsis:

Our story centres on the three Connolly brothers: Tom, Séamus and Pádraig. When we first meet them they are working in the silver mines of Montana where word reaches them of a greater prize that has been discovered far to the North – gold.

In 1897 gold was discovered in the wilds of Northern Alaska and immediately the stampede began. Over 100,000 adventurers, gamblers, con men and fortune-hunters struck out for the remote Klondike Valley gold fields. Amongst them were thousands of Irish emigrants like the Connolly brothers who undertook the dangerous journey to the heart of the Yukon in search of gold and adventure.

Klondike follows the Connolly brothers from Montana to Dawson City, a town on which they will leave a permanent mark. Dawson City is a town built on greed in a land that God, if he exists there, has created in anger. The Connollys become embroiled in a deadly feud with Jacob Hopkins, the man who runs Dawson City. When Séamus Connolly shoots Jacob’s son in a duel, Jacob vows revenge.

The Connollys become powerful figures in the Klondike themselves when their claim proves to be a goldmine but their new found wealth leads to a rift between the brothers. Tom Connolly is slowly corrupted by his lust for power and gold to the point that he turns his back on his own brothers. Jacob Hopkins uses this to his advantage to turn the Connollys against one another in the hope of wiping them all out for good.