Ellen McHugh, a poor Irish immigrant to America, finds work in a carnival and is thus able to send her son Brian to a fine school. But when her position is found out, the school expels Brian. Mrs. McHugh feels compelled to allow the school principal and his wife to adopt Brian. The widow McHugh becomes a housekeeper and raises her employer's daughter Edith, who grows up to fall in love with Brian McHugh.
as Mother Machree
as The Giant of Kilkenny
as Brian - Child
as The Harper of Wexford
as The Dwarf of Munster
as Miss Van Studdiford
as Mrs. Cutting
as Bobby De Puyster
as Brian
as Sideshow Woman Asking About Legs (uncredited)
